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SHFT co-founder Peter Glatzer made a PSA in support of California's proposed ban on plastic bags and set it to the Radiohead song Fake Plastic Trees. SHFT was then approached by a political action committee, Green Technology Leadership Group, to do a series of PSA's to fight Prop 23 - a dirty oil bill intended to reverse the states landmark enviornmental bills which were voted into law four......read more
In 2000, Bill Ford spearheaded a sustainability report for the company his great-grandfather founded nearly a century earlier. "Sustainability issues are neither incidental nor avoidable," he wrote in the report, "they are at the heart of our business." At the time, the green ideas were not well-received. Today, in the wake of rising fuel prices and global economic crisis, they are at the center......read more
Born and raised in rural Ohio, NYC-based photographer Navid Baraty worked as an engineer before bailing to pursue his artistic passion full time. His interest in portraying the human condition and in shifting perceptions of the earth is on full display in his wide-ranging portfolio, from which we pulled a few samples that document life in the city. From overhead shots of intersections......read more
The "greenest Olympics ever" could have been a great deal greener than they will be, according to a critical new report that finds fault with the handling of the Games' environmental impact. On key issues such as energy, waste and the use of resources, as well as the effects on public health, the management of London 2012 has fallen short, according to WWF and BioRegional, two green campaigning......read more
Although every day is earth day at SHFT, today happens to be World Environment Day (WED) - the biggest and most widely celebrated day for taking positive environmental action around the globe. An initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme, this year's theme is about embracing the new green economy, and we're very excited to hear some of the ideas that have been rolling in. One of the......read more
Austrian painter/illustrator Wolfgang Hutter, one of the founding members of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism formed after WWII, creates magical dreamscapes that pay equal homage to both the Old Masters and the Surrealists. With images of fantastical fairy tales scenes and imaginary Utopias, you can see why the artist is also a successful childrens' book illustrator. From the notes to the......read more
Club Donny is one of our favorite indie mags. Launched in 2008, the unedited biannual journal is asks participants to share images of their personal experiences of nature in the urban environment. The mag shows off photographs of people and the community at large are getting back to nature within their urban environments, not to mention things like gardening tips, links to apple pickings,......read more
From the files of "I can't believe those aren't photos" come these sensational paintings by American artist Gregory Thielker. The series, Under the unminding sky, depicts rainy days viewed from inside a car, and they're so realistic that you can almost feel the wet. "My most recent paintings and drawings explore the sensation of seeing from a car while driving through the rain," Thielker says.......read more
What you eat matters. Not only for your health, but for the health of the environment too. As more people begin to realize the seriousness of the climate change issue they are looking for ways they can make a difference. What we eat has a huge effect on the climate. So let's take a fork and knife to the omnivore/vegetarian/vegan debate and and see what it's all about.The conventional system of......read more
Olaf Otto Becker's photographic interest in Nordic landscapes began in 1999, when he first traveled to Iceland. On that trip, he snapped a picture of a retreating glacier. When he returned three years later, the glacier was gone. Between 2003 and 2006, Becker made a series of solo expeditions in an inflatable Zodiac along the west coast of Greenland, whose rapidly melting ice sheet is proof......read more
