In one of my favorite talks from the last few years, TreeHugger.com founder Graham Hill identifies the three most effective ways to slash your carbon footprint. Together they make for a great New Year’s resolution for anybody who cares about living in a safe and peaceful world. As an added bonus, they’ll improve your health and save you time and money!
I highly recommend watching the video, but if you don’t have time here are the Cliffs Notes on high impact carbon reduction:
- Cut way down on meat consumption.
- Minimize your air travel.
- Switch to a renewable energy program.
Great video about rooftop gardening in NYC
Robyn O’Brien at TEDxMileHigh
Robyn O’Brien is a good friend of ours at the FearLess Cottage. Here she gives her powerful personal story of going from a Wall Street analyst to a mom who learned things about her kids’ food that she simply couldn’t unlearn.
It’s time for a food fight
This video is the first in a series featuring Jeffrey M. Smith on the risks of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in our food supply. The videos were created by my FearLess teammates Alex, Isaac, Kim, Matt and Art.
Sweat the small stuff
The folks at GOOD present eight ways to reduce your impact on the planet and make your life a little better at the same time.
The GrowHaus
This post by Ellen Sabina originally appeared on JustMeans, a blog on sustainable business.
Finding healthy sustainable food in the middle of the city can be difficult, particularly in areas that qualify as food deserts. Such is the case in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood in Denver, Colorado, where the nearest real grocery store is a Walmart supercenter that is three miles away. It’s industrial, it’s low income, it’s primarily Latino. But it also happens to be home to a very large greenhouse taking on a very large sustainable food project.
To label or not to label?
This comic is so good, I’m not sure whether I should laugh or cry. At the FearLess Cottage, we’re not big fans of Monsanto and this little masterpiece perfectly illustrates the reason why. For one thing, they’re dominating the American food system with untested and potentially very dangerous genetically modified (GMO) foods. Stuff that’s been banned in many other countries because of serious health risks. But what really gets us riled up is the fact that Monsanto doesn’t want anybody to know about it. By working closely with the FDA, they’ve managed to keep GMO foods from being labeled as such. As a result, there’s no transparency and most of us are consuming the altered corn and soy products every day without even knowing it.
