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Zero Waste Grocery Stores Thrive In France
Zero waste grocery stores are thriving in France. Customers bring their own containers and buy in bulk with no packaging waste and get fresh food for less Zero Waste Grocery Stores Thrive In France was...
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Combatting Climate Change With Small Scale Farms
Fair World Project (FWP) has released a new 17 minute documentary highlighting the role of industrial agriculture in climate change, as well as detailing how small scale farms are combating climate...
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The Vegan Quiche Recipe That Will Probably Make You a Vegan Quiche Addict
Originally published on Eat Drink Better I’m pretty certain that I never once–not ever!–ate quiche. That is, until a few months ago. Eggs were never my thing and quiche sounded way too fancy to bother...
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Socially Responsible Chocolate Truffles?
Originally published on InspiredEconomist.com On a mission to transform the globe “through ethical relationships with small-scale farmers, and an integral sustainability orientation at every point on...
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Climate Change-Induced Collapse of Civilization by 2040 Reports UK Foreign...
Releasing this exclusive freely in the public interest, best-selling author Dr. Nafeez Ahmed is offering a unique view of the critically significant impact that climate change is having on our lives,...
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Effects of Global Warming on Humans – From 2015 IPCC SYR Data
Not only posing significant risks for Earth’s natural systems, the effects of global warming on humans and human systems have only recently begun receiving the expanded attention they critically...
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GMO Wheat Intended To Repel Aphids Fails Completely In Field-Scale Tests
In another show of just how much genetically modified agricultural crops (GMO crops) consistently fail to live up to the hype placed on them, recent field-scale tests of a GMO wheat variety “designed”...
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3D Rhino Horns – Conservation or Exploitation?
If waves of cheap rhino horns 3D-printed with real rhino DNA are flooded onto the Asian markets, is this a form of rhino conservation or capitalistic exploitation? This critical question is gnawing at...
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The Best Places To Buy Sustainable Seafood
The ninth annual Greenpeace report on sustainable seafood gives top marks to Whole Foods and three others. 8 others earned a failing sustainability grade. The Best Places To Buy Sustainable Seafood was...
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New Seaweed Tastes Like Bacon, Cleans The Oceans
Researchers at the University of Oregon Food Innovation Center have patented a new seaweed that tastes like bacon when fried and thrives in polluted water. New Seaweed Tastes Like Bacon, Cleans The...
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Cooking Data To Hate On Plants
Originally published on Chomping Climate Change. Walking by fruits, vegetables, or other plant material growing in sunshine, the fragrance is often exhilarating. That’s in part because plant material...
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LED Greenhouse Lighting Treatments Test Well For Tomato Quality
Originally published on Green Living Ideas If you want a greenhouse tomato, ask whether it has been grown with LED lights. Recently, a number of commercial tomato growers have considered money saving...
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A Vegan Diet May Reduce The Risk Of Serious Diseases
Many Americans suffer from serious diseases like heart disease and cancer, and hundreds of thousands of lives are lost each year, but some medical research has indicated that it may be helpful to try a...
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8 Million Lives And $1 Trillion Could Be Saved By Vegan Diet
A research study has found that 8 million human deaths and $1 trillion in healthcare costs each year could be saved if more people adopted a vegan diet. Oxford University researchers examined four...
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CU-Boulder & NREL Scientists Make Ammonia For Fertilizers From Sunlight
A group of scientists led by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of Colorado-Boulder has developed a new, eco-friendly method to produce...
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Solar Farms Improve Local Biodiversity
The solar transition is well underway in the UK. Our sister site SolarLove has reported that solar energy generation surged by around 153% over the last year in the UK (2014–2015). So, without much...
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Eating Bugs Helps Curb Both Hunger And Climate Change
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recently suggested that eating bugs (yes, insects) could help feed the world’s fast-growing population. Along these lines, Anna Jansson,...
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Purslane (Portulaca Oleracea) Nutritional Value Can Be Enhanced Through...
Common purslane is, despite its public image as a weed in many regions, a very nutritious food item — with the plants being high in a number of different important vitamins and minerals. Notably,...
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Compounds That Give Plants Their Vibrant Colors Improve Brain-Functioning In...
Many people find the bright, vibrant colors of various fruits and vegetables to be culinarily appealing, and an apparent appetite stimulant. Interestingly, new research has suggested that these same...
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‘Kombit’ Documents the Struggle to Reforest Haiti (Film Review)
We were recently treated to a preview screening of the film “Kombit” which unpacks the work being done by way of a partnership between the non-profit “Smallholder Farmers Alliance” and the Timberland...
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