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I have been trying to do more blogging and less linking here so that you actually get something of value when you come here to the LJ Urban blog.  But look at this jacket, how could I possibly resist posting about it?
Levi

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We had lots of different opinions to the question of which household uses less energy but there was a clear winner, the final tally was 4 votes for A and 12 for B.
The question was a bit of a tricky one as the equation includes total household energy usage instead of just utility bills. [...]

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Ever played Cranium? Well if not let me fill you in on some of the lingo. When you pull a card called “All Play” that means everyone at the table has to participate in the challenge. So today we are going to do an “All Play”, meaning everyone has [...]

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Seen this feature on Google yet? Its pretty cool if you can figure out how to access it (took me about 5 minutes but I’m not the brightest tech-monkey in the world, either).
Here’s instructions on how to use it.
Here’s how it looks on your screen. What’s cool is that it gives [...]

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I found this game where you get to build your own green home, and it made me laugh. If only building sustainably were this easy and cheap.
I got 186% efficiency. What did you get?
Levi

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I know its way too small to read but this page out of The Lorax is just brilliant
It says…. “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, its not.”
P.S. I scanned it as a big enough file that you can use it as your desktop background. [...]

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Thanks to this new browser toolbar widget, I stumbled upon this site which gives real time carbon dioxide emission levels (and birth and death rates) for every country in the world.
Note which countries are coded “RED”…
Jason

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