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NASA Reports 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year
While I secretly may be rejoicing over the ability to leave my coat at home this past week, I can't help but feel disconcerted about the unusually warm weather that has taken New York. You may have seen that last Friday, NASA released findings that 2011 was the Ninth-Warmest Year on record since 1880.
I stumbled upon this post from 'No Impact Man' Colin Beaven in response to the NASA report and it has become a topic for conversation over at Holstee for the past week. Regardless of the political stance on the issue, I think these questions get to the heart of the matter:
Why were we born? What is really important in life? Are we living in line with that? Or are we distracted from the point of our existence? Is there a way to get people to wake up and ask these crucial questions?
Is there a way to get governments to do so? Because if we are wrecking the place in fulfillment of our human purpose, then so be it. But if we are wrecking the place while sleepwalking our way from birth to death? Living unconsciously and wrecking the place in that process? That seems like such a terrible tragedy. How can we wake up? -Colin Beaven
It basically gets down to something that we want to be the common thread through everything we do at Holstee and the lifestyles we live day-to-day. We want to live consciously, being aware of how each and every decision we make affects the world and those around us and doing something about it. It calls for waking up and realizing our ability to decide to leave the world better or worse than we found it.
Wendell Berry is quoted saying, "We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it."
Indeed.
See the full article from NASA here. Visit 350.org to find ways to act.
Limited Edition Upcycled Tees
It is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and in honor of this we are excited to announce our latest line of limited edition upcycled tees. With this limited edition line, we've decided to give tee's of years past, a new life. We've collected tee's from friends + neighbors, carefully inspected them for quality, and gave them a sweet little Holstee touch. Each shirt has been hand silk screened, with a one of a kind print. The upcycled tee is available in 3 styles:
Q+A with TreeHugger's Emma Grady
We recently had a chance to sit down with TreeHugger writer Emma Grady over lunch at Holstee HQ to chat about some of life's most pressing + not so pressing (but still important) issues.Quick + Dirty. Describe yourself in <140 characters.The facts: I grew up on the coast of Maine, I live in Manhattan, and I am a freelance writer.[non tweetable version] I feel most alive when I am outdoors, breathing fresh air. I continue to be inspired by my surrounding environment and the people in it. I am a go-getter; I am almost always trying to figure out what I want to do with my life, and I am passionate about promoting the good works of others.The last blog post you read was about...In preparation for a behind the scenes media tour I took at NBC Studios this morning, I read "What Your TV Is Telling You to Do"on the Wall Street Journal--thanks to my friend Olivia Zaleski for sharing. It discusses eco-friendly "behavior placement" (as opposed to product placement) across NBC Universal's programming.If you could be any superhero, who would you be + why? -
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