http://susty.com Sexy + Sustainable Living Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:40:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/ http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:24:11 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7862 How to Save Tropical Rainforests Research reveals that logging is the largest single factor leading to tropical deforestation, as the cutting and road building associated with the timber industry opens avenues into rainforests. This initiates a chain of destruction that can include more logging, mining, slash-and-burn clearing for cattle grazing and conversion for chemical-intensive industrial agriculture. Most of the resultant products are exported to northern industrialized countries.]]> http://susty.com/tropical-deforestation-basics-problem-solution-get-your-fix-environment-eco-friendly-green-design/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/late-night-tv-comedy-writers-guys-few-women-male-dominated-career-television-show-staff/ http://susty.com/late-night-tv-comedy-writers-guys-few-women-male-dominated-career-television-show-staff/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:38:33 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7719 Daily Show for Comedy Central back in 1996, as well as from top women writers who have staffed the shows of Conan, Colbert and David Letterman.]]> http://susty.com/late-night-tv-comedy-writers-guys-few-women-male-dominated-career-television-show-staff/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/isabel-toledo-spring-collection-michelle-obama-inspiration-new-dress-video/ http://susty.com/isabel-toledo-spring-collection-michelle-obama-inspiration-new-dress-video/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:41:13 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7695 Michelle Obama who wore a Toledo design at the presidential inaugural as well as words of inspiration about where Isabel gets inspiration...]]> http://susty.com/isabel-toledo-spring-collection-michelle-obama-inspiration-new-dress-video/feed/ 1 http://susty.com/green-patriarch-wall-street-journal-op-ed-entire-web-sustains-life-sacred/ http://susty.com/green-patriarch-wall-street-journal-op-ed-entire-web-sustains-life-sacred/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:53:51 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7930 spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew connects the dots between science, the human heart and faith. On the heals of last week's eighth ecological symposium on the Mississippi, the Green Patriarch proves that no silos need exist for us to achieve success in maintaining and bettering human civilization as we now know it...]]> http://susty.com/green-patriarch-wall-street-journal-op-ed-entire-web-sustains-life-sacred/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/green-patriarch-opens-eighth-environmental-symposium-in-new-orleans-video/ http://susty.com/green-patriarch-opens-eighth-environmental-symposium-in-new-orleans-video/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:49:02 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7727 "Green Patriarch" Bartholomew of the Eastern Orthodox church officially opened the Eighth Religion, Science and the Environment (RSE) Symposium, entitled “Restoring Balance: The Great Mississippi River,” taking place for the next five days including a large and diverse group of theologians, scientists, policymakers, environmentalists, representatives of business and NGOs, and media. See video of the Ecumenical Patriarch's opening address below the fold.]]> http://susty.com/green-patriarch-opens-eighth-environmental-symposium-in-new-orleans-video/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/100-percent-recycled-paper-printing-congressional-record-us-government-printing-office-gpo-video/ http://susty.com/100-percent-recycled-paper-printing-congressional-record-us-government-printing-office-gpo-video/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:45:15 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7819 reams of paper making up bills and laws can be made into so much political ping-pong as this Daily Show clip points out, no matter how you slice it, it's still a whole mess of trees taken off decarbonization duty. For the first time in the history of the GPO beginning in 1861, these materials for federal lawmakers are now being printed on 100% recycled paper. What's surprising is what kind of paper the GPO has been using up until this point.]]> http://susty.com/100-percent-recycled-paper-printing-congressional-record-us-government-printing-office-gpo-video/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/bill-maher-australian-super-drought-sydney-dust-storm-means-global-warming-skeptic-inhofe-senator-now-video/ http://susty.com/bill-maher-australian-super-drought-sydney-dust-storm-means-global-warming-skeptic-inhofe-senator-now-video/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:44:31 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7645 http://susty.com/bill-maher-australian-super-drought-sydney-dust-storm-means-global-warming-skeptic-inhofe-senator-now-video/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/ardi-human-ancestor-skeleton-sex-food-oldest-discovered-bipedalism-origin/ http://susty.com/ardi-human-ancestor-skeleton-sex-food-oldest-discovered-bipedalism-origin/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:09:00 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7644 http://susty.com/ardi-human-ancestor-skeleton-sex-food-oldest-discovered-bipedalism-origin/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/dust-storm-turns-sky-black-in-broken-hill-australia-video/ http://susty.com/dust-storm-turns-sky-black-in-broken-hill-australia-video/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:53:27 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7650 http://susty.com/dust-storm-turns-sky-black-in-broken-hill-australia-video/feed/ 0 http://susty.com/confessions-of-radical-industrialist-profits-people-purpose-doing-business-by-respecting-earth-ray-anderson-green-business-sustainable-living-book/ http://susty.com/confessions-of-radical-industrialist-profits-people-purpose-doing-business-by-respecting-earth-ray-anderson-green-business-sustainable-living-book/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:51:03 +0000 by George Spyros, New York City, USA http://susty.com/?p=7752 Interface founder and chairman Ray Anderson set an audacious goal for his commercial carpet company: to take nothingfrom the earth that can’t be replaced by the earth. Now, in an inspiring business book for our time, Anderson leads the way forward and challenges all of industry to share that goal.]]> http://susty.com/confessions-of-radical-industrialist-profits-people-purpose-doing-business-by-respecting-earth-ray-anderson-green-business-sustainable-living-book/feed/ 0