Local Solutions to Global Problems
24 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Food and Farming, Local economies, Toxins in Our Environment Tags: antibiotic resistant bacteria, Factory farms, Farm Bill, farming, Food and Water Watch, oryana, pollution, SEEDs, sustainable, tainted meat, traverse city
Large “factory” farms have taken over the food system in the United States, running family farms out of business at an alarming rate. These huge operations also cause air and water pollution problems, soil depletion, antibiotic resistant bacteria, tainted meat, and contribute to our food traveling thousands of miles on average from farm to table. More
18 Jan 2012 5 Comments
in alternative energy, climate change, Local economies Tags: benzie, duke, energy, gail, manistee, michigan, politics, pollution, power, wind
Duke Energy Will Drop Its Gail Wind Project
As reported by the Michigan Land Use Institute earlier this morning, Duke Energy has announced it has scrapped plans for the proposed wind farms in in Benzie and Manistee counties. According to the statement, Duke Energy will go ahead with projects in other states, including Texas, Kansas and Pennsylvania. More
17 Jan 2012 2 Comments
in climate change, Overconsumption, Recycling, Toxins in Our Environment Tags: adhd, aquatic, autism, Beth Terry, cancer, chemicals, environmental working group, great Pacific Garbage patch, life, plastic, pollution, resolution, Tedx talk, toxins, umbilical cord blood
Check out this Tedx talk from Beth Terry. In 2007 she committed to not buying any new plastic, and she has come pretty darn close. She has a website where she chronicles her efforts. Her talk is moving in many ways, most of all in its explanation of why her individual act matters.
As many of you know, I have been trying to decrease my plastic use for about the past year, and have decided to step this up as one of my 2012 Resolutions. It boggles the mind to think that we lived without plastic just 100 years ago, and now it is in almost everything we use. More
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