Shrink Your Ecological Footprint

Mental Health = Physical Health?

rprice — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:10:50 +0000

Have you ever stressed yourself into being sick? I certainly have. My former co-host, Gina, is currently laid up with her mom and dad because she stresses herself out (and for lots of other medical reasons, but stress is a big factor). Apparently this is the start of a meme…

Chris Heuer, who I’ve seen speak at a local blogging conference a couple of times, posted this audio to a phone-blogging service called Utterz yesterday, and got a cool response. Here’s Chris on The Mind Body Connection:

Do you have any experiences with this phenomenon? Go over to Utterz and reply to Chris’ post. I know he’ll appreciate it.

Save Water

rprice — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:03:12 +0000

Shower Together

Thanks to the bloggers over at Simple Shoes for posting this… a fun way to think about Shrinking Your Eco Footprint.

Conscious Business Podcast

rprice — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:07:54 +0000

Dear eco-freaks:

I know I have not been keeping up with the blogging/podcasting over here at Shrink Your Ecological Footprint, but at the same time I don’t believe people should apologize for not blogging. Still, I think there are some really great resources out there for folks looking for inspiration to get themselves or others motivated to think about what is happening to ourselves and the world right now.

The Conscious Business Podcast is one of many shows published by some nice boys from Boulder at their Falling Fruit website. They are spiritual geeks, as well as often talking about philosophy and environmental issues. It’s difficult to describe exactly what they do, so instead I’d like you to sample some of their best work.

A few months ago, the guys (like the host who always introduces himself as “myself, Theo Horesh”) interviewed Joshua Onysko, Founder and CEO of Pangea Organics, an organic soap and bodycare company. Pangea is one of the epitomic example of a “conscious” business. Not only are they green, but they always pay their emplyees a fair wage and they have even opened up all of the inner workings of their business to the world for scrutiny. More on that in the podcasts though.

The interview is broken into two parts:

How to Build a Better Banana Peel

and

How Responsible Can Businesses Actually Be?

Props to Duff and Theo for their excellent program. I hope they can pass the inspiration along to you.

Encourage a shrunken ecological footprint with active feedback and games

rprice — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:22:05 +0000

This video belongs to the InsterestingSouth event that was held in Sydney, Australia on November 22nd, 2007. There was a fun talk by Juan Mann, the Free Hugs guy, who was looking for a free place to live at the time, and some other talks by some wonderful creative and informed people.

The video I want to focus on is a talk give by Dan Hill, who is a design, web, media, city, travel, culture, architecture, music, creative type of fellow. He takes several ideas and mashes them up to make you think about a world where you measure your usage of resources, and the possible logical ends of those measurements. You really have to watch the video to get the meaning. Go on, click the link and come back, I’ll wait… It’s a little over 10 minutes, just to warn you.

The Well-Tempered Personal Environment: Chucking social software at your local energy sources, giving you a personal energy profile, which can then be aggregated to your street, your mates, your neighbourhood, your region, your city etc.

They start playing “These boots are made for walking” because he’s passed his 10-minute time limit - each talk at InterestingSouth is between 3 and 10 minutes. The event is only one night, and doesn’t take very long, but I’m sure everyone walks away with a head full of new ideas, inspiration and questions.

I’m interested to see what people can think of once we collect 5 years worth of that data, or 25 years. After a century, the world will be in a completely different place. Who knows what our great grandchildren will have moved on to then?

Dan’s blog post about The Well-Tempered Personal Environment

See the ‘Facebook App’ slide from the talk

Watch A Local Folkus, Learn About Central Florida’s Local Food Movement

rprice — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:03:44 +0000

I finally got to watch John Rife’s awesome locavore video, and I now feel very educated and inspired to explore and sample some of the places and foods he intoduces us to in his first installment of A Local Folkus.

I’d like to post a lot of relevant links to go with this video, but that will take a little while. Check back soon for some more info.

Grocery Store Wars

rprice — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:11:25 +0000

My friend John Rife posted a link to this video, and it was just exactly the kind of thing that makes you smile and get angry at the same time. The people who made this video must have been total geeks - Thai fighters? Tofu-D2? Really?

Anyway, the message is simple - save the organic farms, save the cheerleader - wait, maybe it’s “with great food comes great responsibility”, or… you decide.

Drink Your Water

rprice — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:25:25 +0000

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I like to fill up my Nalgene bottle every morning before I leave the house. It keeps me hydrated and recuces waste while saving me some money. It’s a no-brainer.

Green Lube on Treehugger TV

rprice — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:49:32 +0000

A great resource for all things environmentally friendly is Treehugger.com; one thing they don’t shy away from is how to Green your sex life. Personally, I think if one is going to make the effort to lower their impact on the planet, sex is one area where one shouldn’t skimp.

Here’s a video I recently came across that takes you to NYC’s Babeland, a sex shop where they sell eco-friendly lubes and toys. Check out the original post on Treehugger for more video: How to buy Green Lube.

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Video: Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

rprice — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:40:11 +0000

Download Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

Sandra Diaz and Jeremy Seghers of Carbon Productions speak about the issue behind this year’s Heart of Coal, Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining. Heart of Coal was a theatre production at the 2007 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival. Sandra points out iLoveMountains.org as a place to go for more information on the issue.

For more information about Orlando Fringe, check out OrlandoFringe.org, MySpace and our sister site, Blogging Fringe.

P.S. Clicking on the ad at the end of the video helps pay for our web hosting! We appreciate the support.

Seeking Weekly Conversation

rprice — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:35:33 +0000

Hey everyone,

Ryan Price here, producer of the Shrink Your Ecological Footprint Podcast. If you take a look, you’ll realize we haven’t recorded any new episodes in a while. There are a number of reasons for this, but I think one of them is people. Gina and I are still very interested in doing the podcast, but more people makes for better conversation, more viewpoints and a richer end-product. By working together we can make something bigger and better than by working alone. This is true for environmental issues, personal health and podcasts, too.

If you’re interested in making a guest appearance, becoming a regular speaker, or just getting added to the rotation, we can accommodate your request. We use Skype to record all the shows, and right now we don’t have a regular recording time since we’ve been away for so long. Use the contact form at the top of this page to get in touch with me and tell me what you’re passionate about. We’ve got someone to cover technology and someone for personal nutrition and wellness, we could use some more specialists in other areas, so tell us what you’d like to contribute.

Hope you’ve enjoyed the first 5 episodes, and hope you’ll enjoy those that will come in the future! Leave a comment here if you just have suggestions or feedback. I’d love to know where you’re listening from.

Peace,
Ryan Price
Producer
Liberatr.net

Footprint 05: These Things Happen

rprice — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:53:31 +0000

Download Eco Footprint 05
footprint_05.mp3
Length: 55:02

A brand new show about Environment, Community, Life Hacking, making a difference and generally improving quality of life on the planet. At least that’s the goal. Gina Riggio and Ryan Price host, and they even give out homework assignments!

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