Everything on the internet is true (29 photos) : : theCHIVE.
This is a Nickelodeon Ren and Stimpy promo from 1994. Stimpy talk about what a friend is and why Ren is his best friend.
via Ren and Stimpy Promo- What is a Friend?- 1994 – YouTube.
At a time of constant debate over the future of energy, it is easy to forget that 1.4 billion people – nearly a quarter of humanity – still live without access to electricity. Through my Life Without Lights photography, I strive to reveal the economic impact of global Energy Poverty while exploring energy’s future.
So how did I feel standing in that Whole Foods line?
I felt naked, raw and at the same time, dignified. I felt in my element but sensed the deep unknown beyond, as if I were a fish swimming at the edge of my school. I felt lonely, facing unfamiliar space, where no signposts, ground or structure are evident. I felt vulnerable, entering vast, unknown territory. But a big smile was dawning, a smile of compassion. As Trungpa Rinpoche and Pema Chodron had taught me, I can smile at fear, rather than cringe.
An image taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft as it exited our solar system shows the Earth some 4 billion miles away. Astronomer Carl Sagan describes brilliantly how every single person and living thing we have come to know, exists only on this “pale, blue dot.”
via “You Are Here – A Beautiful Speech by Carl Sagan (Video)” – Videos – Viddler.
A migratory Egret waits for its prey at the reclaimed area in Manila Bay known as “Freedon Island” in the city of Paranaque, Philippines. Environmentalists are gathering a million signatures to save the only bird sanctuary in the capital following a proposal by the city government to develop the area as a commercial complex. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)
Photo of the Day: Egret » Design You Trust – Design and Beyond!.
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever. http://storyofstuff.org
Every time you go shopping, you share intimate details about your consumption patterns with retailers. And many of those retailers are studying those details to figure out what you like, what you need, and which coupons are most likely to make you happy. Target, for example, has figured out how to data-mine its way into your womb, to figure out whether you have a baby on the way long before you need to start buying diapers.
via How Target Figured Out A Teen Girl Was Pregnant Before Her Father Did – Forbes.