From grist.org:
The author, Broke-Ass Grouch, was invited to speak on a panel at the New York Horticultural Society with some famous people in the eco-architecture/urban farming world. She was supposed to play the “practical, local movements” advocate as opposed to the self-aggrandizing revolutions of these other experts.
Anna Lappe for Huffington Post:
A few years ago, I stumbled on a United Nations study that transformed how I think about the climate crisis. In the report, researchers pegged greenhouse gases from the livestock sector at 18 percent of total global emissions. Combine this with other aspects of our food chain–from agricultural chemical production to agribusiness driven deforestation to food waste rotting in landfills–and food and agriculture sector is responsible for nearly one third of the planet’s manmade emissions. Move over Hummer; it’s time to say hello to the hamburger.
From NaturalNews.com: Have you ever wondered why the consumption of processed meats is so strongly linked to cancers of the colon, breast, prostate and pancreas? The evidence continues to mount, as demonstrated by a recent study showing a 67% increase in pancreatic cancer for people consuming moderate amounts of processed meat on a frequent basis. (Pulse; 4/23/2005, Vol. 65 Issue 16, p10).
The following post was contributed by Jeffrey Chan. It is our first contribution towards creating a repository of ideas that will push Singapore towards being more environmentally sustainable. Feel free to improve and build upon his idea and constructive criticism is appreciated!
I was at the City Hall area yesterday when the haughty edifice by architect Moshe Safdie caught my eye. This edifice comprises of three imposing towers standing adjacent to the other towering maybe 60 stories into the air. On their common top straddles a vast, cantilevering plateau of steel and concrete. The next thing that I noticed was its still unadorned, unpainted and likely unfinished skin. Then an idea struck me: what if some of the skin of this vast building complex is used for vertical, urban farming? Continue Reading →
