Sayan's BlogWorld » footprint http://sayanc.net/blog highlighting the future's bizzare as it transforms into the present's mundane Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:16:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Story of Electronics http://sayanc.net/blog/2010/11/13/the-story-of-electronics/ http://sayanc.net/blog/2010/11/13/the-story-of-electronics/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:52:00 +0000 Sayan http://sayanc.net/blog/?p=1083 The Story of Electronics employs the Story of Stuff style to explore the high-tech revolution’s collateral damage—25 million tons of e-waste and counting, poisoned workers and a public left holding the bill. Host Annie Leonard takes viewers from the mines and factories where our gadgets begin to the horrific backyard recycling shops in China where many end up. The film concludes with a call for a green “race to the top” where designers compete to make long-lasting, toxic-free products that are fully and easily recyclable

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President Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt commenting on seeing the Grand Canyon

Read more about the US National Parks and President Teddy Roosevelt at http://www.nps.gov and  http://blogs.nashualibrary.org/reference/2009/09/leave_it_as_it_is_1.html

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]]> http://sayanc.net/blog/2009/03/04/happy-birthday-the-gasoline-electric-hybrid-car-is-100-years-old/feed/ 2 Knowledge Gap of How We ‘Fit In’ is Greatest Threat to Environment http://sayanc.net/blog/2009/01/30/knowledge-gap-of-how-we-%e2%80%98fit-in%e2%80%99-is-greatest-threat-to-environment/ http://sayanc.net/blog/2009/01/30/knowledge-gap-of-how-we-%e2%80%98fit-in%e2%80%99-is-greatest-threat-to-environment/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:29:42 +0000 Sayan http://sayanc.net/blog/?p=936 The article does a much better job of describing one of the great questions facing humanity – ‘How do we fit in?’ Maybe we need to ask native cultures around the world the answer to this mystery. Anyway here is the article from Treehugger.

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