How to Save the Planet, Reduce Hunger and Generate $100 Billion by Reducing Food Waste
We all know that food waste needs to be reduced. ReFED's landmark Roadmap report serves the critical function of showing us how best to do so.
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Let's Reclaim Shark Week!
If you're a shark lover, we don't need to tell you that this is Shark Week, the Discovery Channel's sensational celebration of all things shark. Instead of faux documentaries and specials that play on bloodthirsty stereotypes, let's respect that the ocean is home to these curious, powerful animals. Let's reclaim shark week!
Garden DIY: 5 Ways to Up Your Garden Game with Technology
Since gardening was "invented" around 12,000 years ago, the skills and tools associated with the craft have evolved constantly. In fact, the traditional approach to gardening is to always update how it's done. To help you keep on the cutting edge, we'll cover a myriad of ways modern techniques and tools can be used to improve your gardening game.
Water Leak? Fix It and Forget It
According to the EPA, household leaks can waste more than 1 trillion gallons of water annually nationwide, so each spring they ask everyone to take a week and hunt down the drips and streams of wasted water. Fix-a-Leak Week is March 16-22, and it's a great time to find and fix your leaks so you can save valuable water and money all year long.
Passive House: High Performance Houses for a Warmer Future
Imagine you're building a home. What if you could design it so your electric bill was next to nothing, but the home would cost you 10 percent more upfront? Would it be worth it to you? For Jennifer and Sloan Ritchie, residents of Seattle's first certified Passive House, the answer was a resounding, "Yes!"
Heroic Endeavors: Maggie Belizaire, Mike Zamm and Student Visions of a Sustainable Future
On May 19th, students from James Madison High School presented their sustainable design projects at the Union Square Green Energy Fair, sponsored by GrowNYC and ConEdison. We talked with their teacher Maggie Belizaire and Environmental Education Coordinator Mike Zamm about the students and their visions for a sustainable future.
Our Heroes: Paul Gallay of Riverkeeper
The next installment of Our Heroes: "Know Your Waterkeeper" is with Riverkeeper President and Hudson Riverkeeper Paul Gallay. Find out what his oddest moment as a Riverkeeper has been. [HINT: it involves a tattoo!]
Weather Whiplash: Climate Change and Its Effects
Climate change, global warming and weather all impact each other but they aren't the same things. Read about the difference and find out how they're all making droughts and floods worse.
Photographer Jamey Stillings: Seeing the Big (Solar) Picture
A person might wonder how images of a bunch of mirrors in a desert would yield beautiful - and important - photography. Welcome to the work of Jamey Stillings and his online exhibit of photos at the Forward Thinking Museum of the ongoing construction of the Ivanpah Solar project in the Mojave Desert.
Water at the Movies
Water is a theme that runs through all forms of popular culture, from books to myths to Hollywood and international films, with a growing number of shorter video pieces posted online at YouTube and similar sites. Peter Gleick went to the trouble of assembling a list of movies that feature water as a theme, either in the background or a main theme. It's a great way to look at movies.
Environmental Reporting? We Say Yes, NYT Says No Thanks
We Ecocentric bloggers were dismayed when the New York Times closed the Green blog because most mornings began with a visit there as we produced our curated Eco News. If the Green blog and environmental reporting aren't deemed essential at the Times, then what is?
Get Ready to Hack//Meat
From December 7 - 9, Food+Tech Connect, GRACE Communications and Applegate are bringing together technologists, entrepreneurs, creatives, policy experts, non-profit leaders and industry executives for Hack//Meat, the first-ever "meat hackathon" in New York City.
Hacking for Good (Food)
On overview of a now legendary New York area sustainable food hackathon.
Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Data
The USDA's Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food (KYF) Compass, a new digital report detailing USDA support for local and regional food projects between 2009 - 2011, includes interactive maps, data sets, photos, video content and business and community case studies.
Cleaning Up the Chesapeake Bay, One Electric Motor at a Time
Sally Reuther, CEO of Annapolis Hybrid Marine, sells electric marine motors and educates people about the benefits of electric propulsion in her efforts to make the Chesapeake Bay swimmable again.
Report from the Field - Farmbill Hack
On Dec. 4, 2011, 120 designers, data scientists, developers, marketing professionals, food policy experts, and USDA employees took on the farm bill.
