Naked American Apparel.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 31, 2009
This sexytime for eco folks video details, in scantily entertaining fashion, just how eco, progressive…er, wow….solar American Apparel…what was I…recycling ESL free bicycles and…vertical integration, Made in Downtown LA—what an amazing body…what was I talking about? Video: PS: for all you hipster cynics out there who didn’t think this post’s title would live up to [...]
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108 beads, Ashrivad, Jesus, Jews and MTV ~ Piyarra Kutta.
by elephantjournal dotcom on Mar 31, 2009
Piyara Kutta Blog – Dharamsala, India March 2009 One thing that keeps coming to my attention is the fact that everyone here seems to value their spirituality. And not only do they value their own beliefs, they value yours and are respectful of that. It is a way of life as opposed as opposed to [...]
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Republican in charge of Climate Change policy: Dark Ages, mini-ice ages and European grape and berry picking are fine. Unemployment is not. [Pinko Mag]
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 31, 2009
Holy Shiite is Right. Via our palz over at Pinko Mag—one of my fave web site discoveries of the last six mos. Well, at least Mr. Republican (below) ‘believes’ in Climate Change…even if he don’t figure it’s our problem, or that we need to do much of anything about it. Excerpt via Pinko’s Ben Wyskida: [...]
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Ugly Your Bike #2. Rust Stickers (Anti-theft for bicycles)
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 31, 2009
Second in a series on How Not to Get Your Nice New Bike Stole. On my way to lunch at The Kitchen with a representative of Chefs Up Front/Operation Frontline today, I popped by one of Boulder’s proud institutions, University Bicycles, to get a quick checkup for my Masi commuter bike. Getting my tires pumped up, [...]
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A “Green” Green Dream Car: electric ’65 Mustang Convertible [Capitol Energy Expo, Denver] ~ Marika Majack
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 31, 2009
From the Keeping Our World Beautiful Department. On Thursday, March 12th, Governor Ritter and Senator Gail Schwartz spoke at the State Capital, with guest Robert Kennedy Jr. The expo promoted Colorado’s New Energy Economy. Though small, the event attracted a sizeable crowd. There were many booths at the expo, which were owned by small businesses [...]
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photo slideshow: From White Collar to Green Collar, a businessman becomes a Farmer. [Peter Volz, Oxford Gardens, Boulder Farmers Market opens this Saturday April 4th, CSA]
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 31, 2009
Signs of Spring: snow, sun and tulips—all at the same time. Folks wearing flip flops, shorts…and a coat. And, of course, the first bounty of your local farmers. Don’t miss the opening day of the 2009 Boulder Farmers Market season on this Saturday, April 4th at 13th St., between Canyon and Arapahoe, two blocks south of [...]
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Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg; Anusara yoga’s John Friend; Paper Bird @ May 6 elephant journal “Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis.”
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
Become a Fan at our new Facebook page. And Facebook RSVP while you’re at it. Update: instead of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, we now have leaders of Tech Panel: Brad Feld, Threadless, Lijit. Update: Camren Von Davis, my longtime Paul Schaffer, has agreed to houseband/DJ our ecofashion show and transitions, networking afterparty and Eco Expo. Huge [...]
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Naropa University’s Next President.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
Naropa University, in green-minded, progressive, outdoorsy Boulder, Colorado, is an idyllic, alternative small school. Founded only 30 years ago, it’s still forming, still young—and yet its roots go back not only to the Beat poets that founded its excellent writing school, but all the way back to Nalanda University, the Harvard or Oxford of ancient [...]
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Suburbitat, A Suburban Naturalist’s Journal: Crazy Like a Fox.
by Jim Tolstrup on Mar 30, 2009
Personally, I don’t know if the fox is magical or not but I am always pleased when I see one. They remind me that the world is much larger than the schemes of human beings. Nature and the fox, whether clever or crazy, seem to have plenty of schemes of their own.
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New Tesla Model S: 7 seats, 130mph, 40K, glass roof.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
Click here for tons of photos. Goooo-jus. Excited? This’ll cool you down: it’s available mid-2012, if there’s no delays. Perfect timing for yours truly—gives me time to save up. NYTimes.com excerpt: LOS ANGELES — Tesla Motors, the electric-car maker, unveiled its much-anticipated Model S sedan on Thursday, here at the SpaceX rocket plant, which is also [...]
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elephantjournal.com now has a Facebook Page. Become a Fan!
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 30, 2009
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Book review: The Tao of Now (Josh Baran)
by Todd Mayville on Mar 30, 2009
This collection of aphorisms, reflections, and other thoughts assembled by Josh Baran, a former Soto Zen monk, is designed to guide the reader towards leading a life more rooted in the present moment. Originally published as 365 Nirvana Here and Now, the inspirational sources of The Tao of Now range from the Buddha to Jesus [...]
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Three essential houseplants for clean indoor air. [Kamal Meattle on TED video, via GreenUpgrader ]
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
Love is all you need? If you live in New Delhi—or any polluted city—love is not enough. But these three houseplants are…all you need for a clean, fresh air that provides a measurably healthier environment for your body, and its brain. Three-minute Video detailing how many plants, how high, per person, with cleaning instructions. Via [...]
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Sakyong Mipham, Buddhist leader, on Huffington Post.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
Big mo’ for Buddhists, I personally am proud and happy to be able to see Buddhism and Mipham Rinpoche on Huffington Post. But if you don’t add your two cents…it’ll disappear from view within a few days. The more comments this post gets in the short-term, the more they might promote it (my recent blog [...]
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Where the Wild Things Are: Movie Trailer! Beautiful.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
Wow. {With thanks to the tip to /Treehugger on Twitter}. Looks awe-some (click what size you want, then let load)—and great song, with a wild rendering of classic children’s book to 3D. I remember Maurice Sendak visiting my first grade class at Mapleton Elementary, and teaching us how to draw like him. See you there—you [...]
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The prAna Revolution yoga mat will be televised, with John Friend. Eco, sticky, wide.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
The other day, I posted my second article in a series on “This is what Effective Advertising Looks Like.” In it, I talked about how prAna, the eco-minded yoga/climbing apparel and gear company, was doing a great job in connecting with its demographic…that is, its people. As their tagline goes, it helps if your products [...]
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Sidney’s Cafe in Boulder goes green, local [Daily Camera]
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
Great article re Sidney’s Cafe in today’s Boulder Daily Camera detailing how a cafe can go green, local, encourage reusable coffee cups, gain a loyal following and have a good time doing so. Excerpt: …Sidney’s Cafe emphasizes a step-by-step substitution of anything that isn’t local, organic or sustainable — they get milk from Longmont, honey [...]
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How do I Green My House?
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
We’ve all read the lists. How to green this and that. Top 10 Eco whatever. Still, many of us haven’t got off our derriers and done something, anything. Step by step, cheapest and easiest first, you’ll save money and get to feel smug…all while doing your part to stop effing the world for your grandchildren [...]
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Summer Rayne Oakes and her new Style, Naturally book do a red blue and green DC.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
With Summer Rayne Oakes, a party ain’t just a party. It’s a…Book party! Fashion party? Eco party? Political party? It was all there, good times, great photos (with I will poop on you captions). Ah, the life this busy world-changer leads…while I sit at home in my boxers with the heat off, tapping away at [...]
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Love your Fate.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
Now, I’m not a big fan of self-help. In the Buddhist tradition, we view such stuff as “how to protect your ego against reality when reality doesn’t fulfill your mundane or over-the-top fantasies.” In Buddhism, we view tough times as a wake up call, as no better or worse than good times, when everything seems [...]
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Yoga for Cancer Survivors: embracing the natural cycle of life and death
by Yesica Pineda on Mar 30, 2009
Reading through “The Dhammarpada”, a book about Buddha’s teachings, the chapters content is Twins, Mindfulness, Mind, Flowers, The Fool, The Wise, The Arahant, Thousands, Evil, The Rod, Old Age, Self, The World, The Buddha, Happiness, The Pleasant, Anger, Blemishes, The Righteous, The Way, Miscellany, State of Woe, The Elephant, raving, The Bhikkhu, The Noble One…but [...]
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Manitoba Harvest Organic Hemp Oil ~ a veggie, non-toxic source of Omega 3 & 6 & GLA & SDA. Whatever that is.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
First, the bad news: hemp won’t get you high. Okay, the good news: Manitoba Harvest Organic Hemp Oil is grrreat for vegetarians, first of all, who can’t get Omega 3 and 6 and Gamma Linolenic Acid and Stearidonic Acid from most other non-fishy sources. And fish, these days, is loaded with mercury, so this might be a good [...]
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Two months post-Obama, Canada is missing Bush. [Rick Mercer Report]
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 30, 2009
Bush visits Calgary in first post-presidential appearance, and is welcomed by an ecstatic Canadian public who wait hours just to green the man with their homemade signs and enthusiastic chants. Buy the commemorative (paper) plate, which includes an unsold ticket to this once in a lifetime event. Only three made—but no rush to order. Blank plate only [...]
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Earth Hour is a Joke.
by Gwen Bell on Mar 29, 2009
Earth Hour. Like Earth Day, But Shorter! Fit One into Your Busy Schedule Today! via Gwen Bell (update: read her followup to the below here) Right now “Earth Hour” is a trending topic on Twitter. My response, when I saw it earlier today: “Our attention spans are so short now we’ve traded in Earth Day for Earth [...]
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Ryan J. Davis, on Obama & Marijuana.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 29, 2009
Whatever you think of marijuana morally or health-wise (Buddhists say it clouds the enlightened mind, for example)…putting folks in prison over it is ridiculous. Compared with the danger to self and other that cigarettes or alcohol (or driving a car, or using toxic household cleaning agents) offer, it’s harmless. The only harm that comes out [...]
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elephant journal Review: Generation O Tees.
by Todd Mayville on Mar 29, 2009
Without-a-doubt, seeing Barack Obama in the White House is the most exciting thing to hit this country since…the bicycle. Night baseball? The Beatles? Along with all seminal moments of our lives comes the requisite mementos celebrating the occasion, with some cooler (in elephant language, “more mindful”) than others. In the “cooler than others” category goes genOtees.com. [...]
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Rocky Mountain Kirtan Summit this Saturday
by Ryan Nadlonek on Mar 29, 2009
Start warming up your OMs front-rangers, the 5th annual Rocky Mountain Kirtan Summit will gather this Saturday April 4 at Soma Yoga in Denver beginning at 6pm. The event features a rotation of Colorado’s most celebrated chant-leaders, including Boulder favorites Kabir, Ariana Sahara, Steve Bross, Bhakti Shakti, Heart Centered Community Kirtan, and, my favorite, Sadananda [...]
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It’s In OurNature
by Joana Smith on Mar 29, 2009
When we arrive into this world we are hungry; and for awhile, the things we want the most are the same things that are good for us. But then at some point, things get mixed up. Is there a doctor in the house? Abilene and I pick up a lot of stuff that people don’t [...]
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Kite Power.
by Saraswati J. on Mar 27, 2009
by Sarah Janelle Miller Kite power is the newest concept in wind generated power. Check out this article from Kite Gen (a Milan based company) for a radical approach to power plants: “Kite Gen vision is to implement and market an entirely new concept of power plant, suitable to almost any territory, for the production [...]
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What does one trillion dollars look like?
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 26, 2009
The economy is, uh, important. Thing is, I’ve never had more than, say, a couple thousand bucks in my account at any given time. The house I own is, uh, owned by the bank. So I don’t get what it feels like to have, or hold, or even see a million dollars. But maybe, just [...]
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How much do you love the earth?
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 26, 2009
…Not enough to get one of these phones, when you could get an iPhone or Blackberry or Razr or whatever free cell your phone company is offering you, instead. Not enough to, like this sucker, stick with (Working Assets, now called) Credo (which supports progressive causes and is affordable) for seven years though their phone selection [...]
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If Google were physical, not virtual.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 26, 2009
Via Good Magazine comes our second coolest visual blog of the week. (The first coolest is here, slideshow via Heather Mueller). What if Google were everywhere, physically, that our online searches go? Via Good: Taking our ubiquitous searches to the physical world The Brazilian Italian artist Fillipo Minelli wrote to us about his interest in “exploring the gap [...]
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Econo-Buddha Part I: Recession = Potential
by Henry Schliff on Mar 26, 2009
The legend of the Shakyamuni Buddha tells the story of his “great going forth,” or his renunciation of worldly life. And the steps leading to the renunciation are especially pertinent to contemporary America. If you have seen Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Little Buddha, or have heard any Buddhist mythology, you probably know this story: Young Prince [...]
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Think You Can Build a Hip, Modern, Functional and Fabulous House with $20K? The Rural Studio Can, and Does, in Some of Alabama’s Poorest Counties.
by Merete Mueller on Mar 26, 2009
This is the sort of minimalist, modern entryway I expect to see featured in Dwell Magazine, usually attached to a home owned by a bohemian-hipster graphic designer couple in Marin County, California or in the suburbs of Seattle. But this subtle piece of design work actually finds its home in rural Alabama, where it is [...]
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Partner Yoga: a meditation on relationship: “It is through our intimate relationships with others that we come to know and love ourselves.”
by Yesica Pineda on Mar 26, 2009
When I met Elysabeth Williamson, she was so kind to sign and give me her book PARTNER YOGA: THE PLEASURES AND THE PRINCIPLES, and invited me to try it. For one reason or the other, I have not done it yet; then in her book I read she thanks those who have “participated in a [...]
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Elizabeth Hasselbeck, conservative voice of the View, on Jay Leno.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 26, 2009
I was really impressed by this interview: their discussion of convervatism seemed to harken back to a fiscally conservative, socially un-”judge-y” time…I loved Leno’s reasonableness, his frank questions…and have to say that Hasselbeck came off as kind, and fair,my kind of a conservative…even if she’s been less so in other contexts. Video: Click here for video [...]
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Flashdance! Cool Hand Luke! Psycho! Clean Water! [Good Magazine gets dirty. Videos]
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 26, 2009
Check out Good Magazine’s latest, sexy-time funny /slash/ poignant video series. Flashdance! Good gets dirty with one of my fave movies of all time, Cool Hand Luke! Dirty Water is Psycho!
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Art I Heart: Julia Sanders, Mad King in San Francisco, April 9.
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 26, 2009
Normally, I wouldn’t post a PR, but Mad King and Julia Sanders are two artists I’ve grown to love over the years—they’re worth checking out and, if you have bare walls, collecting and supporting. Check it: Here’s the press release: ORGANIZATION: SPACE GALLERY EXHIBITION: Julia Sanders and Mad King at Space Gallery ARTISTS: [...]
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Pangea Organics sales reach $5.4 Million [USA Today]
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 26, 2009
Another one of Boulder’s young heroes, Josh Onysko, has been profiled on a national stage. Interesting article re: Pangea Organics’ trailblazing success in the beauty industry, in USA Today. While… Last year, the billion-dollar beauty industry saw a 3.3% decline in sales, said market researcher NPD… … The organic skin care industry…sales have been growing. [...]
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Yoga Battle: Peace vs. Arrogance. [Cartoon via Spiritual Cinema Circle]
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 26, 2009
With thanks for the tip to Arielle Ford…check out this fun, short cartoon depicting a yoga contest between an old fart and a young lion. Click here for video on Spiritual Cinema Circle’s web site.
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How Cars (don’t) work for you. How Bike Sharing does. Bcycle. Video. Want one? Vote for your City!
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 26, 2009
Why don’t we have Bcycle, or another such bike sharing program in Boulder? Boston? Burlington? Denver does. Even cooler than the brilliant video (with thanks for the tip to Dave Rogers) is the instant city calculator. Enter your zip code and Bcycle will estimate population, health, money savings etc for your city if folks used bike [...]
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This is the traveling neighborhood…
by Joana Smith on Mar 26, 2009
Have you ever seen an angel? I have. There are these people who stopped by Houston last year, the day before Hurricane Ike was to hit us, and they stayed with us.
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On the Deaths of March by Mary Bevington
by Mary Bevington on Mar 25, 2009
“Birth, life, and death — each took place on the hidden side of a leaf”. ~ Toni Morrison Three deaths have touched my concentric communities in so many weeks. One, a man I knew. Two, a man doing a dangerous job I’ve also done. Three, a friend’s friend. All young-ish, all sudden; all left people, [...]
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Econo-Buddha Part II: The Diamond Heart of Shakyamuni
by Henry Schliff on Mar 25, 2009
A familiar scene. My wife and I are walking Pearl Street in Boulder and someone asks for change. I ignore the request or give a diffident refusal. She thinks for a second and pulls the random piece of fruit from her bag, something saved for a snack before lunch, and hands it over. This isn’t [...]
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This “Dharma Brat” just found out he’s “racist.”
by Waylon Lewis on Mar 25, 2009
An anonymous blogger out there in the blogosphere just decided I’m racist, though he/she doesn’t know me…but because I define the term “Dharma Brat” as “children of American Buddhists.” Now, let’s get something straight: Dharma Brat as a moniker evolved in the 80s, as a sort of humorous Bud-Lite Commercial synergy of two other terms: [...]
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Non-vegetarian Yoga Instructors?
by Ryan Nadlonek on Mar 25, 2009
One of my jobs for this publication is to interview yoga instructors (very respectable people in my humble opinion). I’ve been shocked to find that about half of those interviewed are not strict vegetarians. While I am not judging them, I am curious as to how carnivorous yoga teachers justify breaking the number one rule [...]
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Review: Terracycle Household Cleaners
by Liz Benson on Mar 24, 2009
My shiny kitchen counters say it all – This stuff works! I tried these natural cleaners from Canadian eco brand Terracycle. They are among the first consumer products to carry the Zerofootprint seal which means that in addition to following sustainable business practices, the company also purchases meaningful offsets to minimize their impact. The bottles are [...]
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Suburbitat: A Suburban Naturalist’s Journal.
by Jim Tolstrup on Mar 24, 2009
Sustainability is about much more than the things that we build, what we drive or what we eat, it is a transformational journey that we making toward personal and planetary wholeness. Exploring the world around us and attuning ourselves to the rhythms of nature is part of that process.
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Blue Dot ~ a poem by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 24, 2009
Within my mind I live on a small blue planet. Everyone seems far away, No one seems close. Everywhere is blackness, Yet abundant life consumes each moment. I wish and hope Everyone could see this blue fragile life Floating in the blackness— Next time they miss the bus, Next time they forget to look and [...]
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elephantjournal.com redesign will feature far fewer ads.
by elephantjournal.com on Mar 24, 2009
Our redesign should go live this Saturday. It will be a bit cleaner—only two columns instead of three or four, as elephantjournal.com is now. It’ll have handier buttons to join our Facebook group, follow us on Twitter and subscribe, free, to our blog (RSS). But the most important change: it’ll feature only one supersize banner [...]
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