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more about #ecology Klebert L. Hall: Sure, bears are delicious - but this seems like an inefficient way to fight hunger. -Kle. more » KryptonZero: Personally, I found the commercial hilarious. The people who make commercials like this obviously dont take into account the people who (for example) ... more » Kpibca: "FLYING SUCKS, SO USE THE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS...uhhh..." Come back when you have more than half an idea, guys. more » rebelminion: Good lord.... that is just 10 pounds of stupid in a 5 pound bag. How in the world did a concept like this make it past story boarding, story pitch, f... more » AmishJohn: I guess the swallows lost their grip... OR: This is why having Animal Planet sponsor the Punkin Chunkin competition was a baaaad idea. more » geofforyeide: Previously on LOST. more » 0kami: GRRRR PLANE STUPID! HULK SMASH! more » Akitsu: I love the whole "save the cute polar bears" thing... it's so utterly absurd that you just have to laugh. In the US they show us the same clip of a m... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I have no idea what this advert is trying to say?? Do polar bears keep randomly jumping from planes. Is it an invasion force of zombie polar bears? WH... more » Cash907Censored: Huh. I guess Santa got tired of giving coal to the naughty European children. Or was this a deleted scene from 2012? more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: So what, I'm supposed to wlak to europe? Or maybe we should just go back to the 16th century? I'm all for the environment, but this was way over the... more » Atomictao: And here I thought I was the only one who used 'dead bears from the sky' as a metric. more » tetracycloide: i'm not sure the ad had the intended effect because all i'm left wondering after watching it is what polar bear meat tastes like. more » MargaretMoony: BEARS!!! They have found a new way to attack us!! more » TotalFanGirl: The on the website listed at the end of the ad - planetstupid.com - I expect to find nothing but pictures of the folks that made this, as they appear... more » Kenro199x: Gonna need a bigger umbrella. more » Alchemistmerlin: Oh man, I'm going to Europe and flying around in circles! Doing my part to eliminate the bear menace. more » mattycakes: Good lord! I'm not usually one to be affected by gore or violence or anything, but imagine being a kid and having this play between Saturday morning c... more » BangarangRufio867: what also scares me is the fact that they did not put a message at the end that said "no polar bears were hurt in the making of this commercial"....yo... more » shauntacular: You had me at 'bloody bodies of polar bears rain from the skies'! more » -
#badvertising
The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
In what might be the most frighteningly graphic commercial we've ever seen, it's raining polar bears. The giant bloody bodies are destroying this town, sending the message: Go green, or be smashed by flying bear corpses. Really horrible. [Geekologie] -
#mondayhate
The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future
Why is John Tierney so skeptical, and yet so gullible? The New York Times' science columnist is one of the most vocal global-warming doubters in the media, but when it comes to Ray Kurzweil's Singularity and geo-hacking, he's suddenly wide-eyed. More » -
#conceptart
Gigantic Fleas and Killer Fish Wait on an Alien World
Brynn Metheny's The Morae River is a fascinating exercise in ecological worldbuilding. She populates her alien world with strange and unusual creatures, from man-sized rodents to towering, tentacled arthopods. More » -
#futuretransportation
A Fly-By-Night Operation Is Even Harder If Your Plane Is Solar Powered
Inventors rolled out this prototype of a solar-powered aircraft today. The Solar Impulse will fly for the first time in December and make a 36-hour flight in 2010. And in 2012, a larger verison will fly around the world. More » -
#ecodystopia
A Deadly Fungus Is Stalking This Creature
This alien-looking creature is actually a newly discovered species of tree frog, Ecnomiohyla rabborum. And now it's one of 47,000 species on the latest endangered-species list. The culprit is an aggressive fungal infestation, introduced into the frog's habitat. More » -
#triviagasm
10 Ways To Rescue The Climate, According To Science Fiction
Hot enough for ya? Our crazy fossil-fuel orgy is driving the planet's temperatures through the roof. Good thing science fiction books and movies have come up with 10 can't-fail solutions (well, maybe they'd work) for stopping global warming. More » -
#futuredisasters
The Shattered World Of 2050 Glows With Unearthly Beauty
The sands of a renewed desert claim the remains of Las Vegas in 2050. It's not a still from Resident Evil 3, it's one of the terrifying future visions from The Age Of Stupid, a new environmental docudrama. Gallery below. More » -
#monstersamongus
Giant Jellyfish Swarms Off The Coast Of Japan
Just when you thought it was safe. Overfishing and human activities have led to jellyfish growth all over the world. And not just in population; this jellyfish, found off of the coast of Japan, is almost 5 feet across. More » -
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#ecodystopia
An Island Sinks Into The Ocean, Lost To Human Habitation
Global warming has displaced the first of many refugees: Papua New Guinea has begun evacuating the Carteret Islands, which have been sinking into the ocean for years now, but they're finally lost to human habitation. More » -
#fabricsofthefuture
An Iridescent Butterfly Gives Rise To Naturally Bright Fabrics Of The Future
This is the blue morpho butterfly, which has a cool alien-sounding name, but also has inspired a new biomimetic fabric that refracts light like the butterfly's wings. It's just one of the eco-friendly future fabrics. More » -
#quoteoftheday
The Best Green Technology Is Population Control
"I don't see our environmental ills as a failure of technical capacity. Many technologies can have a positive effect on the environment; the problem is us, and where we tend to focus our innovative energy. More » -
#ecotopia
The Eco-Paradise That Never Was
Back in the 1970s, eco-idealists dared to dream big. Just check out this fantastic concept art from the never-produced movie version of Ernest Callenbach's classic novel Ecotopia. Gallery below. -
#jellyfish
The Jellyfish Are Coming
They are gelatinous, pulsating, tentacled, and sometimes deadly. And they seem to be appearing in ever-increasing swarms across the oceans of the world. -
#ecoarchitecture
Plants Invade Singapore Skyscraper
Step aside, humans; the plants are about to take over the Singapore skyline. This building may look like a scene from a post-human era, but it's actually the EDITT Tower, an eco-friendly structure slated for construction in Singapore. The hope is that the veggie-laden tower will provide locals with a much-welcome view of plant life in an urban setting, as well as help rehabilitate the city-state's devastated ecosystem. More » -
#megapollution
Beneath the Sulfurous Skies
Nothing like a stark data visualization to impress upon you just how bad pollution has gotten in Beijing. Here you can see the levels of sulfur in the air over the past several years in three similarly-sized regions of the world: on the far left is the U.S. midwest, the middle is eastern Europe, and the right is the Beijing region. Areas shaded red have the highest sulfur emissions. Created by researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, these images are a stark reminder that economic development is often accompanied by environmental degradation. More » -
#doomsdayvault
Norway Builds Giant Shelter For The End Of The World
Norway's "Doomsday Vault" will open tomorrow, just in time to safeguard our biodiversity against the apocalypse. Carved into the permafrost of a remote Arctic mountain, about 620 miles from the North Pole, the vault has been built to withstand nuclear missiles or a plane crash on top of it, but it's also far enough above sea level that it won't be flooded by melting icecaps. Click through for more images of the Doomsday Vault. More »
