Mobilizing To Save Civilization
This post was originally published back in 2008 but the book is just as relevant today as it was then. Lester Brown is the President of the EarthPolicy Institute. I read an excerpt from his latest...
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Recycle Your Walls
Drywall, also called sheetrock or gypsum board makes up close to 100% of the wal material in new construction and remodeling. Drywall is much in the green building news these days because of the...
View ArticleSunday Search of the Week 3-1-2009
This week’s is not odd or funny, just gratifying. “importance of economic sustainability”. This has been searched for using a few different phrases, but all landing on a post I wrote almost two years...
View ArticleWhy Only Ice in the Freezer?
Searching a bit has failed to find the answer to this one but I sense it might be something Steve would have fun tracking down. We will see if he is up to the task! Maybe someone else knows the...
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Economical Cars
My oldest daughter was in Australia for a college semester abroad and sent me this photo. She said that almost all the vehicles on the road there are of similar style. With the exception of delivery...
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How Much Meat Do We Eat?
Interestingly this specific question is one that I had not paid attention to until now. I have heard and seen it said many times that a small reduction in consumption would have big positive effects....
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Rain Gardens – Harvesting The Rain
Catching and using the water from rainstorms is a procedure as old as the wind but one that seems to be gaining some new enthusiasts. There are even websites dedicated to saving the rain. Some rain...
View ArticleSunday Search of the Week 12-6-2009
Many of the searches in this series are odd or humorous, but this week the search is just rewarding. I have written articles for other sites on economic sustainability issues, (probably not what you...
View ArticleUpdate: Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Many months ago I wrote a post that I started with “In the far northern reaches of Europe on a Norwegian island, is what many hope will save the genetic diversity of plant life throughout the world.”...
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Ethically Raised Food
Ethical food is a term that I started using in 2006. It is a description of food production that has been used in New Zealand, Canada, and Europe, but not really in the United States. It is comforting...
View ArticleEconomic Sustainability
Because I received a degree in horticulture and agriculture, and have been an avid grower and consumer of organic food for 25 plus years, my knowledge of sustainability issues tends to be greatest in...
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The Cotton Clothing Blues
According to the OCA, only 2-1/2% of the world’s agricultural land is growing cotton. However, 24% of the world’s insecticide use and 11% of herbicide and fungicide use is in cotton fields. The...
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