Archive for December, 2006

Grist: have a (sustainable) ball

December 25, 2006

We were recently the guest Sports Blogger at the Grist blog, aka the Gristmill, hosted by Sarah Kraybill Burkhalter.
Grist is the best source for poignent (and often hilarious) news and commentary on the environment, from a neighboring Seattle-based crew.

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Seth Godin: The story always matters

December 20, 2006

Don’t you love it when people smarter than yourself say exactly what you are thinking?
Especially when they do it in just a handful of sentences.

“I got a soccer ball in the mail today. I don’t know from soccer, but as far as I can tell, it’s just like any other soccer ball.
Except it’s not.
It’s not… [...]

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International gift fairs

December 6, 2006

Another international gift fair featuring Fair Trade items was a great success this past weekend. The event – organized by Casey Romanick and Jason Simmons from the South Jersey Fair Trade Alliance – was a community-wide event to educate area residents about Fair Trade and alternative gift giving.
They made a great splash in the New [...]

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Environmental impact of sports balls

December 4, 2006

Here’s a quick primer on sports balls, the materials of which they are made, and their environmental impact. 
I’d suggest grabbing a hot cup of your favorite Fair Trade tea and then continuing to read below…
Sports balls consist of three main components:

The outer shell (synthetic leather ~30%)
The inner air bladder (rubber ~70%)
The dyes (<1%) [...]

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