Topics Environmental

Weekly recap of @jt_topics on Twitter

If you missed Josh’s tweets this week, you can find them here or @jt_topics!

• Can you bribe people to become healthy? – Newsweek http://bit.ly/amlCaJ
• I joined peopleforbikes.org in uniting a million voices to improve the future of biking. Won’t you? http://bit.ly/bexolZ

Weekly Recap of @jt_topics on Twitter

You can catch up on Josh’s tweets here or follow him on Twitter at @jt_topics.

• Hint: education focus RT @DanielPink: Quote of the day: The real reason China is laughing at the US http://bit.ly/armbiP (via the Pink Blog)
• Should all kids be screened? More than 1% of tested WVa 5th-graders had choles
• Your phone wants you to check your blood sugar – Health – Health care – msnbc.com http://bit.ly/bhjXkW
• Danish study found that simply cycling to work lowered the risk of death by 40%. http://bit.ly/aJuA9k
• 23 hr/wk watching TV & sitting in cars = 64% more chance of dying from heart disease than sitting 11 hrs/wk or less.http://nyti.ms/bKjZ2u
• “Their workouts did not counteract the ill effects of sitting.”http://nyti.ms/bKjZ2u
• “For every extra point gained on a scale of obesity, scores in reasoning, memory and other mental skills fell”http://bit.ly/9ArHUt

Weekly Recap of @jt_topics on Twitter

Here is a glimpse of Josh’s tweets from the previous week. You can follow him on twitter here @jt_topics.

• RT @thenorthface: Grand Teton National Park may go up for sale. Via @Discovery_News http://ow.ly/28q6h
• RT @briandfrancis RT @Wismark: Hey @theobserver, are u looking into this? Newspaper Wants Readers 2 Pay 2 Comment - http://bit.ly/cQDV69

Weekly Recap of @JT_Topics on Twitter

Here is a glimpse of Josh’s tweets from the previous week. You can follow him on twitter here @jt_topics.

• RT @TheWorldTri: Charlie took 1st stroke of this 10,225mi journey today at 10:54am CST. Watch the 1st video: http://bit.ly/bMdMyQ
• In 1991 The Fattest US States Were As Thin As The Leanest in 2009 : TreeHugger http://bit.ly/b5VL6I
• RT @DanielPink: RT @springwise: Using iPhone and web to tap the professional skills of micro-volunteers – http://bit.ly/theextraordinaries
• Two minutes, two dollars and a cell phone are now all it takes to get an eyeglass prescription. http://bit.ly/alNuBA
• 84% of parents believe their children are healthy weight, though nearly a 1/3 of kids & teens are obese or overweight http://bit.ly/9DFYZM
• It starts at home & well be4 middle school. Study: Obesity effort no help with weight loss — CLT Obs http://bit.ly/9vB2Qz
• Very awesome! From Daniel Pink – More emotional intelligence in the subway http://bit.ly/d77i6A

Weekly Recap of @JT_Topics on Twitter

Josh Thomas, the man behind Topics Environmental, is engaging in discussions on Twitter about issues relevant to this blog. We don’t want you to miss it, so each week, we’ll share some of the highlights here. You can also follow him on twitter here @jt_topics.

• MT @GrantWahl: #USA set WC record by winning group with fewest total minutes in the lead: 2. (Old rec: 21 by #NED ‘94) via @2010MisterChip
• Studies have shown that dads empower their kids to explore the world, to meet new people and to take chances. http://bit.ly/d0FCAQ

Weekly Recap of @JT_Topics on Twitter

Josh Thomas, the man behind Topics Environmental, is engaging in discussions on Twitter about issues relevant to this blog. We don’t want you to miss it, so each week, we’ll share some of the highlights here. You can also follow him on twitter here @jt_topics.

• TreeHugger – Study Shows How Organic Labels Trick People Into Eating More [TreeHugger]
• NC Outward Bound’s River Bound Race Series (5K and 15K) isJ uly 17th at the US National Whitewater Center. Details at http://bit.ly/aIl78x
• 1 more bad consequence of Amazon deforestation: Cleared areas have seen incidences of malaria increase nearly 50%. [TreeHugger]

Weekly Recap of @JT_Topics on Twitter

Josh Thomas, the man behind Topics Environmental, is engaging in discussions on Twitter about issues relevant to this blog. We don’t want you to miss it, so each week, we’ll share some of the highlights here. You can also follow him on twitter here @jt_topics.

• In other lesbian news RT @DanielPink: Children of lesbian parents do better than their peers (NewScientist)
• Study shows that gay men = leaner than straight men. Conversely, gay women tend to be heavier than heterosexual women (MSNBC)
• Are there schools/systems/communities already doing this (arts integration) well? Who can we look to as a model? #pinkCLT

Weekly Recap of @JT_Topics on Twitter

Josh Thomas, the man behind Topics Environmental, is engaging in discussions on Twitter about issues relevant to this blog. We don’t want you to miss it, so each week, we’ll share some of the highlights here. You can also follow him on twitter here @jt_topics.

• 10 minutes of brisk exercise triggers metabolic changes that last at least an hour & more fit = more benefits (MSNBC)

• The World Tri is a very cool project that could use your help! 12000 miles of swim, bike & hike (of Mt. Everest!) (Vimeo)

• Research has shown that simply giving children books may be as effective as summer school — and much cheaper (USAToday)

Weekly Recap of @JT_Topics on Twitter

Josh Thomas, the man behind Topics Environmental, is engaging in discussions on Twitter about issues relevant to this blog. We don’t want you to miss it, so each week, we’ll share some of the highlights here. You can also follow him on twitter here @jt_topics.

• One of the loveliest places I’ve ever seen is changing for the worse “Glacier National Park Lost Two More Ice Fields to Climate Change” (MSNCB.com)

• Oak trees produce 3k-6k pollen particles per cubic meter; it only takes 10 particles to trigger an allergic reaction.(MSNCB.com)

• “More human beings today (5 Billion) have access to a cellphone than the UN says have access to a clean toilet.” (NYTimes.com)

• Um. Yes, very cool (and no I don’t think Kindle can do this) : Alice for the iPad Shows Why E-Books Are Cool (Mashable.com)

The People’s Garden

We love what the USDA is doing with the “People’s Garden” on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Some of the highlights listed below come from a recent article in the Washington Post about the garden. You can read the full article, here.

• Turning a parking lot into a natural environment: “Vilsack carved out the garden last year from an asphalt parking lot. He grabbed a jackhammer and challenged USDA facilities across the country to follow suit and create what he calls a People’s Garden.”
• Fighting hunger sustainably and creating goodwill in communities: “255 gardens have been established by Agriculture Department workers worldwide… All of the food grown at these gardens — 29,656 pounds last year — is donated to food pantries and soup kitchens.”
• Environmental education! – “The garden serves as a living exhibit for the 25 million annual visitors to the Mall, many of whom stop and ask questions of the gardeners and learn about sustainable agricultural practices.”
• Environmental education! – “The Agriculture Department holds public events at the garden, with guests including chefs talking about how to cook with the vegetables grown there and experts discussing such topics as using a rain barrel in a home garden.”
• Environmental education! – “The agency is considering installing a beehive on its roof, to supply bees that will pollinate the plants, as well as a “bee-cam” so the public can learn about bee activity.”

Click on photo to see more pictures of the garden from the blog Real People Eat Local.