Eat Real, Eat Local

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

This illustrative video was produced for the Canadian “Eat Real, Eat Local” campaign, targeted at getting Canadian’s to support local agriculture, but the message is universal: Eatling locally grown food is healthier, more environmentally friendly and better for your local economy.

Sunday Funnies: Bizarre Respect Nature Video

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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This video is the most bizarre way to say “respect nature” and “live and let live.”
Personally I hate bugs, they creep me out. I realize this isn’t rational and I respect nature so I generally suck it up and live with them. When it comes to particularly offensive looking spiders and wasps (I hate those [...]

George: What’s Wrong with Self-Preservation?

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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Sunday (not so) Funnies…

Normally I find George Carlin hilarious and I have an affinity for poking fun at things that are important to me, but I was really disappointed when I watched his bit on “Saving the Planet,” (the video is at the end of the post). I understand it’s just a comedy routine, and [...]

Monsanto’s Food, Inc. “Facts”

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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Monsanto should patent their modification of the word “Fact”

While I was working on my review of the movie Food, Inc. I happened upon Monsanto’s “Fact Site” about the movie and thought I’d address some of their “Facts.” I highly recommend you watch the movie and judge for yourself, but until then here is Monsanto’s position [...]

Sunday Funnies: An Inconvenient Poop

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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In other words, “Don’t leave you sh!t for someone else to deal with! We are all contributing to climate change so we are the ones that need to do something about it.”

Michael Pollan on the Colbert Report

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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Michael Pollan was on the Colbert Report last night talking about his book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto (a common sense look at what we eat). They also talk about the gigantic Cheeto canon, how Pollan got caught buying Fruity Pebbles in Berkley and Mrs. Pollan outs that he wasn’t breast fed.

Food, Inc: How Industrial Food is Making Us Sicker, Fatter & Poorer

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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“How much do we really know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families?” For most, the answer is very little. Of all the social and environmental issues we face today, “what we eat” is probably the most important and the most urgent. Food, Inc, a new documentary by Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing many of the shocking truths about what we eat, how it’s produced and who is calling the shots.

Croud Funded Ad to Combat the Oil Lobby

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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Avaaz.org has created this clever spoof of those Exxon Greenwashing commercials that have been running on TV for the last few months. The ad has the tone and look and feel of the Exxon campaign but the actor in the ad is urging people to stay complacent and allow them to derail any meaningful climate policy. Their goal is to raise $100,000 so they can air it on CNN during the Climate Summit in Washington this week. As I am writing this post they are up to $92,289, less than $8,000 to go!

Sunday Funnies: Old Appliences Rock

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

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Aside from the angelic melodies, take note of the creative use of old kitchen appliances as percussion. The band is called Hurra Torpedo and they are known for their wild use of old appliances as instruments and their heavily accented droning 80s covers. Check out their rendition of “Total Eclipse of the Heart”…