June 11, 2009
Serving Sustainability

noraleah:

Mark Bittman serves up three recipes for the seafood-lover who is concerned about her impact on the world fish and shellfish populations.  He writes:

THE three fish represented in these recipes have different stories: lobster stocks have recovered after a rough spell, thanks to sound management in Maine and Atlantic Canada; mackerel, though delicious, has never been popular and therefore never overfished; and squid is among the world’s largest biomasses. (Writing that makes me nervous, but it has never been endangered despite huge catches.)

PS: A handy guide to sustainable seafood consumption.

 For those of you not quite ready to make the vegitarian/vegan leap…

May 29, 2009
Why Does Green Matter?

A new report by the Global Humanitarian Forum shows that 300,000 people per year are dying as a result of the climate crises-a number they believe will double in the next 20 years.

May 27, 2009
US wants to paint the world white to save energy

“Making roads and roofs a paler colour could have the equivalent effect of taking every car in the world off the road for 11 years”

May 19, 2009

Vegetarian for Just One Day

-kristen:zoelulu:wideeyedhippiechild:singasong:awesomerandomness

inspiri:

If everyone went vegetarian just for one day, the U.S. would save:

● 100 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the homes in New England for almost 4 months;

● 1.5 billion pounds of crops otherwise fed to livestock, enough to feed the state of New Mexico for more than a year;

● 70 million gallons of gas—enough to fuel all the cars of Canada and Mexico combined with plenty to spare;

● 3 million acres of land, an area more than twice the size of Delaware;

● 33 tons of antibiotics.

If everyone went vegetarian just for one day, the U.S. would prevent:

● Greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 1.2 million tons of CO2, as much as produced by all of France;

● 3 million tons of soil erosion and $70 million in resulting economic damages;

● 4.5 million tons of animal excrement;

● Almost 7 tons of ammonia emissions, a major air pollutant.

My favorite statistic is this: According to Environmental Defense, if every American skipped one meal of chicken per week and substituted vegetarian foods instead, the carbon dioxide savings would be the same as taking more than half a million cars off of U.S. roads. See how easy it is to make an impact?

(via The Huffington Post)

May 9, 2009
nathen: Reuben Miller

nathen:

Reuben Miller
April 22, 2009
"I really wonder what gives us the right to
wreck this poor planet of ours."
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

HAPPY EARTH DAY, FELLOW TREE-HUGGERS!

April 21, 2009
Don't Miss "Frontline: Poisoned Waters"

Airing tonight, PBS 9-11 PM

maryrambin: PlanetThreads.com You don’t really need Earth Day to motivate you to shop with an environmental conscience do you?  Well, if you are that gal/guy/child, how fortunate Earth Day is tomorrow. Planet Threads is a new online boutique that features over 20 lines of organic-wear that are cute…in other words, not everything is baggy and brown. Click around, I found a lot I liked, including the Toggery line which I pulled for TMI in this episode. 

maryrambin:

PlanetThreads.com

You don’t really need Earth Day to motivate you to shop with an environmental conscience do you?  Well, if you are that gal/guy/child, how fortunate Earth Day is tomorrow.

Planet Threads is a new online boutique that features over 20 lines of organic-wear that are cute…in other words, not everything is baggy and brown. Click around, I found a lot I liked, including the Toggery line which I pulled for TMI in this episode. 

April 17, 2009
Payless Shoe Store Introduces an Eco-Friendly Line

With Green-friendly shoes for under $30.00!

The new line, Zoe & Zack is made from organic cotton, recycled rubber and elastic, hemp, water-based glues and faux suede and leather.

Making this story even better…and honestly, is that possible?  For every Zac & Zoey item purchased, Payless will contribute $1 to The Nature Conservancy’s Plant a Billion Trees Campaign