This is just one of many reasons why Baltimore is one of the cleanest and greenest cities in the world.
Or not.
Apparently someone punctured a hole in a tank at the Pompeian Olive Oil Company, releasing 5,000 gallons of olive oil into surrounding storm drains, which ultimately ended up in the Baltimore harbor.
Now I’m not sure who could have done such a horrible thing, but I’m pretty sure that the people in little Italy are no longer worrying about competition.
A few weeks ago the two along with their “ecorages” did a challenge to create a green funeral service. Tommy was to do the burial of Hip Hop while Ludacris gladly accepted the burial of Rock. Of course the host was Gene Simmons, the legendary lead singer of Kiss.
Needless to say, neither of them really incorporated anything green into their presentations, but at least the initial idea was a good one.
I had never really thought about a green funeral until the show, when it stated that enough concrete is used every year for tombstones to create a two-lane highway from New York to California (I don’t remember the exact quote, but it’s very close to this one).
So I did some research and found a great article on MSNBC.com that discussed the rising popularity of eco-friendly burials. Here are two entirely different yet very green ways that graves are going green:
The environment is certainly a holy place, so doesn’t it seem fit for holy men to do their part to preserve it?
Well, a man named Renze Rispens has designed what he calls the “Ghettoblaster for Monks,” which is an eco-friendly boombox of sorts… that doubles as a seat!
Riding a bike is by far one of the most eco-friendly ways to travel. So can you imagine going a step beyond producing zero carbon emissions to actually absorbing the other CO2 emissions around you?
This bike has built-in planters that rest above the wheels, which you can flip down when the plants need water and sunlight. The pedals actually hold the planters up. Then you can flip the planters back up when you want to ride the bike.
Talk about the epitome of great exercise and oxygen circulation!
Sounds like the perfect idea for an eco-date: A nice bike ride, a stop in a local park and giving your date flowers from your bike garden.
Just make sure that you plant flowers and not poison ivy.
Now I’ve heard of some strange things people have done in the name of conservation, such as building rooftop solar panels out of beer bottles to conserve energy, but I never thought that a Burger King employee would go out of his way, on his birthday, to conserve water by bathing in the restaurant’s sink.
This is an actual story that happened in Xenia, Ohio. The teenager dumps water on himself from a bucket labeled “sanitary solution” in the very sink where utensils are cleaned. (I hope that he’s not sitting on a spatula).
In 2006 50,000 gallons of industrial fuel leaked from a tanker when it sank off the central island of Guimaras, which is next to the Philippines.
This affected over 40,000 people and 120 miles of coastline, forcing families to flee because of the overwhelming stench and high levels of hydrogen sulfide (which can poison the central nervous system), benzene (can damage bone marrow and lead to anemia) and toluene (can lead to respiratory problems).
So what did the people of the Philippines use to clean up the oil spill? Human hair!
And what better place to get hair from humans who don’t really need it than a maximum security prison.
Apparently three time’s a charm for a motorist who finally got caught for his devious gas crimes.
In Fort Worth, Texas a police officer noticed for the third time the same Cadillac stopped on the side of the road. He finally acted on his suspicions and went up to the driver to ask what was wrong with the car.
The driver said his starter didn’t work, but when the officer asked the man to start the car it worked just fine.
The funny thing about this story is that right as the car starts up another motorist pulls up with a full gallon of gas. The motorist was helping the Cadillac owner, who had “run out of gas” and was stranded.
