I stumbled across Locallectual today - a site that aims to help us figure out where stuff is produced and more importantly, help us find local stuff that we like.
According to the site’s founders:
We’re forward thinking, we’re smart, and we’re tired of being disappointed by country of origin labels. We know that there’s power [...]
Rock Port, Missouri is the first 100% wind powered city in the US! Very cool.
It is estimated that the turbines will generate 16 gigawatt hours of electricity annually. Historically, 13 gigawatt hours have been consumed by the 1,400 residents and businesses in this town.
National Geographic and the international polling firm GlobeScan have just conducted a study measuring and monitoring consumer progress toward environmentally sustainable consumption in 14 countries around the world. Unlike other measures, Greendex is the first to rank the performance of individual consumers, rather than countries as a whole.
The results? America placed LAST. And Canada [...]