RIP George Carlin

George Carlin was a great satirist whose dirty mouth will be missed. Here's some of his very NOT safe for work Seven Dirty Words routine...





Thanks Mica!

Skull-A-Day

I've got a backlog of stuff to post here, but you'll have to forgive me if I'm not as prolific as usual. I've started a new art/blog project that's been keeping me busy: Skull-A-Day. Yep, I'm making a skull image every day for a year. I hope you'll check it out. More juicy socially conscious design posts soon, I promise.

Murdered in Mexico

My friend Nash sent me this note about a friend of hers who was murdered while helping to protect forests in Mexico. Please be sure to visit the petition she mentions at the end:

From february to the begining of may I was in charge of a project for the Greenpeace forest campaign. This project took me to the forest every weekend, I worked with several volunteers as well as with a group of indigenous people from one of the communities there, people who are aware of the importance of the forest for all of us, that have been working denouncing illegal loggers as well as developing susteinable projects to preserve their forests. We were compiling data for a scientific study on the impact of deforestation. The work was hard but it was good work and we made very close bonds with them. Last may 15th, one of our indigenous partners Aldo Zamora was killed by illegal loggers and his brother Misael who also worked with us was injured. You can imagine my shock and pain, and for all of us who worked with him. We know who the killers are but til today they´re still free.

So I ask you to get into this link and sign, so we can keep pressuring tha mexican goverment to capture the killers:

http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2007/05/activist_murdered_in_mexicao.html

Image: Aldo and Misael

Recycled Coffin

From the UK comes the environmental friendly coffin: EcoPod. It's made of 100% recycled paper and is available in a range of colors and designs (including gold leaf!). The company also offers an acorn shaped recycled paper urn. Get the details here.