A lot of people are talking about rising gas prices, with differing opinions on how to get them under control. It seems to me we should be working to lower the demand for gas in the first place. This means developing programs to promote walking, biking and taking public and alternative forms of transportation.

Rather than suspending the gas tax (a hot-button issue, which some argue would reduce revenues for road repair, cut jobs and improvement projects while still passing the cost to consumers), how about diverting that money into making our neighborhoods more pedestrian & cyclist friendly, our cities less car-centric and our country less dependent on petroleum?

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I had some time recently to mess about in Processing. For your consideration: sketch_2008_04_28_diagonal_lines2. Stare at it for a while and everything starts to make sense.

Update: I posted a few shorts to Vimeo: diagonal_lines2 / diagonal_lines3.

I think it’s great that ‘green’ issues have gone mainstream and are growing in popularity. It seems like every day there’s some new article or ad about green’s growing momentum.

Despite some of the obvious green-washing, environmentally-friendly practices can make great business sense and social policy, drive innovation on many fronts and help solve some of the mounting problems we’re facing. At the least, it’s something to believe in amongst the political, social and economic unease that circles us.

One of the larger purposes of recycling, in addition to decreasing the amount of waste that goes into landfills (or worse), is to change peoples’ perception of trash. When a person goes to throw something away, they have a choice where to put it. It seems to me the point of adopting green practices is for them to become second nature—not thinking about it, in a good way. Cheers, Earth Day.

Target has a new line of Eco Furniture that is stylish, inexpensive and eco-friendly. Each piece is 100% formaldehyde-free, made with FSC/Rainforest Alliance Certified SmartWood and 100% nontoxic, water-based glues and stains. They ship flat to conserve packaging and reduce waste and are designed and manufactured in the USA.