Enquiring minds want to know…

Ken and I watched another very interesting documentary last night called "Who Killed the Electric Car?".  All i have to say is WOW.  Once again I was left feeling cheated, sad, angry and very disgusted at the powers that be.  If you can find the film please go and rent it- it was very informative. Here is the trailer:

But I’m not too discouraged after reading recent reports about the creation of some electric sports cars by a new start up company called ‘Tesla Motors’.  It’s so exciting and I’m glad someone is doing it!

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Back to Business.

Hello again!  I hope everyone had the best little Christmas ever, we sure did.  Things were very laid back and it felt good to get spoilt and not feel guilty about it. Now it’s back to business in blog land…

    Some of you may remember I mentioned the movie "An Inconvenient Truth", a few weeks ago.  Well, i read something disturbing today, and it’s got me thinking and doing.

If you haven’t seen the film, I highly recommend that you do, it’s a real eye opener and like the advertisement for the movie says, "by far the most terrifying movie you will ever see.".  Al Gore talks about Global warming, how it was spun as a myth when in fact none of the data documenting the onset of global warming was ever in doubt by the scientific community.  After watching the film and reading the newspapers with a new set of educated eyeballs, I KNOW it’s not a myth.  The earth is damaged, and we are doing it. 
Some of the ways I’ve started to ‘do my part’ (because everyone doing a little- equals a lot) are, purchasing recycled toilet tissue, sounds inconsequential but it’s not.  turning down the heat and wearing more clothes.  Turning off the lights and replacing the often used lights with compact fluorescent and perhaps in the future LED bulbs.  I don’t drive much as it is but when the weather permits I’m going to try and walk to more places instead of driving maybe even invest in a trailer for a bike that could hold the kids… I’ve also started recycling more whole heartedly, because that’s the easiest thing to do.

Anyway- here are some more ideas to try and do your part.  We’ve only got one planet and I’d prefer not to fry like an egg on it. 

What ‘Green’ things are you already doing? What do you plan to do in the future?

~jen

Curiosity creates Genious

Suz invited Paige and I on a double date with her and her daughter Elizabeth.  We went to see the new kids movie- Curious George.  It was really cute and reminded me so much of the books i used to love as a kid.  The one thing about the movie that MADE it for me was the bloody awesome soundtrack.  All of the music was done by Jack Johnson and friends and it made me want to do a little dance right there in my seat.  When Paige had to use the washroom i was perturbed, not because i was going to miss part of the movie, but I was going to miss the great music that was playing!  Seriously!  Suz and i made a bee line for the first music store we came across and bought the soundtrack called "Sing-a-longs and Lullabies for the film Curious George.". It is all I’ve been listening to since.  It’s already on my ipod and i listened to it at the gym this morning even though lullabies aren’t exactly great music to sweat by. 
    Anyway, the movie is definitely a refreshing change from all of the computer animated films that have been coming out lately- not that "Robots" isn’t great too but I like to toss things up now and again.  We’ll definitely be buying this one.

I fell in to a burning ring of fire…

Ken and I just came back from seeing ‘Walk the line" The Johnny Cash Biopic.  Really, really, great movie.  I LOVED "Ray" and this one is right beside it at the top of the list.  After the first 15 minutes of the movie you actually forget that you are watching Joaquin Pheonix and not the real Johnny Cash.  J.P. even sang all of the parts himself as did Reese Witherspoon.  I would venture to say Reese sang better than June Carter ever did- but who am i to judge??  It was a great movie.

now I’m Home, I’ve got my kids all tucked in.  Taken all my meds.  I’m quite alert and craving a nice creamy coffee.
I think I’ll drink another large glass of water and hit the sack.  Or try to.
Nighters all!
~jen