I finally went for it – I bought raw peanuts at the farmers market. For a few weeks I have been passing them by, watching the folks pick at them, selecting each nut one-by-one. Unsure of how they cooked them and a little afraid the rawness would get me sick. Then I bought some and …
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Why do experts always lowball clean energy projections?
Last month, Michael Noble of Fresh Energy put up a fascinating list of projections made by energy experts around 2000 or so. Suffice to say, the projections did not fare well. They were badly wrong… What should we take from this? The projections weren’t just off, they were way off. You can find similarly poor projections from the ’70s that …
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Latest United Nations conference on sustainability takes a new approach – action not treaties
Government leaders, bankers and corporate CEOs took advantage of the gathering of 50,000 people at Rio+20 — the largest meeting in U.N. history — to announce new partnerships, programs and investments. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the $513 billion in commitments “a significant legacy of this conference — billions of dollars’ worth of actions and …
From the makers of Earth…Disney Nature’s new film – Chimpanzee
The movie received great ratings from Rotten Tomatoes – Certified Fresh 76-80% More clips – Oscar’s Extended Family & Naptime vs. Playtime Photos – Facebook Twitter – @DisneyNature
Farmers markets grow 250% since 2000
Even during the recession growth is surging with markets up 164%. If this trend continues we may finally be able to impact our food system.