links for 2009-03-01
By Dominic Campbell • Mar 1st, 2009 • Category: Useful links-
"FREITAG products are made from original recycled materials – used truck tarps, used car seat belts, used air bags and used bicycle inner tubes. Because the materials are tough, the products are too. Because we’re Swiss, our quality standards are too. And because it is made from an original piece of tarp, every single FREITAG product has its own, individual design."
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"Green Thing is a not-for-profit public service that inspires people to lead a greener life. With the help of brilliant videos and inspiring stories etc. from creative people and community members around the world, Green Thing focuses on seven things you can do - and enjoy doing."
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Work it out, do something about it, map it
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"There are thousands of events each week in London and they are as varied and unique as the city's residents and visitors. Spoonfed helps you sort through all of these events quickly and easily. At Spoonfed, you get truly localised event details, reviews by critics, artists, musicians and performers, and social organisation tools to keep you and your friends up to date and in the know."
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"We're imagining how the White House might work if it was run completely democratically by thousands of people on the internet. Get started by setting your priorities for the nation."
Big fan.
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"Perhaps that is the flip side of the coin in this recession; While there will be inevitably be a drop-off of many traditional jobs, perhaps those spots will be filled with creative pursuits in both the for and not-for-profit sectors, and consequently, at least for some, a movement away from work as a form of personal alienation."
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