Posted in seeker, tagged save the world, vegetarianism on April 18, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Food miles don’t feed climate change - meat does:
An analysis of the environmental toll of food production concludes that transportation is a mere drop in the carbon bucket. Foods such as beef and dairy make a far deeper impression on a consumer’s carbon footprint.
Posted in seeker, tagged save the world, vegetarianism on April 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As other staples soar, potatoes break new ground:
Potatoes are a great source of complex carbohydrates, which release their energy slowly, and — so long as they are not smothered with butter — have only five percent of the fat content of wheat.
They also have one-fourth of the calories of bread and, when boiled, have more [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged save the world, universal health care on April 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »
In countries with greed-driven health care like the USA’s (where over 47 million people are not covered by a health care plan), poor people postpone visiting doctors until it’s absolutely necessary. As a result:
Diseases spread further.
The cost of health care increases.
People die who could have been saved.
Dying for Coverage at Families USA has a state-by-state [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged save the world, small homes on April 8, 2008 | 20 Comments »
From Small is Beautiful: U.S. House Size, Resource Use, and the Environment:
In 1950 houses were built with about 290 square feet (27 m2) per family member, whereas in 2003 houses provided 893 square feet (83 m2) per family member (NAHB 2003) — a factor of 3 increase.
And:
Larger houses consume more resources — both in construction [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged Gandhi, save the world on April 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Gandhi said, “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” That’s repeated more often than it’s respected: Gandhi lived very simply. In modern terms, his ecological footprint was small. He knew a simple truth: You can’t ask others to do the things you won’t.
Posted in seeker, tagged save the world, vegetarianism on April 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
As conservative Democrat economists go, Paul Krugman is decent, but he’s a typical well-meaning rich guy, so simple truth slips past him. The latest example is in Grains Gone Wild, where his focus is on the rising price of grain:
Over the past few years the prices of wheat, corn, rice and other basic foodstuffs have [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged save the world on January 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Median price of existing single-family home in U.S. drops…For the first time in at least 40 years — and possibly since the Depression.
Today’s advice for preparing for reality:
Treehugger has a good list of articles: “get recession-ready”.
Get vaccinated. From Why Don’t Adults Get Vaccinated?:
…the flu shot is the only recommended adult vaccine that most Americans could [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged climate change, save the world, water on January 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
It’s not short, but if you care about the American West, global warming, or water, read the National Geographic article, drying of the west. It could as easily be called the dying of the west.
Posted in seeker, tagged save the world, wealth on January 23, 2008 | 8 Comments »
The blessing and curse of wealth is that it isolates people from reality. The rich can travel around the world and think they’ve experienced more than anyone else, but they’re only Flying Fools, flitting from one protected environment to another. They live on the pyramid scheme of capitalism, but the pyramid is crumbling.
How Bad Can [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged climate change, save the world on December 8, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Eco-friendly kangaroo farts could help global warming:
Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, researchers say. Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo flatulence contains no methane and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle [...]
