Sky Vegetables will Farm Supermarket Rooftops

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Derek Markham .

A Berkeley company called Sky Vegetables says the sky is the limit when it comes to local food. Their business is farming the rooftops of grocery stores. They plan to harvest ripe vegetables and sell them downstairs in the supermarket, eliminating up to 80% of the cost of production and distribution. The model calls for [...]

Help Green the White House with an Organic Farm

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Derek Markham .

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Eat the View is a campaign to turn part of the White House’s 18 acre lawn back into an edible landscape. The Garden of Eatin’ video tells the story of the “America’s Garden” from 1800 when President John Adams planted the first “first vegetables” to feed his own family to the present day. It ends [...]

Where’s the Beef?

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Derek Markham .

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I’ve been a vegetarian for over 10 years, but most of my friends are not. I don’t go out preaching to them about giving up meat, but I do get asked pretty regularly what I eat, why I became a vegetarian, and how they can start going meatless.
As an environmentalist, I believe that our diets [...]

Easy Holiday Recipe: A Moist Banana Bread in 20 Minutes

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Derek Markham .

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The holidays have a way of making us eat way more sweets than normal - every gathering or party has trays of high-sugar treats pulling us towards them. And if you eat a vegan or gluten-free diet, most of those goodies are off limits to you. Because we and our kids eat a special diet, [...]

Tempting Eve…Again.

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Samantha Tackeff .

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It’s still apple season on the east coast! Take advantage of this wonderful time of year and go apple picking this weekend! Many local orchards have ‘Pick Your Own’ hours, a wonderful opportunity for a family field trip. Supporting local orchards is a benefit to your community, and it also protects the varietals of apples [...]

Q Drum: Water Transportation Made Easier

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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The Q Drum eases the task of fetching water for peoples in developing nations. Climate change has required a countless number of people all around the world to travel greater distances to retrieve water for everyday use. The Q Drum allows a child to pull the full capacity of 50 liters of water over flat [...]

Green On The Go: The Bento Lunch

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Samantha Tackeff .

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Bento is the term for the Japanese lunch box, and is essentially the art of packing a really great lunch in small portable and reusable containers that is both practical for the environment, the wallet, the waist and aesthetically pleasing to boot.

Eat & Drink from Recycled Bottles

Posted on September 19, 2008 by Matt Embrey .

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By far the coolest use of recycled bottles I’ve seen yet. These designs from french designer, Laurence Brabant, use old bottles combined with cork and beech wood. I’m not sure how easy to use those utensils are, but they look cool and this is a creative use of design and recycling!

Recycle That Coffee: Cool Uses For Old Grounds

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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Many of us have seen this before but we thought some of these were less than intuitive and wanted to share. Coffee grounds can be put to a multitude of uses after they’ve energized your morning. Although their effect as waste on the environment isn’t as detrimental as something like Styrofoam or toxic mining [...]

Plastic Bottle Facts Make You Think Before You Drink

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Doug Gunzelmann .

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Hopefully if you’re at this site and reading this you are well aware of the alternatives to using disposable bottles and recycle the ones you do. The advent of bottled water sent our already wasteful consumer culture into pollution overdrive and it’s a tremendous task to put the brakes on the momentum of this waste. [...]