Showing posts with label sustainability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sustainability. Show all posts

05 February 2009

Get Your Inner and Auto Motor Started....

...with the same delicious fuel. This is awesome news--but what of us French press coffee drinkers? I think that brewing method leaches out more of the natural oils from the beans (which explains a large part of the improved flavor). Can this process only be used for large scale percolator and drip style brewing remains?

Fuel from coffee grounds | Oil in your coffee | The Economist

02 December 2008

Occult Wines

Voodoo on the Vine

I'm sorry, but this biodynamic business is just a bit over the top. No thank you please.

17 November 2008

The Global Fish Crisis

On the Farm - A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of Fish - NYTimes.com


Frightening, behavioral changing news... Rear in your tuna gulping habits now!

11 March 2008

Ouch!

Great post which hits a little too close to home for comfort at times:

A CLIMATOLOGIST WALKS INTO A BAR... | More Intelligent Life: "There are half-a-dozen reasons why this could be the case. The first is, climate change is too serious for humour. But “Man Walks into a Bar” has jokes about death, lepers and suicide. The second is, climate change is simply too boring. But there are jokes about accountancy. The third is, climate change is too preachy and earnest. That probably comes closest. The comedian Marcus Brigstocke travelled on a boat to the Arctic, with the novelist Vikram Seth and others, to see for himself what was happening (Intelligent Life, Autumn 2007). In an article in the Sunday Times, Brigstocke admitted: “The environment is frankly dull, boring and worthy—not always a great source of comedy.”"

Serial Entrepreneur

Business.view | Seed capitalism | Economist.com

Interesting...I have definitely seen these infomercials and am increasingly keen on purchasing one of these units. An indoor herb garden really brings kitchen cuisine to the next level.

26 February 2008

Brasil

Brazil’s Energy Windfall - Council on Foreign Relations

Will Brasil's newfound discoveries of significant traditional resource wealth hamper its efforts as a leader in the alternative energy and conservation space?

19 March 2007

Pesce

On the subject of fish, some resources to practice sustainable and healthy eating:

Monterey Bay Aquarium--Regional and national guides to seafood.

Environmental Defense--Takes more of a health approach

Marine Stewardship Council--Provides guidelines for buying from responsible fisheries

Audubon Society--Wallet guides for ordering seafood while dining out


Safe, sustainable fish are generally limited at present to the following:
-Wild Alaska Salmon
-Canned pink/sockeye salmon
-Anchovies & Sardines
-Black cod (Alaskan Sablefish)
-Atlantic herring and mackerel
-Farmed oysters


All as per NGM, April 2007.