I am a 28 year-old female who has grown up in a world where every consumer fantasy I have ever had can be satisfied at a retail outlet. I can buy red patent shoes, floral printed tank tops, head bands, dangly earrings, nail polish in 435 shades, bottled potions that claim to make me look […]
Tag: sustainability
sustainability
what are carbon emissions
Nowadays you hear phrases like global warming, greenhouse gases and climate change being thrown around by scientists, environmentalists and politicians. These phrases are abstract sounding, can be difficult to fully grasp, and can be easy to ignore. But climate change is a real problem, even if the average person doesn’t totally understand what it means. […]
cooking isn’t old-fashioned
Cooking is really important because it’s the only way we’re going to take back control of our diet from the corporations who want to cook for us. – Michael Pollan, author of Food Rules When I was a teenager I refused to learn how to cook because I did not want to grow up to become […]
fishing for food
The grocery store contains every ingredient I could possibly want to create any culinary masterpiece I can dream of. All I have to do is hop in my car, drive a few blocks and pick out what I need from inviting aisles that freeze, cool, heat, keep dry, or moisturize their well-stocked shelves. There’s even […]
troubled oceans
Scientists warn that oceans’ marine life on ‘brink of extinction’ Our oceans made the news recently. Environmental news doesn’t win the popularity contest for most-reported topic in the media world. This article was buried beneath Vancouver riot updates and other sensational human-interest pieces. After all, reading about human-caused environmental catastrophes does not peak the interest […]
a personal challenge
This summer I’m giving myself a challenge. I’m not going to buy anything new. Except for food and personal necessities, of course. A couple of months ago my trusty little toaster oven let off a puff of black smoke and died. It was half way through cooking a chicken burger. I loved my toaster oven […]