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I say it again: eat local!
In: Food|Toxic Times
25 May 2007In case you need another reason to start eating local: As Imports Increase, a Tense Dependence on China China has become the leading supplier of many food ingredients, such as apple juice, a primary sweetener in many foods; garlic and garlic powder, a major flavor agent; sausage casings and cocoa butter. China now supplies 80 [...]
What’s your ecological footprint?
In: Toxic Times
18 Apr 2006Here are my results: FOOD 2.7 MOBILITY 0.2 SHELTER 1 GOODS/SERVICES 0.7 TOTAL FOOTPRINT 5 IN COMPARISON, THE AVERAGE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT IN YOUR COUNTRY IS 24 ACRES PER PERSON. WORLDWIDE, THERE EXIST 4.5 BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCTIVE ACRES PER PERSON. IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.1 PLANETS. Take the Earth Day Footprint Quiz
Nontoxic lawn care
In: stuff|Toxic Times
23 Jul 2005From How to Save the World: Earlier this week a group of students from Caledon Countryside Alliance came to our house, thanks to a government grant, and told us, for free, how to look after our lawn while also conserving water and without using chemicals and other unnatural methods. I promised to share this with [...]
How to Save the World
In: Toxic Times
21 May 2005Dave Pollard believes we’re in deep shit [and so do I] but he’s also offering positive solutions: A period of great change is always turbulent and unsettling, and the transformation to a Relater-Sharer culture won’t be achieved in our lifetime. So we will need to be, like all pioneers, patient, indefatiguable, and aware that the [...]
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