You can do something...

Hey, you are a big part of this too. We want to know what you think. Please feel free add your voice to ours here at SustainAbler.




Crude: Chevron Worse Than BP?

by Rick on June 10, 2010

While everyone’s attention is on the BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, we should remember - this ain’t news. Have you ever heard of Ecuador and a little company called Texaco? Probably not - and that’s the problem.
I just finished viewing “Crude: The Real Price of Oil,” and what I learned about […]

Posted in Dirty Energy • Energy • entertainment • Movies • Posts with Video | 1 Thought »

Good News: Obama Halts, Delays Drilling

by Rick on May 27, 2010

From the Department of Silver Linings: Alaska’s Chukchi and Beaufort seas are safe, at least for the moment. And Virginia’s offshore lease appears to be, well, dead in the water. Thanks, BP!
In the Obama administration’s most decisive policy response yet to the BP oil spill, today Barack Obama delayed or canceled deepwater offshore oil exploration […]

Posted in Dirty Energy • Energy • Posts with Video | No Thoughts

Bottled Water is “Bullsh*t”: Lewis Black

by Rick on May 18, 2010

If Annie Leonard’s Story of Bottled Water doesn’t convince you that bottled water is a scam, maybe comedian Lewis Black will. Black waxes bombastic on the bottled water industry: “Because when I think clean water - oh, yeah - I f***ing think Coke and Pepsi.”
Beware: Black’s language is about as clean as Coca-Cola’s waste stream.

Posted in Plastic • Posts with Video • Water | No Thoughts

Puma: The Best Shoebox Is … No Box at All?

by Rick on April 26, 2010

Puma, the sports & lifestyle company that brought you the iconic “Clyde” shoe, has just unveiled sustainable shoe packaging that eliminates a shoe industry mainstay - the shoe box. Puma shoes will now be going home in a “Clever Little Bag” - combining the shoebox with the shopping bag in one fell swoop.

Posted in Gear • Posts with Video | No Thoughts

One Hundred Percent Behind One Percent for the Planet

by Doug on June 27, 2008

Alongside the Vote the Environment campaign, we wanted to call your attention to this inspiring video created by One Percent for the Planet, the organization created by Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and Craig Mathews, owner of Blue Ribbon Flies, that facilitates companies donating

Posted in Posts with Video | No Thoughts

Vote the Environment

by Doug on June 26, 2008

Our friends at Patagonia’s excellent blog The Cleanest Line asked us to embed this video and we liked it so much we have made it the featured vid on SustainAblerTV on our home page. “The Environment” encompasses far more than global warming and

Posted in Posts with Video | 1 Thought »

Stroke of Inspiration

by Doug on June 2, 2008

Sustainability is a tough, complex concept to define. But, at the core, it refers to trying to live a life, whether as an individual or a business, that does more good than harm. Along those lines we wanted to share this video from the TED conference. Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor talks about having the […]

Posted in Posts with Video | No Thoughts