Muxtape

Muxtape lets you listen to post and listen to mixtapes. Simple as that.

Read about it: Wired

A good mix I discovered: http://mcwatterblogged.muxtape.com/

Green tip of the week: Paper or plastic? Neither!

As an individual striving to live a healthy and fun life while also being environmentally conscious, I hope to impart the wisdom that I’ve gathered on the internet to help you learn how to practically reduce your carbon footprint.

This week – bring your own bag with you to the store! Even though it feels better using paper than plastic at the grocery store, it turns out that both plastic and paper bags have the same overall impact on the environment. Even though paper bags are biodegradable, the amount of energy it takes to process the materials for a paper bag is about equivalent to the plastic that will sit in the environment for hundreds of years.

Considering that the average American uses 900+ plastic bags a year, and that only 1% actually recycle them, where are all the plastic bags going?? The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (video) Currents in the pacific ocean have corralled so much plastic that the pieces of plastic outnumbers the wildlife (zooplankton) 6 to 1.

The great news is that this can easily be fixed!  Bring your own bag – be it a tote bag, a bookbag, anything – and we can hopefully have oceans (mostly) free of debris for generations to come.

John McCain is breaking the law

The short of it: In August of 2007 John McCain applied for matching funds from the Federal Election Campaign Commission, which means that he must follow specific guidelines in the way that he raises and spends money. The spending limit for the 2008 general election is $56,757,500 and McCain’s campaign has spent is $56,916,682. Oops! Only $200,000+ over! Considering that he didn’t formally withdraw from the binding FEC agreement, he is technically in violation of the law. The big problem with this situation stems from the fact that if he’s over his spending budget already – how will he attack Obama in the coming general election?!?!