Category: sustainable living
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Thoughts on Pollan’s food-movement essay (Grist)
Many other countries seem to have a healthy progressive movement that actually has political power. Interesting discussion on how the food movement might be a fundamental-enough philosophy to challenge “both sides of the isle”. Thoughts on Pollan’s food-movement essay | Grist.
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Corporations Do Not have Personal Privacy Rights (PublicCitizen)
Corporations are not a person. They need to be treated as organizations accountable to their employees and their regions. Corporations Do Not have Personal Privacy Rights.
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Where’s Bellingham’s Bicycle Road Condition Report? (We Bike Eugene)
Every car commuter opens the morning listening for the commute traffic and accident reports on the radio. Your mobile has a bookmark for traffic on google maps. You know what offramps are the busiest and flood first in the rain. But what about on your bike? I really like the volunteer citizen bicycle condition reporting…
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eat local…know your butcher
Cute little article describes how a locovores are helping revive local butcher business. I think it’s a great idea to know where your meat comes from and who butchers it. Local economy! The Associated Press: Local food movement boost local butchers’ business.
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Peak Oil and Economics (The Oil Drum)
The pricier oil becomes the more the world economy is effected. This post is a big roll up summary. The Oil Drum | Gulf Oil Spill: With so many oil resources, can’t we just drill somewhere else?.
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Ride 350
I had not heard of the 350 idea until recently. The Ride 350 is a cycling version. Ride 350.
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Ray LaHood Discusses the Future Of Transportation (NPR)
Interview with Ray LaHood who discusses national budgetary advances in bicycle commuting. LaHood Envisions The Future Of Transportation : NPR.
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Bike Tour of Urban Chickens!
Sounds really fun! Tour de Coop – A bicycle tour of Bellingham urban chicken dwellings.
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Dale Dougherty and Maker Culture (IT Conversations)
Doing dishes tonight was good fun because I really liked this episode on Maker culture. If Maker culture doesn’t ring a bell, consider “Make” magazine, Instructibles.com, eHow.com, and other DIY websites. Yankee engineering…it re-emerges now as we begin to shed more and more of our consumer culture. IT Conversations | Jon Udell’s Interviews with Innovators…
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More Reasons to Trust Dow, Monsanto
Do they think that somehow they are not polluting themselves? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Would-You-Care-for-a-Side-by-Meg-White-100506-484.html
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