Boy oh boy!
Jackson here.
Several weeks back, we put up a post asking for people who were interested in writing and contributing for/to SuperForest to get in touch with us, and as a result some very quality people have since joined the Team.
The newest of which is all the way from Sydney, Aus!
We are proudly proud to present SuperForester April, with her round-up of funny, quirky, inspiring finds.
Take it away, April!
G’day Superforest folk!
Hi. My name’s April Smallwood and I live in Sydney, Australia. I’ve just spent the last five minutes chuckling to myself as I, like other newcomer Julius de Hond, also found Superforest via Jason Mraz’s blog. Ah, the beauty of web links.
I work as a copy editor and spend my days writing advertorials for magazines. It’s my first job since graduating and I dig it so far. I am keen to write for SF since it has such a positive message – that change isn’t out of our hands, rather it’s actionable and achievable, and that a little can go a long way. I must confess it’s not until recently that I started to give lots of thought towards making the world a better place, so it was great to discover SF and all the crazy, kooky and wonderful ideas it offers readers.
SHOW YOUR LOVE
The OneLove project (link to oneloveproject.blogspot.com), created by Fiona Byrne, aims to collect and showcase photos, artwork, illustrations or poems that reveal your personal take on love. Everyone from anywhere is encouraged to strut their stuff, so send a low-res jpeg/ pdf or word document of your ‘love work’ to oneloveproject@gmail.com
(Modern Love by Carrie Lipscomb)
AVOID THE TRAP
I recently stumbled on a passionate article about the way green products have come to signal trendiness. In it, Helen Machalias discusses the rise of the ‘green’ business, and warns against the trap of buying green consumer products as a way to heighten our green status. She stresses that doing our part for the environment involves more than recycled toilet paper and organic cotton tees.
Here’s an excerpt:
Affluenza author Clive Hamilton says that green consumerism allows people to create ‘a noble greenie identity... so it continues to promote the whole idea of self-creation through consumption.’ Our energy saving light bulbs and cotton shopping bags proclaim to the world that we are cool, that we are eco-chic.
(Photo by flickr userAndy Carvin)
http://www.actnow.com.au/
SAY WHAT?
Here’s a great quote I found while reading The Idler website (link to http://idler.co.uk), which aims to make idling something to aspire towards, rather than reject.
The shrew don’t stagger
Lewis Smith | July 30, 2008
A SHREW with a taste for alcoholic nectar has been identified as the hardest-drinking creature in the world.
Pen-tailed tree shrews have such an appetite for alcohol that each night they imbibe, weight for weight, the equivalent of a human downing as much as nine glasses of wine.
Their capacity to hold their drink and keep a clear head, however, puts human boozers to shame. After a night at the jungle bar, the shrews are not even unsteady on their feet, let alone being copiously sick or starting fights.
They get their drinks from bertam palms, which grow in the jungles of west Malaysia and produce nectar boasting an alcohol content that can match beer.
The truth really is out there
Edgar Mitchell
July 25, 2008
Former NASA astronaut Edgar Mitchell says aliens have contacted humans several times but governments have hidden the truth for 60 years.
The Apollo 14 astronaut said he was aware of many UFO visits to Earth during his NASA career but each one was covered up.
Dr Mitchell, 77, said during a radio interview that sources at the space agency who had had contact with aliens described the beings as "little people who look strange to us". He said the aliens were similar to the traditional Hollywood image of having a small frame, large eyes and head.
Dr Mitchell was the sixth man to walk on the moon and holds the record, with Alan Shepard, for the longest moon walk - nine hours and 17 minutes.
In an interview conveniently timed to coincide with the recent launch of the second X-Files movie, he said human technology was "not nearly as sophisticated" as theirs and warned: "Had they been hostile ... we would be gone by now".
http://www.theaustralian.news.
War on waste
You’re not the only one who ends up with a fridge full of wilting lettuce and sunken red peppers at the end of the week. The sad thing is, most of what we throw out is edible. If it goes in the bin, it ends up at a landfill site, with tonnes of other people’s waste, where it’s crushed and compacted. The food then decomposes to produce not only an unholy stench, but a huge amount of methane – a harmful greenhouse gas.
Read on for five ways to cut down on food waste now
- Get a home composter or wormery so food never reaches landfill.
- Understand the difference between a use-by date (after which you could become ill if you eat something) and a best-before date (a quality judgement not a food safety issue). Eggs are an exception – they carry a best-before label but must not be eaten after that date.
- Buy a fridge thermometer and make sure your appliance is operating at optimum 0-5C.
- Measure carbohydrates such as rice and pasta carefully to avoid over-catering. For example, a normal pasta serving is 100g per person.
- Cook in batches. Divide large dishes such as lasagne into portions, freeze and later reheat as an instant ready-meal.
Taken from the June 2008 issue of BBC Olive magazine.
(Jackson here again. Amazing stuff, April. Keep reading SF on the dilly for more inspiring posts from SuperForester April. Our little Team is growing and growing and it's so thrilling!)
Love to All,
SuperForester April & Team SuperForest
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4 comments:
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Hey April, welcome. Good stuff, hope to read more from you soon ;).
Thanks Julius. Great to be on the team :)
April
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