michelle victoria No Comment Changing Habits, Sustainable Building, Sustainable Energy
This is a great web site to learn about what it takes to build a green house that is totally modern in its use of what today’s technology, building materials and appliances have to offer while maintaining a standard of what many families are accustomed to. This is no off-the-grid, we are going to slightly
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Slow Death By Rubber Duck-the Secret Danger of Everyday Things, is a book about the prevalence of chemicals in our everyday lives. Chemicals that are found in our cosmetics, furniture, food and bedding and that remain in our bodies contributing to so many types of illness from cancer to birth defects. But what makes this
michelle victoria 1 Comment City Information, Gardens and Farms, Sustainable Businesses, Sustainable Energy
I recently wrote about a plan, which is actually beginning to come to fruition, to create a major urban farm in Detroit called Hantz Farms; you can read it here. One of the inspiring aspects of this project is that Detroit is probably one of the most surprising places one could imagine to create a
michelle victoria 2 Comments Farm to Table, Farmers Markets, Restaurants, San Francisco-Bay Area, Slow Food, Sustainable Agriculture
Imagine a restaurant that feels as if you are in your best friends kitchen, that is if your best friend happens to be a fabulous cook and uses only the freshest and mainly local ingredients. This is the feeling that I had at Boulette’s Larder in San Francisco, at the Ferry Building. You would not
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Today as I was beginning to flatten cardboard boxes for recycling day I admit I was initially annoyed at having to do this. I thought about all of the cardboard that doesn’t get recycled, would my few boxes really matter? Then I thought about what had been in the boxes and I realized that they
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Here is a great piece from treehugger.com about GMOS’s. The main point of the story is why have Americans accepted the massive inclusion of genetically modified food in our food supply, without much of a fight. And I will add, why has our government been complicit in this. Last week in India the release of genetically
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It seems as if we are finally witnessing the rebirth of the electric car. For those of you who remember the EV1, made and leased by GM in the late 90’s, will recall that electric cars once before had seemed like a possibility, but they were literally buried before they had a real life. If
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There are many of us who really want to do more than we already are reducing our impact on the earth, but we just don’t know where to start or where to go beyond what we are already doing…that we can easily incorporate in our busy lives. Here is a short piece from eco-living blogger