Category Archives: Sustainable Living
Oyster Mushrooms Can Break Down Disposable Diapers in 4 Months
Oyster Mushrooms Can Break Down Disposable Diapers in 4 Months From:Inhabitat by Laura K. Cowan, 05/27/11 Disposable diapers. They’re one of the biggest contributors to overflowing landfills, piling up at a rate of 1 ton of trash per kid per year. And the worst part is that not a single disposable diaper ever made has…
Book excerpt: ‘Year of Plenty’
Book excerpt: ‘Year of Plenty’ A snapshot of one family’s year-long experiment to consume only local, used, homegrown or homemade items. Tue, Apr 19 2011 at 7:26 AM EST Comments from :MNN FOOD STORIES: Do you know where your milk comes from? (Photo: Urban Woodswalker/Flickr) The following is a book excerpt from “Year of Plenty:…
Power Shift 2011: Climate Youth Mobilize For The Largest Organizer Training In History
Power Shift 2011: Climate Youth Mobilize For The Largest Organizer Training In History Power Shift 2011, the biennial national summit of the youth climate movement, begins this Friday in Washington, DC. The challenges facing the Millennial generation posed by the dirty energy economy is seemingly insurmountable: the destruction of our planet’s atmosphere, the poisoning of…
ARE WE GETTING WHAT WE NEED?
**ARE WE GETTING WHAT WE NEED?** From David Wann Clearly, no. The richest 1% of Americans command a fourth of this country’s income – one reason why the U.S. currently ranks in the top five in overall stress among 150 countries. The Living Planet Index, which measures ecological health, documents declines of more than a…