The True Cost of Industrial Food Production

Posted by ArwenTaylor in Society and Civilization, Sustainable Living on April 12th, 2008 | Comments Off

Here is a great article that makes a good case for learning to grow your own food. When we buy food from the grocery store, we often are satisfied at the “good deal” we got. However those $0.49 per pound bananas are costing you more in the long term.

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Earth Hour is Tonight

Posted by ArwenTaylor in Society and Civilization on March 29th, 2008 | Comments Off

Ack! I did not know about this until I went to Google to do some research on my previous article. Tonight is Earth Hour in which everyone is encouraged to turn out the lights in their home and otherwise not conserve energy from 8pm to 9pm your time. This is to encourage energy conservation and raise awareness of the, sometimes catastrophic, climate changes that have been going on in the last decade.

I will be participating. Will you?

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