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David Letterman – An Eco-friendly Television Pioneer
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Late night talk show host and comic, David Letterman has been put under siege of late but we want to focus on things that actually matter first. Letterman, in addition to being a great talent is also somewhat of an eco-friendly television pioneer having made a commitment to producing eco-friendly television programming through his production company World Wide Pants.
World Wide Pants, which produces The Late Show with David Letterman, partnered last year with EcoMedia. Rob Burnett, president and CEO of Worldwide Pants said that they “are extremely excited to partner with EcoMedia and look forward to creating [eco-friendly television]/entertainment that will hopefully not only be funny, but will also move viewers toward better, more sustainable practices in everyday life”. We commend Dave and World Wide Pants for their commitment to the planet. We hope more production companies follow their lead.
Now I suppose we have to address the hype. Unless you have been under a rock and that rock does not have wifi, you probably heard about the plot to extort two million dollars out of Letterman. David himself boldly broke the story, with his trademark wit and humor. Since then, the media have been circling everyone connected to World Wide Pants like vultures in the desert. Dave, ever-protective of is privacy has now overtaken fame-mongers Jon and Kate as the lead story on TV, newspapers, and the ever-important blogosphere. On top of that, the speculation and salacious insinuations have pulled news magazines like The Insider down to a new low. If you saw The Insider’s Michel Jackson coverage, you’ll know that is saying something.
Tags: David Letterman, David Letterman show, eco friendly TV, Eco-friendly Television, eco-friendly television pioneer, eco-friendly television programming, EcoMedia, environmental, environmental sensitivity, Jon and Kate, Jon and Kate Gosselin, Jon and Kate plus 8, Late night talk show host, Late Show With David Letterman, Michel Jackson, Rob Burnett, sustainable practices, The Insider, World Wide PantsNike’s Reuse-A-Shoe Program Promoting Social Responsibility
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Nearly two decades ago, Nike began looking for a way to reduce the company’s environmental footprint and reduce the amount of shoes that ended up in landfills. In the early 1990’s, Nike established a very cool program called Reuse-A-Shoe as a way of promoting social responsibility. Basically they take back used running shoes (any brand), separate them and turn them into a product they call Nike Grind.
Nike Grind includes three types of raw materials made from recycled athletic shoes and manufacturing by-products: rubber from the outsole, foam from the midsole and fabric from the upper shoe. These materials are ground up and used by select companies in sport and playground surfaces, as well as in numerous Nike apparel, footwear and equipment products. For example, Nike ACG developed a range of apparel trim and accessories including snaps, buttons and zipper pulls that are made from 50% to 100% Nike Grind material. A basketball court can use materials from 2,500 pairs of shoes. A running track can use material from 75,000 pairs of shoes.
Tags: athletic running shoes, carbon footprint, Eco Friendly, environmental, environmental community programs, landfills, National Recycling Coalition, Nike, Nike Grind, Nike Reuse-A-Shoe, Nike running shoes, Nike Social Responsibility, planet forward, recycle, recycled athletic shoes, recycled shoes, Recycling, Reuse-A-Shoe Program, Social Responsibility, sustainable lifestyle, sustainable lifestyles, Sustainable Living, Sustainable Practice, sustainable practicesBecome An Eco-vegetarian One Day A Week
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We’re going to cast the moral, flesh eating argument aside for the sake of this blog and just focus on the environmental implications of the food choices we make. A 2006 United Nations report summarized the devastation caused by the meat industry by calling it “one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.” The report recommended that animal agriculture “be a major policy focus when dealing with problems of land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.”
Many leading environmental organizations, such as the National Audubon Society and the Sierra Club, are now establishing the link between eating meat and eco-disasters like climate change. According to Environmental Defense, if everyone skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetarian foods instead, the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than a half-million cars off our roads. Here are a few more facts to mull over:
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