Ben and Jerry’s vs. Glyphosate: Moving on from the Toxic Relationship
Oh, Ben and Jerry; a staple of life. From breakups to movie nights, childhood memories to sweet-tooth binges, the good old Ben and Jerry tubs have escorted us through life’s pitfalls and triumphs. It takes a lot to make a lasting relationship work; whether it be a marriage or the connection between consumer and frozen […]
Working and playing with plants helps cope with illness, disabilities
“Oh, that’s like me,” Underhill says, reaching for it. “That’s my kind of plant.” The Botanical Garden’s therapeutic horticulture program has grown in popularity in recent years, offering connections with nature to those enduring serious illness, developmental disabilities, or physical or mental trauma. It includes sessions at the garden, in a part known as the […]
Gary Snyder’s Poetry Earns Him A Spot In The California Hall Of Fame
(Audio) Gary Snyder’s life and work as a poet spans from the Beat Generation and San Francisco Renaissance in the 1950s to today. He’s won a Pulitzer Prize for his poems, and his blend of Buddhist spirituality and environmental activism have earned him a reputation as the “poet laureate of Deep Ecology.” Gary Snyder has […]
Greater future global warming inferred from Earth’s recent energy budget
This is an academic study. Abstract Climate models provide the principal means of projecting global warming over the remainder of the twenty-first century but modelled estimates of warming vary by a factor of approximately two even under the same radiative forcing scenarios. Across-model relationships between currently observable attributes of the climate system and the simulated […]
Is Big Food’s Lobbying Arm on the Brink of Extinction?
Consumers can take satisfaction in the fact that they’ve played a role in what some say is the diminishing power of the GMA over Washington policy. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/12/05/big-foods-lobbying-arm-brink-extinction
UN commits to stop ocean plastic waste
Nations have agreed that the world needs to completely stop plastic waste from entering the oceans. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42239895
WHAT IS THE SYMBIOTIC ECONOMY?
THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A NEW ECONOMIC PARADIGM If assembled, innovations from three spheres of economic activity – those using natural ecosystems, social and collaborative innovation, and efficient technology – enter into symbiotic relationship. Together, we can create a new economic paradigm which can amplify our positive impact on the planet, while renewing global prosperity […]
Soil Power! The Dirty Way to a Green Planet
The earth possesses five major pools of carbon. Of those pools, the atmosphere is already overloaded with the stuff; the oceans are turning acidic as they become saturated with it; the forests are diminishing; and underground fossil fuel reserves are being emptied. That leaves soil as the most likely repository for immense quantities of carbon. […]
Do your part to reduce single-use plastics
You can do your part to reduce single-use plastics by using a refillable water bottle made from long-lasting food grade stainless steel.
The Power of Regenerative Systems
“We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.” Buckminster Fuller In these times of increasing uncertainty and volatility we must remain adaptive and responsive to the world’s most significant challenges in order to achieve global prosperity. One solution is a circular economic system that restructures finance and business to prioritize […]