Thanks to Ed Brown for sharing this encouraging article on the growth of organic agriculture:
Going organic is proving to be a good investment for small and medium-sized farmers—and they are receiving some government protection against Big Agriculture as well.
via Got Data and Regs! | Energy Bulletin.
Women feed the world, and I mean that quite literally. Worldwide, according to the UN FAO, more than 50% of all the food grown worldwide is produced by women, who constitute close to 60% of the world's farmers – and more than 70% of the world's small farmers. More than 80% of all food processing [...]
Every time I see a photo of the towers of Dubai Leering over the ocean, I envision this oil-built city tumbling into the sea… I think of the ruins of the Coliseum in Rome, and I can see the future of our insane civilization.
“…an aquarium containing hundreds of sharks and thousands of sprung a leak.
Though [...]
Thanks to Ed Brown for sending this powerful story of the value of local economics:
…In more than a hundred communities across North America, independent community-based businesses had a more positive story to tell. A nationwide survey of more than 1,800 independent businesses by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) found them outperforming chain competitors. Most [...]
Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room ramped up its climate change battle Wednesday in Vancouver with a call to civic governments to become global leaders in cutting fossil fuel emissions.
The War Room is looking for 10 cities to participate in a 30-month pilot program intended to provide both government and private sector the financial means to [...]
Our next Green Drinks meeting will be a Candidates Night at Bocal Fiesta and The Palomino. Local candidates have another event to attend at 7 p.m., so we’ll ask them to speak promptly at 6 p.m., then have our social hour afterward.
The cost of pollution and other damage to the natural environment caused by the world’s biggest companies would wipe out more than one-third of their profits if they were held financially accountable, a major unpublished study for the United Nations has found.
The report comes amid growing concern that no one is made to pay for [...]
Learn about the proposed Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery (a project of Conservation Burial, Inc. at Prairie Creek Lodge Feb. 28th.
The Florida Energy Systems Consortium, with support from UF’s Office of Sustainability and the Program for Resource Efficient Communities, will host a panel discussion on alternatively-fueled vehicles from 1:45 pm until 3:30 pm on March 18th in Rooms 361-363 of the Reitz Union on the University of Florida campus.
Panelists include industry or university [...]
From our friend Dave Reed: “Here is a good article that talks about the need for new ’systems’, rather than just new technologies. There are reasons why it is hard to market new products (like grassfed beef, farm-to-school produce, home-made bread,, compost, local anything) in the existing markets. What kinds of changes to the local [...]
