I can’t help it, sometimes I want to step away from the informative and step into the entertainment side of media (I’m a red-blooded, 25-year-old woman. Sometimes I just gotta know, what is Ryan Gosling up to right now?). Especially at the dentist, on the plane or on a long road trip, I’ve been know to brake down and buy some mindless smut.
But now, I can have my smut and eco, too. Instead of reaching for the latest US! or People, I can check out Ecorazzi, an eco-tainment site that brings readers all the latest in green gossip, like what TV shows are featuring green living, which blockbusters’ have the hero fighting eco-bad guys, and who’s into eco-fashion design? (check out Stella McCartney’s leather-free sandals.)
True, Ecorazzi has more of a propensity for the “-tainment” side of things, but I can still find value in that. Now I’m not saying this is vital to the movement, or a site you should rely on this as your source of news. But if you need a 10 minute pick-me-up in the face of continually depressing news (like how quickly the carbon emissions counter on the side of the Seattle’s Pacific Science Center is ticking or how can I afford organics while my rent steadily rises), this is a great option.
Also, I think it could be an interesting entry point for people who need a little transition time into the green movement (or whatever you want to call it).
So, secret Sarah-shame revealed, and compromise found. Not bad for a Monday.
Check out this little gem I found in the Film & TV section — but only if you want to experience really, really, really bad journalism (or should I say blatant oil-industry propaganda) from FOX news. It’s worth watching though, I swear…
We can’t even make this stuff up.
Filed under: film-tv, television — michael @ 6:10 pm
Just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be anything else to throw at Al Gore, Sean Hannity on FOX News came up with his hilarious segment: “Gore’s Grocery: Blame Al Gore for your rising food prices.”
Oh man, you know the conservative news stations are walking a thin line of sanity when you actually publish something like that. Of course, coming from someone as out of touch as Sean Hannity, such incomprehensible logic is to be expected. While increased demand for biofuel is certainly contributing, it is barely more than the tip of the iceberg. Newshounds breaks down the real information that FOX so conveniently fails to do itself. From the article,
“According to Time magazine, there are three other factors: One is the chronically low productivity of farmers in the poorest countries, caused by their inability to pay for seeds, fertilizers and irrigation. Another is the growing demand for food and the third, which Hannity would probably rather die than admit to, is climate change. Time reported that recent droughts in Australia and Europe cut the global production of grain in 2005 and ‘06. New York Times columnist and economics professor Paul Krugman says that high oil costs play a big role, too.”
Furthermore, the type of biofuel throwing Hannity’s panties into a bunch is not the kind backed by Al Gore. In 2006, the the former V.P. endorsed cellulosic ethanol — a much different process that utilizes perennial grasses, waste, or other sources of low-production, high yield organics.
Check out the full video here — laugh track not included.
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