Colin Beavan, Mr. No Impact Man, on the Colbert Report. Videos.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 31, 2009
Colbert has his fun with Colin Beavan, a great writer who, as a sort of “green stunt,” decided to try and live for a year in NYC while making as little impact as possible on our planet (while blogging, writing a book, and filming a movie about the experience—all in the name of spreading the [...]
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Anne Waldman: Ode to a Library Card.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 31, 2009
I just saw the below poem in my Boulder Public Library calendar—it’s by our elephriend, the great poetess Anne Waldman, co-founder (with Allen Ginsberg) of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute, now University. I learned to read, myself, with many afternoons spent at the Boulder Public Library, as a child. Countless [...]
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A look back at our 1st/2nd seasons of Walk the Talk Show.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 31, 2009
Then known as “elevision.” Photos:
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Valmont Bike Park: enabling future generations of Bicycle-lovers.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 31, 2009
A Park that’ll Lower our Nation’s Future Carbon Footprint by Training Present and Future Generations of Cyclists Boulder, Colorado, is known the world-over as a mecca for mountain and road biking—as well as garnering awards, each year, for being among the most bike-friendly cities in the US for the daily commuter. But what we’ve lacked, [...]
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Naked Pumpkin Run: Dead.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 30, 2009
Update: A day after Boulder Police vs. Keep Boulder Weird (in the form of the Naked Pumpkin Run) was reported on CBS, Rachel Maddow, Gawker, BBC etc. (links below) the Halloween party on Boulder, Colorado’s Pearl St. Mall was peaceful, crowded, crazy and happy—and ended around 1am, by all reports. The Police, taking credit for [...]
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elephantjournal.com is now Number 2 in Google searches for “elephant.”
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 30, 2009
elephantjournal.com is feeling lucky. Only fellow tech nerds will understand what a big deal this little moment is. The noble beast itself, or rather its writeup in Wikipedia, is still number one, and frankly I don’t want to top the creature that we’re dedicated to, or named after. Respek, you know? But making Number Two [...]
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Last Notes On The Campaign. ~ via Seth Brigham
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
I have a long standing friend of 25 years that arrived last night from Wisconsin until Sunday, and so I must let the final days of the campaign go without any active participation at any invited meetings, or, passing out my business cards, or, going door to door. I don’t actually like invading people’s homes [...]
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Tour de SF.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
A Biking-San-Francisco travel video by Robbie Stout (in honor of his bday). Going to SF? Bike it. 91 views on this video, let’s get it lots more, email this link to your SF friends!
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The Zen of a Good Sh*t. ~ via John Pappas
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
Is there such a thing as “a good sit”? Is a meditative session ever actually bad? There are times when I really feel connected to what I am doing and there are times when the outside seeps in and I am distracted or annoyed by well, anything. Cars, my legs (which are usually killing me), [...]
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Paperless Invitations for an Eco-Thanksgiving. ~ via Deirdre Carey
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
The holiday season conjures up many feelings – joy, nostalgia, sentiment, and the desire to carry on past traditions and create new ones. Often times, holiday hosts will adorn their Thanksgiving tables with treasured family heirlooms like Great-Grandma’s gravy boat, Papa’s Silver Carving Platter, or China received as a wedding gift – each with its [...]
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What’s recyclable and what’s not? Ideal Bite’s Simple Recycling Tips.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
Continually confused by what’s recyclable and what’s not? Ideal Bite’s Top 8 Plastic Recycling Tips help you decode the numbers on plastic packages so you can figure out which ones are safer, which are usually recyclable and which aren’t. 1. We’re #1. Plastics labeled #1 are PET or PETE (polyethylene terephthalate) and fall into the [...]
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Spicy! Nature’s Cures for Winter Chills. ~ via Aliza Sollins
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
As winter rolls in and the runny noses and chill loom, it’s time to break out the spices. Ginger, black peppercorns, and habañero peppers are some of my favorite ways to perk up and get some energy when the weather is dark and grey. Chemicals like capsaicin in the peppers give a natural endorphin rush, [...]
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A lesson in manners. (Hint: don’t honk at grandma).
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
Hint: don’t honk at grandma, don’t be That Guy. Is the below video real? I think so.
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Katie Couric: Ban the Plastic Water Bottle?
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
Kudos to mainstream media when it’s deserved: Katie Couric says the obvious—which, in mainstream America, ain’t always obvious (less than half the US “believes” in Climate Change)—that 1.5 million tons is a lot of unnecessary waste, and a healthy environment is important to all of us. “I’ll drink to that.”
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Book review: In the Face of Fear: Buddhist Wisdom for Challenging Times (Barry Boyce et al, editors)
by Todd Mayville on Oct 29, 2009
The concept that we are living in difficult times has become so well understood that it is almost cliche. What is less understood are ways to work with, or at least around, these difficult times. In the Face of Fear is an anthology of essays/teachings from foremost Buddhist teachers and writers with the intent of [...]
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The countdown to eternity: taking the Bodhisattva Vow
by Todd Mayville on Oct 29, 2009
I’m considering taking the Bodhisattva Vow in a few days. I’ve told a few people about it, one of whom was Waylon who has also taken the vow; he was told to sit down and write an essay explaining why he wanted to do it. I thought that was a great idea, so it’s my turn. [...]
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Glenn Beck: Clean, Domestic Solar Energy, Meatless Mondays, Al Gore bad. PETA? Okay.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
“My last meal will be a steak!” Truer words than you know, Mr. Beck. Well, at least he had kind words for…PETA (!?). And he did call out Al Gore on his inability to go Meatless…any day of the week. With thanks for the tip to Treehugger.
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Announced today! Affordable Health Care for America Act!
by Caroline Treadway on Oct 29, 2009
The House of Representatives introduced their “Affordable Health Care for America Act” today on the west lawn of the Capitol in Washington D.C., and I was there to cover it for the New Hampshire Union Leader. People from all over the country shared their negative experiences with healthcare. Hopefully things will change for the best. [...]
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Playboy Yoga.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
Yoga Gone Wild. Now we’ve seen it all: Playboy Yoga videos with Sara Jean Underwood. It was only a matter of time…the ultimate challenge to those “Yobo” fans who say that Yoga for Weight Loss, Disco Yoga, Bikram, Adidas Yoga with (my friend) Rainbeau Mars and Yoga without all that annoying Granola, Chanting or Sanskrit [...]
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Alex Bogusky: “Hey Rob, f**king brilliant.”
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
Alex Bogusky on the key to great ideas.
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A Chronology of Climate Change. Video.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
What’s cool about this video is it ain’t just a watch it, be effected briefly, and move on with your life kinda thing. It’s a Call to Arms: Bring your voice to the world leaders at COP15 – the most important conference on climate change in a decade. As nations seek an agreement to protect [...]
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Is the Yoga Fad over?
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
Bloom off the Rose? Or Ancient Tradition, still Going Strong? Years ago, when I first started elephant, I had the honor to interview John Abbott, the then-publisher and owner of Yoga Journal. He told me how he’d bought it a few years before, and instantly took the great little (30,000 circulation) magazine up to 300,000 [...]
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Celebrity “Posers” Present Yoga Poses.
by Nancy Alder on Oct 29, 2009
Looking for a new way to connect with your yoga mat? Yogamatic, the eco-mat company, has created a series of five-minute videos called “Posers” to provide ways to approach yoga and its principles through the interviews of some of Los Angeles most prominent personalities. You can tune into a video interview with Mariel Hemmingway, describing [...]
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Obama on the cover of Glamour Magazine.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
Michelle Obama, that is. It’s the first time a non-model, non-actress has been on the cover of Glamour since 1996, according to the Washington Post.
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Yoga for Enlightenment? Booooring. Yoga for Weight Loss!
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
Judging by the youtube.com views, Patanjali is losing out to the NYC’s fit, fierce Sadie Nardini. That’s all well and good, but we’re still in the first generation or so of yoga coming to the West. Give us a few years, will all of yoga be about fitness, with a side (if that) of Chanting, [...]
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Winter Yoga. ~ via Kelsi Coia
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
Like many of my friends, I have fallen off the yoga train, which I do every summer. Something about Colorado summers makes me crave being outside and not in a yoga studio. I know yoga does not have to be practiced inside, but I just do not have the self-discipline to continue a yoga practice [...]
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How to you go from 5% to 66% usage of stairs vs. escalator in one day? Easy.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
…All it takes is a lot of imagination. It’s Pianotrappan! Watching the above, I was reminded of the classic scene in Big, with Tom Hanks. Sometimes, all it takes to get folks off their butts, out of cars, off of escalators and into yoga studios, onto stairs or bikes is…fun. With thanks to Athena Lund [...]
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Knock, Knock! Def Jam Poetry from a Son without a Father.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
“You must learn to knock, knock yourself! We are not our father’s choices!” A powerful spoken word poem via Daniel Beatty from his play Emergen-see. Powerful for any boy who ever grew up to be a man without the strong hand of his father helping him learn how to knock, knock! I too missed out [...]
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Boulder Debut of Tesla Roadster. ~ via Ben Holland
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2009
The west end of Pearl Street looked more like L.A. this past Friday night. To celebrate the arrival of the all-electric car, Tesla held a party at their new location at 9th and Pearl. The site, a temporary location for the automaker, will later be redeveloped for a restaurant and condominiums. Walking up to the [...]
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Halloween Special: You’re So Pretty The Way You Are*
by Joana Smith on Oct 29, 2009
Everyone has a character inside… and Halloween is a good time to let them live on the outside! What stories do you have? Don’t be afraid to dream… Who’s lurking in there? dream some more…* Today we were doing the finishing up on Abilene’s Cinderella ball gown… and it just goes to show… When we [...]
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Enlightened Advertising, as seen at Denver International Airport.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 28, 2009
The Dalai Lama… “Doesn’t just wish for peace. He works for it.” It isn’t enough, we all know, to say Hope if we don’t work for health care reform, or to say Peace, brother if we lose our temper at our children or pets or employees or to protest wars if we’re not sitting down [...]
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Bike (+ Canoe) to Work.
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 28, 2009
Dave Kingsbury of Crispin Porter + Bogusky. Video. Get your exercise before work (and after). Cut the stress. Eat more buttered bagels. And, come winter, throw your bike on your back (I suggest the bikepack) and strap on some skis. This “canute” vid has 51 views. Let’s get it rolling:
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Global Inheritance: Hummer Pig.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 28, 2009
Living our every day and action in as eco-responsible a manner as we can figure puts us in line with all the spiritual or religious traditions that espouse true humility and generosity. Why? Because being un-eco—using more of our fair share of what we all have to subsits upon—is fundamentally selfish. With thanks for the [...]
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Can Yoga Save the World?
by elephantjournal dotcom on Oct 28, 2009
Can yoga save the world? Two years ago, Deb and Ed Shapiro debated this question over the dinner table. It would make a good book title, they thought. Skilled practitioners and co-authors of numerous self-help books, they decided to write a book about the impact of yoga on human society. Then, a friend questioned their [...]
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First It Was Yobo, Now There is Ratra (Radical Traditional) Yoga
by Bob Weisenberg on Oct 27, 2009
You may have heard of Yobo, the un-Yoga. It was my modest proposal for resolving the debate raging here on Elephant Journal and in the Yoga blogosphere over what is, or isn’t Yoga. It goes like this: Let’s require that any practice that doesn’t meet whatever standard we set be called “Yobo” instead of [...]
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Do PETA’s Ends justify their Means?
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 27, 2009
Sex Sells…Ahimsa. Sex! Violence! Why PETA chose obnoxious tactics for their feel-good causes. Do PETA’s ends justify their means? Compassion through objectification, celebrity & violence. PETA may be jerky but if you’re nice about vegetarianism no one pays attention. They made a decision to inject sexiness, obnoxiousness, and celebrity into the conversation. And it’s been [...]
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Chic Vegan Boots. “Look fierce without being cruel.”
by elephantjournal dotcom on Oct 27, 2009
Vegan Chic is making it easy for both animal lovers and the general public to enjoy fashion-forward boots, shoes, bags and accessories. When I first landed on the website, I was truly excited to have been turned onto this cool and consumer-conscious shopping site. On their homepage, Vegan Chic declares, “Consumers can ‘look fierce without [...]
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Whole Foods Hotties.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 27, 2009
Boys and girls, there’s a new place to meet an attractive member of the opposite sex. First it was a gentleman caller sitting in your momma’s parlour back in the 1880s. By the 1950s, it was the drivethru hamburger joint. Come the ’70s, it was the drugged-out disco club. Now, it’s yoga class, or Whole [...]
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Intelligentsia in LA (Venice): a 7 out of 8 Mac vs. PC Laptop kind of cafe.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 26, 2009
7 out of 8 LA cafe laptop users agree: Mac vs. PC. (One of the laptops, a Mac, toward the left end, was half-folded down) I’m on a Mac Spoof of I’m on a Boat:
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“Patagonia’s sales in 2007 reached $270 million. Even with the recession Patagonia is on track to have its best year ever.”
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 26, 2009
What recession? Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard just received US News & World Report’s award at a top 100 human being on the planet. Not half bad. “The reason I am in business is I want to protect what I love,” he says. “I used to spend 250 days a year sleeping on the ground. I’ve [...]
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I love Twitter. @Deepak_Chopra just Retweeted @KimKardashian.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 26, 2009
Now that was an only on Twitter moment: Deepak Chopra, best-selling spiritual author, just retweeted a twitpic of his new book…with sex video/reality star Kim Kardashian. What a strange, strange, strange, strange, strange strange world we live in!
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elephantjournal.com Review: Verterra Disposable Dinnerware.
by Elise Ertel on Oct 26, 2009
“If you are willing to spend the extra cash for some swanky disposable plates, Verterra comes with my highest recommendation—but is certainly not a necessity to your existing dinnerware set.” Landing somewhere between [GMO] corn-polymer biodegradables and dishwasher-safe ceramic, the Verterra was a stylish departure from my everyday dinnerware. However, the chic appearance and attractive [...]
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Marine Corps Marathon Photos
by Caroline Treadway on Oct 26, 2009
Oct. 25, 2009-Canons signal the start of the 34th Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. 30,000 people ran in D.C.’s famed Marine Corps Marathon. I shot photos with a reporter who wrote a story about Kathryn Laganza from Norwalk, Conn., who ran with her father, Joseph Charles Moosbrugger. The father is a pretty experienced marathoner [...]
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Everything old is organic again.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 26, 2009
Organic ain’t Hippie. It’s Old-Fashioned. There’s nothing new about organic food. It ain’t hippie, or yuppy, or liberal. It’s what our grandparents ate. It’s what we all ate, for all time, up until after World War I, when the chemical war companies changed over their wares into fertilizers and we started agribusiness, industrial farming, penning [...]
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Bob Soderstrom, as seen in Hollywood, CA, October 25.
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 26, 2009
The man behind Flickbitz.com, Winner of 2002 Austin Film Festival screenwriting competition (out of 4,000 entrants), buddy, former Boulderadoan. Kasey Luber and I arrived back in Hollywood from Ojai, where we’d been at Lulu Bandha’s Ojai Yoga Crib, a yoga gathering. Stopping at Urth Cafe for some food and the best dry capp of my [...]
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350.org: Boulder, Colorado’s Day of Climate Action. Videos.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 25, 2009
The below is by elephantjournal.com’s Lindsey Cash, producer of our Walk the Talk Show: When hundreds of bikers arrived in the center of Boulder, Colorado this past Saturday, October 24, 2009, their excitement and energy was contagious. They had spent the morning in a group show of support for less local reliance on coal for [...]
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Today, I took—or rather gave—one of the three best yoga classes in my life, with Erich Schiffman.
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 25, 2009
I’ve heard about Erich Schiffman, a famous (or not so famous, as you’ll soon understand) yoga teacher based in Santa Monica, California, for years. And yet I’d never met him. He doesn’t sell himself, he doesn’t market himself much. He doesn’t answer to the description of a Famous, Fabulous Yoga Teacher (unless you count his [...]
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What’s One Riot?
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 25, 2009
The other night after going out with friends in Venice and Santa Monica and before doing something else and whatever I found myself in the bathroom at Jen Sall’s pad just off of Abbott Kinney. I’d been sporting my stylee One Riot tee all day in meetings with green business types, a producer, going to [...]
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Failure? You’re in great company.
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 25, 2009
“The best motivation video ever”
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Thoughts on Mindful Living, Part 4. ~ via Rebecca Grazulis
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 25, 2009
World Farm Animals Day A few months ago, in the dead of summer, the hospital near my apartment hosted their annual summer festival. In the blazing sun on one of the busiest streets in Chicago, there were animals in a small pen being stared at by adults and children alike. While there were a few [...]
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