Posted June 5th, 2010 by mark
Our wonderful and talented friend, Craig Eastman, explains why he is trying to use less.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjxVOPigupM
Posted June 3rd, 2010 by mark
Iceland's erupting volcano spewed a lot of ash into the air that made flying in Northern Europe impossible for a few days in April. 100,000 flights were canceled and millions of people temporarily stranded all over the world. I have friends who couldn't get back to the UK from South Africa, back to the US from London and Paris and my parents were stuck in Chicago trying to get back to Heathrow.
There were environmental consequences too. The skies were much clearer and 206,465 tons of CO2 did not enter the atmosphere each day from aircraft that would otherwise had done so if they hadn't been grounded. People noticed how much better the air quality was.
That got me thinking. Was this a form of intervention from a higher being- lets call her God - to remind mankind how we are screwing up the planet by taking things like air travel for granted? Are we being reminded that we need to cut back on our addiction to things that are polluting the environment?
Posted April 22nd, 2010 by mark
Today, one year ago since the official launch of USELESS on Earth Day 2009, we have partnered with Pittsburgh punk band Anti-Flag to launch an initiative that we are hoping will fully-fund a water and sanitation project in Sierra Leone.
We have created a limited edition USELESS/Anti-Flag tee shirt, using repurposed tees that wouldn't otherwise have been used, and are selling them for $12 each. Proceeds are funding the Kundorwahun project in Sierra Leone through charity partner wherevertheneed.org. If we sell all of the shirts there should be enough money to fully fund the project.
You can find out more and order a shirt through this link:
http://www.anti-flag.com/useless/
Posted February 5th, 2010 by mark
Yup we've gone and done it, we've slashed the prices of our classic men's and women's tee shirts from a very reasonable $28.00 to an amazingly low $18.00
How can we do that, we hear you ask? Very simple actually, you just switch out the numbers on the website.
Of course it'll mean sacrifice for us. No food at weekends, for instance. But we think it's worth it just to see smiles of joy on our loyal customers' faces.
So go at, order some and make it all worthwhile.
Mark
Posted February 5th, 2010 by mark
Many of you will have heard of the swirling vortex of plastic waste, or what's known as the gyre, in the Pacific Ocean. Co-founder Kathy is passionate about it. The gyre is twice the size of Texas and growing. What you might not know is that there actually five gyres around the world. This website shows how they will change over the next 10 years and has a great deal of information on why they happened and what can be done about the problem.
http://current.com/1v33k4c
