Tag Archives: green

New Documentaries Examine America’s Food System

Original post: good.is by Peter Smith There’s a bumper crop of new documentaries examining America’s food system. Here’s a sampler. The slurping of ramen in Tampopo makes me want to run out to the noodle bar. Mario’s Italian food in Mostly Martha turns even humble, dried pasta into something sensuous and ripe with meaning. From [...]

Continue Reading

Trail Running Thanks to Rails-to-Trails

The pleasure that comes from trail running or trail walking is universal. No matter your race, color, religion, political affiliation or culture, we enjoy reconnecting with nature. Now, open trails that were once used by the railways coast-to-coast, and you have over 1,400 trails to explore. You can even volunteer as a GPS mapper and [...]

Continue Reading

More Stuff Made to Replace Often

An excellent edutainment short video. Click the image above or visit www.storyofstuff.com. “The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more [...]

Continue Reading