Category Archives: Technology

Run for your lives–the killer Canola has escaped!

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Timberati

In mid August, a host of frantic tweets on Twitter reported a great disturbance in the Force. Being the intrepid green chronicler that I am, I immediately sprang into action—and made coffee. The disturbance? Well right now, as you read … Continue reading →

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iPads and Kindles are better for the environment than books? Come again?

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Timberati

Brian Palmer (aka Slate’s Green Lantern) writes that “iPads and Kindles are better for the environment than books.” If the Lantern has taught you anything, it’s that most consumer products make their biggest scar on the Earth during manufacture and … Continue reading →

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Should there be a new way of living for the top one billion? – iPat edition redux

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Timberati

Steven Earl Salmony of the AWAREness Campaign on The Human Population, commented on Dot Earth’s, “Do the Top Billion Need New Goals?” , Dear Timberati, Do you think there is any chance at all that Paul Ehrlich, despite his poor … Continue reading →

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Should there be a new way of living for the top one billion? – The iPat edition

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Timberati

Andrew Revkin asks on his blog, Dot Earth,  ‘Would the world benefit from a set of millennium development goals for the “top billion”?’ Michael Schesinger, a climatologist at the University of Illinois, among other things, wrote, “Perhaps humanity and the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Timberati

Let me recommend a startling book to you, because whether you read a book a week or you haven’t picked one up since you discovered the wonders of the internet, this one deserves your attention. The book is The Rational … Continue reading →

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