This past year I spent a week and a half volunteering in New Orleans with an event called Historic Green, an intersection of historic preservation and environmental issues in the New Orleans Holy Cross Neighborhood.
. You can read about our achievements here.
I'm on the planning committee for HG 2009 and our pro bono web person has not been able to get things posted on the schedule that we need. Is there anyone out there who might be able/interested? I don't have many details except that we would create the content, just need help getting it posted. IIRC, the site is in PHP.
If you might like to help out or know someone, please email me at my profile addy. Thanks.
My latest post at Grist is up:
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Scenarios for a low carbon, no-nuke future: Renewables and efficiency would provide more GDP than fossil fuels.
The post is essentially a for a long spreadsheet - which it links to. I'm sure publishing a spreadsheet will help build a popular audience.
For those interested parties, select Criterion Collection DVDs are on sale buy one get one free at DeepDiscountDVD through 7/29.
x-posted with Movies
For interested parties Tor is giving away e-versions of a bunch of its novels. [link]
These include books by: John Scalz,Robert Charles Wilson,Jo Walton, Mercedies Lackey & James Mallory,Tobias Buckell,David Drake,Jane Lindskold, Harry Turtledove,S.C. Butler,Karl Schroeder, Cherie Priest,Kate Elliot, Peter Watts,C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp,Daniel Abraham, John Wright, and Kage Baker. Plus a bunch of cover art as well. Apparently they gave them away one at a time, and are making everything available for a week, after which they charge.
Joss Whedon is doing somesort of online interview at the Washington Post today at Noon Eastern.
Just in case anyone was looking for a cute summer dress, there's one for sale over in my LJ
The easiest possible way to support a cool project: Click over to the American Express Members Project, and nominate this one: [link] You don't have to have an AmEx card, but you do have to register.
Thanks!!
Tomorrow's Fresh Air with Terry Gross will feature Neil Patrick Harris talking about his tv career and singing on Dr. Horrible.
Here's the WHYY link, although tomorrow's program link is not up yet. [link]
If you feel like watching half an hour of me burbling and waving my hands about being a Goth at my workplace and other related topics, go here: [link]
Starting this evening, I'm going to be off-line for the next 10 days, so I just wanted to mention that I'll be reading from Shoot Out The Lights in Nashville a week from Thursday, 8/14, at Grimey's New & Preloved Music at 6 pm with the incredibly awesome Will Kimbrough joining me to play some Richard Thompson songs. If you're in Nashville or thereabouts, come on down!
