Entries from May 2008

May 16, 2008

Always can rely on the BBC…

to provide us with a pigeon-holed approach to any global crisis…

Obese blamed for the world’s ills

The world’s obese population is rising

Obese people are contributing to the world food crisis and climate change, experts say.
The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine calculated the obese consume 18% more calories than average.
They are also responsible [...]

May 5, 2008

Flowers for your Mama

 
In collaboration with the Woodbine Garden, we are having a “Mother’s Day Plant Sale” all week out here in Bushwick. If anyone is in the area, feel free to stop by. I will be in/around the Secret Garden tomorrow afternoon and/or Thursday during the day.

May 2, 2008

The Solution is not: “Business as usual”

The following news media clip offers agro-industries the option of chopping down miles of serene boreal ecosystems to support the rising global demand for food production. Having ridden a train across Siberia some years ago, I can say that what I saw was more development than I expected, though I was comforted by the fact [...]

May 1, 2008

Sustainable Solutions at the Root of our values

I just started volunteering at the Brooklyn Free School to help them beautify their outdoor yard space. I was lead there by Paolo, John and Andrew in different ways. I have been wanting to feel what it was like to be in a learning/living environment that was absolutely free and truly democratic. Even after just [...]