Gulf Doctors Advised to...
Photo via News One Less dramatic than the fiery explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the multiple month-spanning underwater oil geyser that followed it are many of the BP Gulf spill’s side effects. And oil-related sicknesses are undoubtedly among the thorniest — many fishermen-turned cleanup workers have already been afflicted by close contact with oil and the chemical dispersents used to combat it. But there will probably be many … Read the full story on...
18% of Grade Schools in...
Photo via kasei.co.uk It turns out that a surprisingly high number of grade schools in Japan are serving their students more than just a well-rounded education. According to the results of a survey released today, whale meat is back on the menu at about a sixth of Japan’s public elementary and junior-high schools… Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the rest here: 18% of Grade Schools in Japan Feed Whale to...
Marine Stewardship Coun...
photo: Mr. T in DC via flickr A bit of a sustainable seafood smackdown is ongoing: In a new opinion piece in the journal Nature scientists from the University of British Columbia, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and other institutions have called out the Marine Stewardship Council for not doing a good job at marine stewardship. As is to be expected, MSC strongly disagrees. … Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the rest here: Marine Stewardship Council’s Marine...
Setting Up and Running ...
All Images: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have released a follow up document to their 2005 publication, Setting Up and Running a School Garden. The newer manual is a School Garden Teaching Toolkit, comprising a bunch of step-by-step lessons to “engage learners actively and encourage them to observe and experiment.” Both manuals are very comprehensive, each being around the 200 page mark. As the...
The Search For Local Or...
Photo by cogdogblog Locally raised organic food — it’s what anyone who wants to eat the healthiest foods with the smallest environmental footprint hunts for, right? Whether from their own garden or the local markets, anyone should have access to produce, dairy and meats that are from their own county. But what do we do when we live in a place that’s not exactly conducive to raising crops, like, say, Phoenix, Arizona. After finding myself in this very city for a long...
So Why Can’t We B...
photo: jon smith via flickr If you buy a carbon offset for the flights you take, you’re in a small minority–at least according to a new survey by the UK Civil Aviation Authority carried out at Stansted airport last September. As reported by The Guardian , only 7% of flyers surveyed bothered to buy at offs… Read the full story on TreeHugger Originally posted here: So Why Can’t We Bother to Buy Carbon Offsets for Our...
The Secret Life of the ...
Photo via MinnPost We rely on the sun for everything from powering up our electronics to basic heat and warmth for survival, but this massive star does more than just send light our way: It’s a huge nuclear reactor with explosions, eruptions, storms, and magnetic fields that affect both itself and Earth. Check out our slideshow for stunning space photos of the solar flares, spicules, coronal mass ejections, and other jaw-dropping phenomena that make the sun one of the most...
Organic as the Private ...
Image credit: OrganicNation I’ve been thinking a lot about scale recently. “Small is Beautiful” has long been a rallying cry of the green movement—and yet in light of the massive challenges we face, I’m thinking we shouldn’t turn our backs on “big” either. It’s true, my post on more sustainable industrial monoculture was met with derision from some, and I’m not sure my follow up See the original post: Organic as the...
Russian Heatwave’...
Buckwheat, with 2009 prices… photo: Luigi Guarino via flickr. Take it as a sign of things to common in more places without more concerted action on climate change: As the BBC reports, the recent millennial heat wave in Russia may be over but the effects on the economy will be felt for some time. Estimates of its impact are official reported as knocking 0.8% off GDP, whi… Read the full story on TreeHugger See the rest here: Russian Heatwave’s Effect on Agriculture...