Tom Youngman

Co-founder of Green Vision: The Bath Youth Climate Movement, member of the Department for Energy and Climate Change's Youth Advisory Panel and member of the UK Youth Climate Coalition's delegation to the United Nations climate change negotiations. Human being and active citizen. thomas@youngman.me.uk.

March 5

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Suspended Bouncing Tennis Balls

Spanish visual artist Ana Soler used 2,000 tennis balls for her most recent work, Causa-Efecto (Cause & Effect). These frozen-in-motion balls are strung throughout the Mustang Art Gallery in Alicante, Spain.

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February 25

Amazing image. Libyan mission to the UN replaces modern flag with former one, saying it belongs to ‘the Libyan people’, officially ending its support for the Gaddafi regime.

abudai:

the libyan mission to the united nations in new york changes the flag out front to the one representing the opposition movement.

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Tags: #REVOLUTION #politics #UN #good.is

January 13

“ …major media outlets seem reluctant to call the accused gunman Jared Loughner a terrorist, preferring instead to describe him as “unhinged” or “detached.” … Comparatively, pretty much every rampage committed by a Muslim is immediately considered terrorism, with other motives being secondary and tertiary concerns. Yet another brilliant piece of journalism from Good Magazine, check it out.- GOOD

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December 17

‘Keep buying shit you don’t need, seagulls love it.’ via Green Patriot Posters, Good.is.

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December 5

“ Hedge funds increased short selling in U.S. renewable energy stocks to the highest level in a year, boosting bets against First Solar Inc. and Tesla Motors Inc. as government support for low-polluting technologies faltered. Goldman Sachs included… As if banks & hedge funds hadn’t damaged the world enough already these past few years. (Hedge Funds Bet Against Clean Energy, Hope - Business - GOOD)

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October 22

The Man Who Wanted to Ban Cars from Manhattan - in 1961.

(via GOOD)

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September 16

“ Copenhagen has developed a force of Bike Butlers. … They find illegally parked bikes, give each one some some fresh oil for the chain and top off the tires with air, and then leave a note asking the owner to park in a rack in the future…. Oh, to have urban problems like Copenhagen does. Bike Butlers: Park Illegally, They’ll Oil Your Chain and Top Off Your Tires - Transportation - GOOD

Tags: #environmentalism #cycling #good.is

June 14

Vintage Oil company ad, boasting about glacier melting. Found in a 1962 Life magazine. - via GOOD.is

Tags: #environmentalism #oil #enco #GOOD.is