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The Big Ask urges us to act now on climate change.
We were just lamenting how we’ve become desensitized to headlines like Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increase in U.S. We’re fully aware of the problem. It couldn’t be more clear, and we’ve moved from understanding the problem to pursuing solutions. We’re taking action. And then our friend [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Online Video'
Act the Fuck Now: Best Global Warming Video Ever
December 5th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 17 Comments
Tags: Global Warming · Online Video
Jared Diamond on Societal Collapse and Sustainable Living
October 31st, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 1 Comment
A classic yet timely TED presentation from award-winning scholar and author Jared Diamond.
Jared Diamond’s Collapse is one of the defining texts in the Max Gladwell ideal and worldview, which is why it has a permanent place in our “Recommended Reading” sidebar. Very simply, Collapse demonstrates how unsustainable living will, in fact, lead to a society’s [...]
Tags: Online Video · Sustainability
Stephen Colbert and Prescott Oil: Buy More Oil to Save the Environment
September 30th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 10 Comments
Stephen Colbert gets into bed with Big Oil and celebrates the lifting of the ban on offshore drilling with a new ad campaign.
Now that the Congressional ban on offshore drilling has been lifted, Stephen Colbert and the Prescott Oil Company wants to drill, baby, drill.
Colbert hailed the lifting of the ban as a tremendous success, [...]
Tags: Greenwashing · Humor · Online Video
The Ultimate Green Hack: An Electric MINI Cooper
September 27th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 5 Comments
Hybrid Technologies hacks production cars like the MINI Cooper and re-brands them as electrified green machines.
Driving an all-electric vehicle takes some getting used to. First, you have to remember to plug it in at night. Next, you have to get over shifting and the very sensation of shifting, because there’s just one forward gear: drive. [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy · Automotive · Online Video
Stephen Colbert Interviews GM’s Bob Lutz on the Chevy Volt and Global Warming
September 17th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 6 Comments
The Colbert Report interviews GM Vice Chairman and global warming skeptic Bob Lutz on the new 2011 Chevy Volt.
Bob Lutz is GM’s Vice Chairman and one of the world’s more high-profile global warming skeptics. Stephen Colbert invites him on the show to talk about the recently unveiled 2011 Chevy Volt. Lutz mentions that one of [...]
Tags: Automotive · Global Warming · Humor · Online Video
The Daily Show on Offshore Drilling, Energy Policy, and the Financial Crisis
September 17th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · No Comments
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart calls McCain on offshore drilling double-talk and offers some comic relief for the financial crisis.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an energy bill compromise that lifts the ban on offshore drilling. This is similar to the bill being hammered out in the Senate that we fundamentally support. Of course, [...]
Tags: Economy · Humor · Online Video · Politics
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Paints a Picture of George W. McCain
September 6th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 4 Comments
The Daily Show juxtaposes George W. Bush’s 2000 acceptance speech with John McCain’s and exposes striking similarities.
On its final night of “covering” the Republican National Convention, The Daily Show kicked off the final 59 days of this election with two masterpieces of video archiving and editing. First, Steward cuts together a clip that shows McCain [...]
Tags: Humor · Online Video · Politics
Stephen Colbert Examines the DNC’s Green Initiative and Interviews Bob Barr
August 27th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · No Comments
Colbert spoofs the Democratic National Convention’s green efforts and transitions into an interview with Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr.
After more than a week off, the Colbert Report returns with a exceptional show. Following a bit where Colbert juxtaposes DNC commentary with B-roll from Burning Man, he explores the convention’s green efforts.
Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr [...]
Tags: Global Warming · Humor · Online Video
Water is the New Carbon. H2O the New CO2. This is Global Parching.
August 21st, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 3 Comments
Global Warming is about to give way to Global Parching, sharing the international stage among the most urgent and high-profile crises of our time.
Consider yourself warned. Water will soon become the new carbon. Global Parching, as we’re calling it, is poised to give Global Warming a run for its money in terms of media coverage [...]
Tags: Global Warming · Human Rights · Online Video · Water
Global Warming Solutions Video Contest on Go Green Tube
August 19th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 3 Comments
The National Wildlife Federation wants you to Chill Out…on camera.
Go Green Tube (GGT) is a new video-sharing startup that offsets a pound of CO2 every time one of its green-themed videos is viewed. These are purchased through the reputable Carbonfund.org, and according to the site ticker, the GGT community has generated 2,191 credits as of [...]
Tags: Global Warming · Online Video
