This is the Spill That Never Ends, Yes it Goes On and On, My Friends…

Arkisaeo — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:23:27 +0000

It's officially the 100th day since the Gulf Coast Oil Spill disaster started.

What does this mean?

Well, to break down the news as of late: the clean up is still going on and most likely won't end for a long time yet, endangered baby turtles are being released into the gulf (despite the fact that there is still oil), and the highly damnable BP chief exec, Tony Hayward, is finally on his way out (he quit! huzzah!).

Ah, but wait, there's more...

The Live Lamp.

Arkisaeo — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:45:14 +0000

I've stumbled across an interesting device available on Etsy. It's an orb. It's a lamp. It's a plant growth system. It's all those things packed into one spiffy little creation: The Live Lamp.

In its most basic form, this is nothing more than a lamp that's shaped like a sphere or ball. However, it's uniqueness comes from the fact that plants grow ON it. Not in it, not around it, they live and grow directly on the light itself.

What plant could possibly do that? [Read more...]

Help Plant A Billion Trees!

Arkisaeo — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:03:17 +0000

One of my favorite organizations is doing a very awesome thing.

The Nature Conservancy is working to restore 2.5 million acres of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. For those of you that don't know much about this forest: Only 7% of it's original area (which spanned a distance from the state of Maine down to South Carolina) remains and it's one of the world's most endangered tropical forests.

Over the next 7 years they plan to plant 1 billion trees and this is where your help comes in. All it takes is $1.00. One dollar. For every dollar you donate, they will plant a tree. [Read more...]