October 2009

  • California Supports Sustainable Seafood

    By sarajean on 10/24/09 12:30am
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    While unsustainable fishing practices threaten to wipe out schools—entire species, even—of fish worldwide, people are standing up against the greed and environmental destruction and taking action.

    While much remains to be done, there are plenty of stories out there that prove that there is plenty of hope—and that people in power give a damn, too. From Seafood Watch to the makers (and viewers!) of The Cove, people are not taking these oceanic issues lightly.

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  • Michael Pollan and the Food System: Bioneers

    By ecoscott on 10/17/09 5:39pm
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    Michael Pollan speaking at BioneersMichael Pollan speaking at BioneersBioneers is going on this weekend in California and green inventors, entrepreneurs, activists and enthusiasts from around the world are now gathered together talking about all that’s new and trendy and amazing in the green world. One of the keynote speakers was Michael Pollan, and I watched his speech this afternoon, after spending a hour or two roaming the Alemany Farmer’s Market in San Francisco and marveling at how much more beautiful the food was with its dirt-crusted glean in the afternoon sunshine, rather than the neon bulbs that distort the colors of the rotten spots from sitting for too long on the garlic I end up buying down the street in a pinch…

    Photo Credit: Henkimaa

    Pollan gave a great speech about the state of food production and what needs to change. It was great.

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  • The Amazing File Clam

    By becksta on 10/11/09 8:47pm
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    The file clam is electrifying, to say the least. Watch this documentary snippet to see this amazing clam "show its stuff".