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Jamie Oliver: Teach every child about food To follow our previous post on seasonal foods, here’s chef Jamie Oliver’s inspirational TED talk on fighting obesity with food education. Good stuff. Update: Check out the great new show Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution!

Mar 29th

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GOOD: Seasonal Vegetables

Here’s another really cool infographic for GOOD Magazine, showing which fruits and veggies are seasonal in your area at any given time. In Colorado, it looks like I’ll be eating a lot of greens, potatoes and peaches this spring. The sunshine here is the best, but right now I gotta admit that I’m a little jealous of Washington’s food selection. The graphic was done by...

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Michael Perry

I almost forgot how good Mike Perry is at hand-drawn awesomeness. These are a few of his “greener” works, but he’s got a lot more going on than this. I think that Bard Observer is a great example of making a two-color design really interesting. There’s a ton of amazing work up on his site, so take some time to dig through it. And if you’re into this kind of...

Mar 19th

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This is a really great video showing how LA Metro’s in-house ad agency improved the perception of public transportation and increased ridership. Can you imagine how different transportation in America would be if mass transit spent anything close to the amount that the auto industry spends on advertising? For starters, people would no longer be afraid of it or unsure of how to use it....

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“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything...”

– John Muir

Mar 15th

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Passion for cycling

So freakin’ good. That’s just about all I can say about this set of posters by Spanish designer Jorge León. Great minimal use of bright colors. The different shapes work nicely as well. Muy bien, sir. (via)

Mar 12th

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Okay, this one’s a biggie. The Story of Stuff is an award-winning video packed with so much good information that classrooms across the country are now showing it to teach about consumption and sustainability. You may think you know enough about these issues by now, but trust me, you won’t regret watching this entertaining 20-minute video. Here’s a short clip: Be sure to...

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Productivity Future Vision This is a pretty awesome video by Microsoft showing a glimpse of what our increasingly digital future will hold.

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