Safe Food and Sustainable Agriculture
Support Sustainable Land Use in Edmonton!
Support Sustainable Land Use in Edmonton!
And use your voice to prevent the re-zoning of farmland in Edmonton's Northeast. Go to friendsoffarmers.ca to contribute to this organizations campaign.
Birthday of the beer can
Submitted by Kristina Jackson on Tue, 2012-01-31 13:40...from healthy glass to BPA epoxy lined aluminum cans. It is nothing to celebrate.
by Lloyd Alter, January 30, 2012 published on www.treehugger.com... Read more »
Is your fridge wasting food & electricity?
Submitted by Kristina Jackson on Fri, 2012-01-27 11:39
Ever noticed some people get by with much smaller fridges? It's not always because they go out to dinner every night. I stayed with a family in Shanghai who ate almost entirely home-cooked, healthy food and had a tiny fridge. You may be surprised how alternate handling of a lot of your food makes it last longer - and uses less space in your fridge.
According to Lloyd Alter with Treehugger.com, too many of us use our fridge as "an expensive air conditioned parking lots for what Shay Salomon called "compost and condiments."
Smaller fridge = less electricity. ... Read more »
Sierra Club's Safe Sushi smartphone app
Submitted by Kristina Jackson on Sat, 2011-12-17 08:57
Beyond Coal campaign cool new tool
Love sushi? Make sure you choose safe fish. Mercury is a potent neurotoxin and can damage your brain and nervous system. Next time you order, choose fish that is low in mercury.
Download the app to make smart choices on the go, and find out more at sierraclub.org/mercury.
Foodstock - A great success for the anti-quarry movement
Submitted by Andrew Holownych on Tue, 2011-10-18 10:10
This past weekend was an event put on by local residents of Melanchton who oppose the mega-quarry. Read all about this wonderful event from various news articles below.
Foodstock: Back to the farm, but with knives in hand (Globe and Mail)
Fighting the mega-quarry at Foodstock (NOW magazine)... Read more »
