Ten Steps to Reduce Global Warming

Rest assured, we will create a section of this website to house tips like this - Ten Steps to Reduce Your Global Warming Impact.

For now, forward this list to 10 of your closest friends. Send the actual link, not this post.

1. Buy the right car.
2. Choose clean power.
3. Look for Energy Star.
4. Unplug a freezer.
5. Get a home energy audit.
6. Use energy-saving bulbs.
7. Drive less.
8. Buy good wood.
9. Plant a tree.
10. Let policymakers know you are concerned about global warming.

Looking at Tip #6 by itself, you will learn that if every household in the U.S. replaced one regular light bulb with a compact fluorescent one, we could reduce global warming pollution by 90 billion pounds!!!

Ten Personal Solutions

Don't Live Someone Else's Life

Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, gave an awesome speech to Stanford University graduates in which he related some personal stories from his life - from being given up for adoption to dropping out of college and being fired from Apple, the company he founded. Looking back, he's able to see how everything makes sense (only in hindsight), why it's important to do what you love, and how thinking about Death can help you live Life.

One paragraph in particular is worth quoting in full:

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

Text of Commencement address by Steve Jobs

Jamesons Journalists Collect Shoes for Kenya

Our Texas chapter, Jamesons's Journalists, helped a former classmate collect 1,000 pairs of shoes for those in need in Kenya.

How did the shoes come about? They were part of a display that educated the public about child abuse in Galveston County, Texas.

Ms. Jamesons's students connected the two causes and gave those shoes a new lease on life. In "journalese," we say "those shoes have legs!" :)

"I can't believe that all I had to do was make a phone call and then 927 people who need shoes get shoes," Rawya Jabari said. "I love the fact that I was able to help, it was easy and so many people will benefit."

Creek Students Change Tragedy to Charity

Being Conscious-Cool

When it comes to smarter living, forget Martha. Think OSSA - the Outstanding Sustainable Style Achievement Awards. Given out annually by the Sustainable Style Foundation, the OSSA awards promote a lifestyle that is sharp, cool, and conscious. Consumerism never looked better.

In the Fasion & Beauty category, for example, the award was given to Loomstate, an organic brand of Rogan Jeans. What's the big deal?

An acre of conventially-grown cotton typically requires 5.8 pounds of pesticides, and cotton accounts for just one percent of crop production in the U.S. but 10 percent of pesticide use. These are some of the hippest green jeans around, from the uniquely colored pockets to the 'Nature Calls' stitched behind the fly.

Here are some of the other categories and winners:

• Communication/Communication Design: BP
• Designed Environments: IKEA
• Entertainment: Sarah McLachlan's 'World on Fire' music video
• Food/Restaurant: Frito Lay's Natural snacks
• Industrial Design: Call2Recycle
• Mobility: Toyota Prius
• Non-Profit: Global Green's 'Red Carpet-Green Cars' campaign
• Sports: Lance Armstrong 'LiveSTRONG' campaign
• Travel: Aspen Skiing Company

Link: The OSSA's awards.

Brad Pitt focuses on Daniel Pearl

Now here's a bit of Brad Pitt hooplah that was not mentioned in "In Touch" magazine: Plan B, Pitt's production company, recently acquired the rights to "A Mighty Heart"- a captivating memoir by Mariane Pearl, widow of slain journalist Danny Pearl, which exposes readers to the passionate life of Danny and the raw, and often treacherous, realities of international journalism; it will be interesting to see how Pitt and team translate this poignant story onto the big screen. Keep your eyes and ears open for a movie release date set sometime in 2006.

Full story: Hollywood to tell slain Pearl's story
Related link: DanielPearl.org