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Stop Walking Backwards!

The way our world is going now, Earth will probably self destruct in the next twenty years. Global Warming will flood crops causing starvation. Oil will run out and we will still be dependent on it. War will break out over an issue like invading other countries to try and fix things. Not a pretty future, right? Well, our blog is devoted to attempting to prevent that. Here’s how we do it:

  • No fluff: We package up important information and relay it to you in a simple but detailed way. No extra fluff, only the good stuff.
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  • Quirky writers: who doesn’t like witty writers dishing out facts and opinions in a detailed, creative way? Our staff of writers keep content fresh and different.

So there you have it- our brilliant plan. If this is your first time visiting, please check out the ‘About’ page. Want to get instant updates from us? Subscribe to our feed at thenearbyfuture.com/feed So read on, form your own opinions, and help the world help itself. Everything on here has the potential to really make a difference.

Let’s stop walking backwards and start marching on to a better future!

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The Nearby Future started on January 13, 2008

44 Comments

  1. Comment by sky on April 11, 2008 11:10 am

    wow!

  2. Comment by Nero on April 28, 2008 4:40 pm

    Wow what, Sky?

  3. Comment by Piratical Lord of the Guitars on May 3, 2008 9:41 pm

    yea what are we wowing at?

  4. Comment by Adrian on May 14, 2008 3:38 pm

    Hey! I agree with the points you made. We need to start to step up! I was browsing through a bunch of green websites and blogs and I came across yours and found it very interesting. There are a bunch of others I like too, like the daily green, ecorazzi and earthlab.com. I especially like EarthLab.com’s carbon calculator (http://www.earthlab.com/signupprofile/). I find it really easy to use (it doesn’t make me feel guilty after I take it). Are there any others you would recommend? Can you drop me a link to your favorites (let me know if they are the same as mine).

  5. Comment by Piratical Lord of the Guitars on May 14, 2008 5:40 pm

    oh wow! i went to that earth lab and my ECP score was 751..is that bad? I know nothing about the environment ..i never really cared either and will probably never become like Rika but it sounded fun

  6. Comment by Rika on May 15, 2008 6:26 pm

    Adrian- I really like http://www.thegreenguide.com, and The Green Guide magazine. As for blogs, I don’t really have a favorite. I’m glad you found our blog interesting, and thanks for commenting!

  7. Comment by Hope on August 1, 2008 5:13 pm

    Where is the link to the Staff page?? Like where it tells about all of us…?

  8. Comment by Rika on August 1, 2008 5:28 pm

    Oh, that. I accidentally deleted it the other day when I was trying to delete the ‘contact us’ page instead, and now I can’t the backup version that is on the same document as all of PLOTG’s missing articles

  9. Comment by Piratical Lord of the Guitars on August 1, 2008 7:06 pm

    We had a staff page?

  10. Comment by Rika on August 2, 2008 7:09 pm

    Well it was the ‘About’ page and it had a list of all the staff members

  11. Comment by Piratical Lord of the Guitars on August 3, 2008 9:27 am

    Oh I don’t remember it, but I’m sure I’ve seen it.(Well not lately if it’s missing of course.)

  12. Comment by DarkPrinceofAwesome on August 15, 2008 9:29 pm

    So… Sky never came back?

  13. Comment by Rika on August 16, 2008 7:55 pm

    She might’ve come back, but decided that we were too insane and swore to never comment again. If I were her and read one of your random comments, I would have run and never looked back.

  14. Comment by All of the Above on August 29, 2008 6:26 pm

    Not funny.

  15. Comment by Hope on August 30, 2008 6:42 pm

    Wait, so who is All of the Above??

  16. Comment by Rika on August 31, 2008 5:00 pm

    The one staff member that keeps changing their name.

  17. Comment by Hope on August 31, 2008 8:37 pm

    Oh. Are you serious?? I dont keep track of all this stuff…youre gonna have to like make a list or something…
    or “All of the Above” please stop changing your name!! I think thats a better solution

  18. Comment by Piratical Lord of the Guitars on September 1, 2008 10:24 am

    oh brother

  19. Comment by All of the Above on September 2, 2008 3:56 pm

    Nobody gets it? What name am I picking? All of the Above? As in I won’t stop changing my name.

  20. Comment by Piratical Lord of the Guitars on September 2, 2008 4:53 pm

    no I got it I just thought it was retardrd, you can’t even make up your mind on what split personality you wanna be.

  21. Comment by All of the Above on September 2, 2008 7:54 pm

    Wow. Take a chill pill. It was a joke. As in laughter. You know, the human emotional response to something they find entertaining?

  22. Comment by All of the Above on September 2, 2008 7:54 pm

    And you spelled retarded wrong.

  23. Comment by Piratical Lord of the Guitars on September 3, 2008 8:44 pm

    yea I know I always forget to re-read my comments; to make sure i have no typos in them, and it’s a simple mistake the r is right next to the e.

  24. Comment by All of the Above on September 11, 2008 7:07 pm

    I know where the keys on a keyboard are. I mess up when I type all the time.

  25. Comment by Piratical Lord of the Guitars on September 13, 2008 10:03 am

    it’s an easy mistake to make

  26. Comment by Piratical Lord of the Guitars on October 14, 2008 5:05 pm

    Rika the post is missing…at least on my cp.

  27. Comment by Nero on November 5, 2008 5:33 pm

    … Rika, cyber-hold me back. Haha.

  28. Comment by Nero on November 6, 2008 3:34 pm

    Spontaneous hold-backs. Solid Comedic Gold.

  29. Comment by Jennith on November 7, 2008 3:59 pm

    um….ok. interesting….not entertaining tho. kinda like cable…..

  30. Comment by Nero on November 7, 2008 5:57 pm

    No, you had to be there. The looks on people’s faces when you make someone hold you back from them. Solid. Comedic. Gold.

  31. Comment by Rika on November 8, 2008 4:16 pm

    Stupid raisins! Get out of my cookies!

    Sorry, the only cookies we have left in the house are oatmeal raisin.

    So now it’s not just ‘comedic gold’, or ‘gold’? It’s been updated to ’solid comedic gold’? When did I miss the memo?

  32. Comment by Piratical Lord of the Guitars on November 9, 2008 10:55 am

    It seems like you miss a lot of memos.

  33. Comment by Nero on November 9, 2008 3:51 pm

    Well, I just combined ’solid gold’ with ‘comedic gold,’ thus arriving at ‘Sold Comedic Gold.’

    (We’re still trying to uncover the secret behind the sudden capitalization…)

  34. Comment by Nero on November 9, 2008 3:52 pm

    And do you have to type whatever your thinking? ‘Cause I’m sure that oatmeal comment could have been left out…

    And you’d call me prettier a LOT more if you typed EVERYTHING you thought. ;)

  35. Comment by Nero on November 9, 2008 3:53 pm

    And, on a side note, add me on myspace, go onto mine, then add JT. Plz. Oh, yes. I just said Plz.

  36. Comment by Nero on November 9, 2008 3:54 pm

    Then again, JT probably would not be a very good idea… Scratch that last comment.

  37. Comment by Nero on November 9, 2008 3:56 pm

    And you missed the memo whenever it went out, apparently. Duh, Rika! Get with the el program!

  38. Comment by Rika on November 10, 2008 3:56 pm

    I need to get on the memo list. What’s with the half spansih comments? And I think you added capitalization because you always get mad when other people steal your catch phrases. And I never called you pretty! That was all Autumn!

  39. Comment by Nero on November 10, 2008 6:14 pm

    What does capitalization have to do with catch phrase theft anger?

  40. Comment by perla delrio on November 21, 2008 5:15 pm

    wow im right with you

  41. Comment by Nero on November 26, 2008 2:47 pm

    Oh? You think I’m pretty as well?

  42. Comment by Nero on November 26, 2008 2:49 pm

    Well, although it must be exceedingly difficult to visualize me based off a few comments based, for the most part, on catch phrases, myspace, and jokes. But as long as it’s established that I can make that good of an impression without even making myself visible…

  43. Comment by Nero on November 26, 2008 2:49 pm

    I messed up. I had to leave my computer mid-comment, so that makes little to no sense. Sorry, ya’ll.

  44. Comment by Araena on December 13, 2008 10:50 am

    You do know that you spelled “y’all” wrong, right? i like texas:)

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