By Ashley Phillips
Green Right Now
The Denim Diet: 16 Simple Habits to Get Into Your Dream Pair of Jeans by Kami Gray claims to be a “no-nonsense guide to a smaller you and a healthier planet”. While I would not go far to say that it is a guide to a healthier planet, it does provide a glimpse into an environmental approach to dieting.
This book would appeal to people who are unfamiliar with the benefits to eating organically, a great source for the newly green.
Gray explains what it takes to be certified as organic by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). It is also notes that just because food is labeled as “all natural” or “100% natural” does not necessarily mean that it is, because the term “natural” is not yet regulated by the Federal Drug Administration. Anything can be labeled as natural. Go beyond the label to look at the actual ingredients, Gray advises.
Since most people avoid organic food because of the cost, she also provides some money-saving tricks, like buying fruits in season and freezing them and buying store-brand organic foods, which are less expensive.
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May 12th, 2009
By Chris Reinholds
Green Right Now
Talk about eating locally.
It doesn’t get much more local than your own backyard.
A Georgia company is selling ‘Farm in a Barrel.’ It’s a self-contained eco-system that allows homeowners to raise organic fish an
d vegetables at the same time. The method, called aquaponics, combines aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (growing plants in a soil-less system.) The fish produce the nutrients to feed the plants, while the plants and bacteria clean the water for the fish.
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Related Topics: · Aquaponics, Earth Solutions, Farm in a Barrel, Fish, growing food, hydroponics, sustainable food, Water Conservation
May 4th, 2009
By Laura Elizabeth May
Green Right Now
The U.S. Geological Survey has released a study showing an increase in mercury emissions from human sources is affecting the fish population in the Pacific Ocean.
Scientists had predicted a 50 percent increase in mercury levels in the Pacific Ocean by 2050, if mercury emission rates continue as projected. Human contribution to mercury pollution includes coal burning power plants and waste incineration. The water sampled for this study — released May 1 — shows that the mercury levels in 2006 were already approximately 30 percent higher than the same samples in the 1990’s.
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Related Topics: · Air Pollution, Asia, coal plants, Fish, mercury contamination, Pacific Ocean, seafood, tuna, U.S. Geological Survey, waste incineration
January 30th, 2009
By Eric Thomas
KGO – San Francisco
Most fishermen are disappointed if they don’t come back with the biggest fish possible. But research shows catching only the biggest and throwing the smaller ones back may be speeding up their evolution – and that could be a very bad thing.
When UC Santa Cruz researcher Chris Darimont tells a fish story — it’s not about the big one that got away — it’s about the smaller ones being left behind.
> Watch now
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Related Topics: · Chris Darimont, Fish, Fishing, KGO, San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz
August 22nd, 2008
By Barbara Kessler
In yet another indictment of industrial farming methods and another threat to fish, researchers are reporting vast growth of ocean “dead zones.” Once rare, dead zones are multiplying and now total more than 400 around the world’s coastal waters, putting stresses on marine life by upsetting the underwater food chain, according to an August article in the journal Science.
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Related Topics: · Dead Zones, Farming, Fertilizer, Fish
Say you were camping with friends and caught a really BIG fish. This squirming monster would give you bragging rights for a year. Now say you caught a smaller fish, suitable for pan frying but not Kodak-worthy.
