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By NunoXEI • Aug 25th, 2009 • Category: Blog
In a world concerned with its carbon footprint and ever-striving for new ways to reduce environmental impact, hemp is one of those products that comes up time and again with new alternatives. This time around it’s “Hemcrete”–a new concrete-like substance developed by U.K.-based Lhoist Group, Tradical® Hemcrete® made from hemp, lime and water.
Here’s a new [...]
By NunoXEI • Aug 20th, 2009 • Category: Blog
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I’ve been sitting on this blog post for a while now and it almost got left unpublished. I came across it just after getting back from San Diego Comic Con. I spent a week there, exhausting myself to new degrees of human fatigue… and I loved it! So, when I saw [...]
By NunoXEI • Jul 29th, 2009 • Category: Blog
Just a few short weeks after Greenpeace released Slaughtering the Amazon, Nike has announced new standards for keeping leather made from Amazon destruction out of its shoes. Nike now wants to work towards a new leather sourcing policy that doesn’t contribute to the destruction of the Amazon or climate change. They’ll be adhering to the new [...]
By NunoXEI • Jul 17th, 2009 • Category: Blog
It always affects me negatively when I read headlines that seem to be degrading to the human race in general. I sit baffled at my computer reading and wondering: But how?! HOW can this be an issue considering what goes into STOPPING it from happening? It can’t be a question of organizations saying “we need [...]
By NunoXEI • May 7th, 2009 • Category: Blog
Why hire a guy on a lawnmower when you can rent 200 goats to do the same job? I’d have to imagine going the gas-powered lawn mower route would b the cheaper option–but for Google, making a statement about the environment goes side by side with their company slogan of “Do no Evil”.
Google’s Mountain View [...]
By NunoXEI • May 7th, 2009 • Category: Videos
This Moosnight special report featured some best of breed production including lighting by Richard Laing, cow heads by Jeff Cliff Model Effects, sound by Stuart Bunce, sound mix by Iain Grant, graphic sequence by A Productions, post production by Magic Films and writing and direction by the inimitable Michael Wright. No humans were harmed or eaten during the production.
By NunoXEI • Mar 25th, 2009 • Category: Videos
This creative Greenpeace video on the importance of clean air in our environment is amusing and entertaining. Without being prolific in its obvious connotations, it succeeds in being controversial enough to become viral based solely on the audio and visual cues.
By NunoXEI • Mar 25th, 2009 • Category: Videos
This creative Greenpeace video on the importance of keeping our oceans clean captures a soothing, yoga-inspired, moment of reflection. The stop motion video captures are varied and all represent the awesome nature of our oceans. Unlike some of there more controversial videos, this one does the trick without being in your face.
By NunoXEI • Mar 25th, 2009 • Category: Articles
Every year Canada prepares for its annual seal hunt; now activists also set forth to protest against it on March 15th: International Day of Action Against Seal Hunting. Nuno Teixeira gives you the lowdown on events, from Russia’s ban on the hunting of young seals to Spain’s 100-nudist protest to raise awareness.
By NunoXEI • Mar 25th, 2009 • Category: Blog
Greenpeace has hit the waters again and flagged down another pesky pirate ship. Okay, maybe that’s too dramatic, but here’s the actual current news on the situation. Greenpeace has uncovered evidence that the Spanish company, Vidal Armadores S.A. is receiving government subsidies equalling over 3.5 million Euros, and is still securing contracts and licenses to [...]
