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Why You Should Stop Drinking Bottled Water, PLEASE

August 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Commentary, Healthy Eating, Our Environment, sustainability

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December 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Commentary, Our Environment, sustainability

As we grow into the 21st century we need to take a new look at systems and practices that were established for a world that has developed far beyond conceivable expectations. One example of the incredible journey we’ve witnessed is that of the Internet and attendant technologies.  As recently as 1992 there were only 50 [...]

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Food-Borne Illness………Are You Safe?

April 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Commentary, Food, Healthy Eating, On The Job, Our Environment, TemporaryChef Services

Food service and food retailers are engaged in a battle for your health. I recently received a gift box of some of my favorite noshes, a fantastic collection of bar chocolates and a big bag of pistachios.  The chocolates now decorate my waistline, but the pistachios……………………..they sit on my counter, untouched.   I adore pistachios but [...]

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4,265 Year Old Creature Discovered !

March 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Commentary, Our Environment, sustainability

Bryan Nelson writes in Ecoworldly.com about,  two coral species that have managed to avoid destruction by jewelry harvesters and bottom trawlers. If you aren’t familiar with Ecoworldly, it’s a part of GO Media,  better known as Green Options,  a site you should spend some time on.  They have  clear and very helpful discussions about sustainability.

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Paul Mobley Harvests a Bumper Crop of Farmers

November 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Commentary, Local Food, Our Environment

Over the last four years photographer Paul Mobley traveled the United States and met more than 300 farmers.  You can see a few of them here.  Paging through the book,  American Farmer,  one feels the warm, gritty soil and the sun, hard on your neck. The book shows us the heart of the U. S. [...]

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Do You have a Problem With The Bottle ? Take The Pledge

November 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Commentary, Our Environment

Back in 1992 I predicted the short life-span of karaoke and bottled water.  It takes drinking to support either. I was mistaken about both but to this day I am astonished that people spend $11 Billion yearly on the same commodity that flows freely out of the tap in my house.  Producers of these expensive [...]

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Footprints in The Sand, or HEY, It’s just a Beer, Right ?

November 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Commentary, Our Environment

I was wandering around the Internet curious about the dilemma of what is or is not environmentally correct about the choices I make in my daily life.  Welllll…….   it’s not that simple. I ran across this post which made me realize that I need to first attain PhDs in Biodiversity, Chemical Engineering, Ecological  Economics, [...]

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