I love to eat out as much as anyone, but the negative environmental impact of the activity (wasted food, Styrofoam takeout containers, ingredients of indeterminable origin) has never been that savory to me. Eating out has become a key part of our culture, whether it's done during first dates ... keep reading
Written by Raegan Payne last month, about Agriculture & Food, Consumerism, Food
Full of surging hormones and unbridled enthusiasm, colleges and universities are becoming leaders in integrating green living with good old capitalistic partying. But are some colleges going a little extreme in their desire to be green? Many students at places like St. John's University think so after their campus ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood last month, about Education, Energy Saving, Food, Water
Los Angeles is trying to catch up to its green giant neighbor to the north, San Francisco , by implementing a food recycling program. Small problem: some of L.A.'s residents don't seem overly cheery about the thought of sorting food scraps. "You want me to have a meal ... keep reading
Written by Raegan Payne in October, about Food, Recycling
Editor's note: Have you been wondering what happened to former Celsias editor Craig Mackintosh? Below, he fills us in on his adventures in Vietnam working for the Permaculture Research Institute, complete with beautiful photographs. We catch a rare glimpse of an ancient and beautiful culture - the Black Thai people ... keep reading
Written by Craig Mackintosh in October, about Agriculture & Food, Architecture, Children and Families, Economics, Food, Health
Global warming, over-fishing, invasive species, habitat destruction, acidification and agricultural runoff are creating oceans crammed with algae and jellyfish - a process one prominent scientist has dubbed "the rise of slime". And when algae blooms die, their decay starves the seas of oxygen, creating "dead zones" devoid of marine life. Dead ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in October, about Agriculture & Food, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Food, Industry, Politics, Water
Is something better than nothing? That's the question facing seafood lovers everywhere. Recently, Nobu (Robert De Niro's Japanese restaurant chain) was outed by the press for serving endangered fish on its menu. The Atlantic bluefin tuna is the most common and well known example, and the negative publicity ... keep reading
Written by Elissa V. in October, about Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Food, Water (2 comments)
Aurora Organic Dairy sells what they call "the highest quality organic milk available at prices our customers can afford". Somewhere between this half-truth (their milk is cheap by comparison) and the real truth lies a dilemma; can factory-farming ever lead to organic products? Consumers say no. As recently as August ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts in October, about Agriculture & Food, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Organic
You know when I see you spanking your child and screaming out of control. You're a bad mother. Not always, but at that moment, you are a bad mother. I think we all know that, on occasion, we are all bad mothers. Today, though I'm talking about one ... keep reading
Written by Jessica Gottlieb in October, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Consumerism, Food, Health (12 comments)
Most people in the Western World have heard of Genetically Modified (GM) plants or crops. Would it surprise you to learn that GM plants are routinely patented by companies? Probably not. What if I were to tell you though that it wasn't just GM plants that are being patented ... keep reading
Written by John P. in September, about Agriculture & Food, Environmental Disasters, Food, Genetic Modification, Health (7 comments)
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change, the world's leading authority on global warming has told The Observer Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the United ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts in September, about Agriculture & Food, Emissions, Food, Health
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