published March 18, 2009 and has No Comments
Considering that Middlebury College in Vermont is in a state known for its environmental awareness, and that one of the green movement's most outspoken advocates, Bill McKibben , is on staff, it's n...
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Middlebury College Uses Biomass Gasification to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Reach Carbon Neutrality by 2016 (Video Clip)
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published March 16, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo via Flickr Can obesity and diabetes be slowed or reversed by organics? Yes, according to a new study released by the Organic Center at the Natural Products Expo West . This may be one of the most exciting things to come out of the Expo , currently underway in Anaheim, California....
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published March 13, 2009 and has No Comments
You don't have to like masala dosa (though I admit a profound fondness...) to be vegetarian. Ultimately just not including meat in you diet has large climate change mitigation benefits. Photo: Paul Joseph via flickr It's no secret by now that I'm always recommending that giving up meat eating entirely (or at the minimum, becoming a weekday vegetarian) is ...
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published March 12, 2009 and has No Comments
Mark Frauenfelder of MAKE Magazine gave a talk on urban homesteading and how you can go about being a bit of a farmer in the city. He presented quite a few cool ideas, as well as 7 guiding principles for successful urban farming. ...
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ETech 2009: Things That Make Urban Homesteading Great
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published March 9, 2009 and has No Comments
Hamilton Farmers Market. Credit: Communications Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food In North America the food economy has long been dominated by commodities. A big part of the sustainable and local food movement is a direct response to systems that are controlled by outside interests. New models for food system are continually emerging. Martin Prosperity Institute ...
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published March 9, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo: Flickr , CC Trouble's In the Middle A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society in Kenya shows that Coral reefs, and the fish that live there, are "healthiest in both the richest, most well developed areas and in the poorest, most under-developed ones." Right in the middle of the socioeconomic spectrum is where corals suffer most. Tim ...
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published March 8, 2009 and has No Comments
Image: Farmers Can Be Heroes Let's be clear, we know farmers are heroes without any help. But, the new Farmers Can Be Heroes program is helping farmers step it up a notch by offering resources to help conventional farmers transitional to organic. The Rodale Institute initiated the free online course and resources calling on their 80-odd years of experience ...
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published March 7, 2009 and has No Comments
Old leaded gasoline pump . Image credit: flickr,ISI Photo , excerpted from the image: "Mmmm leaded gas is good for the environment". The Billings Gazette covered a recent report from Centers for Disease Control (CDC) researchers, documenting that " just 1.4 percent of young children had elevated lead levels in their blood in 2004, the latest data available. That ...
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