http://www.activistnow.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:27:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're planning on design 3-4 new Activist shirts. Anyone have ideas for things they'd like to see? We look forward to your feedback! Update: Initial concepts include: Guerrilla Gardening, Sustainability and Global Unity. http://www.activistnow.com/index.php/2008/09/01/new-activist-shirt-ideas/ At GardenCamp we decided to start a community blog for local gardeners. Brazos Grows is now up and running! There's only a few posts now, but several gardeners in the community will be contributing to the blog. The video above is some guerrilla gardening done in Downtown Bryan, and is also featured ... http://www.activistnow.com/index.php/2008/08/29/brazos-grows/ 30.6885 -96.372034 Instead of house cleaners and body soaps bought from the store, full of chemicals you've never heard of, make your own! Eco-Me specializes in 100% natural do-it-yourself kits that are good for you and the environment, too. http://www.activistnow.com/index.php/2008/08/26/eco-me/ Photo by 917press I came across this service when I wanted to send an email to me in the future about the last post. FutureMe allows you to write an email and set a date for arrival in the future. Want to remember something next year? Email it to yourself. When you send ... http://www.activistnow.com/index.php/2008/08/12/futureme/ Photo by sshb Kevin Kelly posted about an amazing event held every ten years in Oberammergau, Germany. In the early seventeenth century, as plague raced across Europe, the people of this small town made a deal with God: spare us and we'll perform a Passion play every ten years. All of us. ... http://www.activistnow.com/index.php/2008/08/11/generational-theatre/ Photo by D&J Huber In San Francisco (of course), MyFarm is helping those who want an organic garden but don't have the time or expertise to maintain it. There are two different offerings: a Personal Installation is enough for their family, or they can have an Owner Member Installation, which is enough ... http://www.activistnow.com/index.php/2008/08/07/myfarm-have-your-backyard-garden-professionally-managed/ 37.779160 -122.420049 Click To Play Daniel Nocera describes new process for storing solar energy. View video post on MIT TechTV There's an article on MIT News about a new discovery which will make solar energy cheaper and more feasible. Check out the video and read the article. http://www.activistnow.com/index.php/2008/08/01/major-discovery-from-mit-primed-to-unleash-solar-revolution/ 42.358990 -71.092773 The American has a great article about the future of energy in America. One interesting point they brought up that I haven't heard before is the "stickiness" of electricity. Oil can easily be produced and sold on the global market, but electricity is "stuck" to whatever continent on which it ... http://www.activistnow.com/index.php/2008/07/30/our-electric-future/ Edible Estates is a great book about replacing one's front lawn with an edible and useful garden. Instead of using the backyard, they are expressing their criticism of suburbia's cookie-cutter grass lawn. It makes passerby's think about why they use so much water, fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and gasoline (cutting the ... http://www.activistnow.com/index.php/2008/07/28/book-review-edible-estates/ Photo by Bill Erickson On July 19 we held the first GardenCampBryan. We had a great gathering of gardeners and enthusiasts from around the Brazos Valley. Talks ranged from the basics of gardening to composting to xeriscaping. Here are a few photos from the event. If you took photos there and use ... http://www.activistnow.com/index.php/2008/07/26/gardencamp-recap/ 30.6885 -96.372034