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Author: Adam
Things Are Good: Stove Man Turns up the Heat
Stoves can make a world of difference in places that rely extensively on old-school resource like wood and cow patties. Using an efficient stove can save trees from being felled and limit the amount of pollutants released during the cooking process.
Here’s episode one of Stove Man made by the Paradigm Project:
Episode 1: Woodwalk from The […]
Continue readingThings Are Good: Bike Lanes Create Jobs
The University of Massachusetts has completed a new study that shows that bicycle lanes create jobs. As a cyclist, this seems obvious to me since whenever I see a store or restaurant I want to go into I just hop off my bike and I’m in there spending money rather quickly.
It’s good to see that […]
Mike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics for June 28th
Happy early Canada Day. Next time the show airs we shall be into July and the future King and Queen of England will have departed Ottawa. We have an exciting show lined up. At 7:30 Adam will be speaking with Michael Dawson who is the keyboardist and lyricist for the Regina band […]
Continue readingThings Are Good: A Look at European Transit Planning
The New York Times has a good article about the differences between traffic planning in the USA and Europe. The article shows ways that European cities move people more efficiently by supporting mass transit and sustainable transit solutions like bicycles rather than supporting a car culture.
Cities including Vienna to Munich and Copenhagen have closed vast […]
Things Are Good: Solar-Powered Wineries
Wine is good for you and can improve many aspects of your health. The wine-making process can be very intense on local ecologies due to the farming methods and shipping involved. Some wineries are looking to sustainable and responsible ways to create their wines.
Here’s one of a few wineries using solar power, catch four […]
Things Are Good: TerraCycle Helps Schools Recycle and Learn
TerraCycle is a company that wants us to rethink waste. They collect materials that would be sent to landfills and use them to create new products thereby creating less waste filling up the landfills.
Here in Canada they have been quite successful with their school programs – and have given money back to schools that […]
Things Are Good: Better Primary Health Care
Health care is expensive no matter where you are and places like Uganda and the USA health care is even more expensive because they don’t have universal health care for their citizens. A company in California, MedLion, is looking to bring effective primary health care to the masses because some governments can’t afford (or refuse) […]
Continue readingMike Powell Fanclub: Radio Topics for June 14th
The summer festival season has started. Westfest concluded this past Sunday and Jazzfest starts soon. We continue every Tuesday though, festival or not. We have an exciting show lined up for you this week. At 7:30 Mike will be speaking to Jenny McDonald a Blues / Folk artist from Halifax,NS who is […]
Continue readingThings Are Good: Things Are on Vacation
Hi everyone, I just want to let you know that I’m heading off on a vacation for about a month so don’t expect to many posts.
I’ll try to make the occasional post and hopefully some others will leave some good news.
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Things Are Good: Help Save the Redwoods with Modern Tech
Organizations that care about protecting the environment are always looking for ways to get more people helping them out and in some cases consumer technologies are the solution. Save the Redwoods is an organization in California that is asking people to use their iPhones to identify where every redwood tree is in the state. The […]
Continue readingThings Are Good: What You Eat Matters
Jason Schwartzman cares about what you eat. Well, at the very least he has narrated a new short film on the importance of what we eat. The film looks like it covers a lot issues around problematic factory farming and the benefits of traditional farming methods.
Here’s a promo for the film:
And Gene Baur from Farm […]
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