I am working on a global citizenship project for my human relations course and the point of the project is to take part in multiple actions that will change who we are and how we effect the world. The first action I am starting today involves cutting back on the use of lights. It might seem like I'm beating a dead horse but lighting is one of the most overlooked energy wasters, especially here on my college campus.
For starters, I decided to no longer use the lights in my room during the day. If there is enough sunlight coming through the window there is no point for artificial lighting. Come night fall, rather than flipping on the big ceiling light I am only using my desk lamp unless more light is needed. These actions can be done anywhere, really. Furthermore, in the residence halls all the hallway lights, bathroom lights, lounge lights, etc. are on pretty much 24/7 regardless of motion sensors in certain areas. I decided to rebel a little bit here and turn these off on my own. Anytime I use the bathroom, I shut off all but one switch when I leave (safety matters), if I use a kitchen or lounge, I kill all the switches on my way out. The hallways in our buildings are a different story, not all lights can be turned off due to safety reasons so I typically turn off one or two switches.
Granted, the lights don't stay off for too long because so many people come and go but I am spreading the word and hopefully getting some people to join in. There is really no point for unnecessary amounts of lighting, especially with our environment going to hell. You can do the same, and I encourage you to do so. If you live on a campus, try doing what I mentioned. Try it anywhere for that matter. It takes no effort at all to turn off a light switch but the benefits really add up.
26 March, 2009
Trendfold
I forgot to mention a few posts back when I shared the video for WARP that I wrote a more in depth posting about the release on a blog called Trendfold. Trendfold (Tfold) is a relatively new site that a friend of a friend of mine has created for college guys. It is basically like Wikipedia in the sense that readers can submit content (as long as it is appropriate and relevent to the categories the blog covers) to be posted.
The blog focuses on entertainment, music, fashion, women, electronics, and other trendy whatnot geared towards a male college level audience. Be sure to check it out and take a look at my posting on WARP along with the other articles. For more links that I think are worthy of visit, check out my link sidebar under my profile and archive.
-R
25 March, 2009
Justice Withdrawals
It has been just shy of three months since I saw Justice for the first time in my life on New Year's Eve. They wrapped up their lengthy world tour in 2008 and have since been laying relatively low. Aside from continuing to perform DJ sets here and there (mainly throughout Europe at events not publicized in the states), they seem to be under the radar. I fully understand that this is a common cycle for many performers: release an album, tour the world, go back to the studio/in hiding, etc. etc. Regardless, I need my Justice fix! I continue to keep A Cross the Universe on repeat as well as many other classics from my extensive Justice library including Planisphere and a handful of their DJ sets but I'm ready for more.
There is no telling when the new album will be released, as Justice often admit in interviews, they are very slow in the area of production and usually go through extensive stages of planning or no planning at all before coming to a conclusion on a final product. I went through similar withdrawals with Daft Punk after their epic Alive 2007 tour wrapped up and Justice was my cure for that episode. What am I to do now? There are so many different rumors regarding the release of the new Daft Punk studio album that I have no idea where to begin. On top of that, the Daft duo has just been contracted to compose the score for Tron 2.0 (I approve) so there is no telling when I will be relieved of my French electronic deficiency syndrome (let's call that F.E.D.S.) via the sounds of Daft Punk or Justice.
Until then I will just have to keep listening to the hits and spending valuable time on my fave music blogs in search of new noise.
-R
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