Blue Ocean Institute and Chefs Collaborative have partnered to bring you Green Chefs, Blue Ocean: A comprehensive, interactive online sustainable seafood training program and resource center.
The program and website are intended for culinary students and chefs who are interested in learning about all aspects of sustainable seafood—including how to implement sustainable seafood on menus and [...]
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Green Chefs, Blue Ocean: A comprehensive, interactive online sustainable seafood training program and resource center
Posted in oceans, sustainability on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Your Daily Water Use – GOOD Magazine
Posted in water conservation, water facts on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thirsty? So is everyone else. We’re headed for a water shortage. Here’s how a few simple choices can reduce your daily water use by 1,213 gallons. A GOOD Transparency video.
The GOOD 100: Ocean Zoning | GOOD
Posted in environmental policy, oceans on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We rely on our ocean for many things—it drives our climate, it provides jobs that fuel our economy, and it gives us much of the air we breathe and the food we eat. Like urban sprawl on land, the demand for space in our ocean and on our coasts is growing. But a healthy ocean [...]
The World of 100 : Toby Ng Design
Posted in 1 on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The World of 100 : Toby Ng Design
The Super Green List: Connecting Human and Ocean Health | Seafood Watch | Monterey Bay Aquarium
Posted in oceans, sustainability on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seafood plays an important role in a balanced diet. Its often rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which help boost immunity and reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer and other ailments. Omega-3s are especially important for pregnant and nursing women, and young children. Unfortunately, some fish carry toxins that can become harmful when eaten [...]
How Safe Is Your Drinking Water? : NPR
Posted in drinking water, environmental policy, pollution, water safety on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An estimated one in 10 Americans have been exposed to drinking water that contains dangerous chemicals, parasites, bacteria or viruses, or fails to meet federal health standards. Part of the problem, says journalist Charles Duhigg, is that water-pollution laws are not being enforced.
Duhigg reports on the “worsening pollution in American waters” — and regulators responses [...]
Water Pollution – Interactive Feature – The New York Times
Posted in drinking water, pollution, tap water, water facts, water safety on October 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Across the nation, the system that Congress created to protect the nation’s waters under the Clean Water Act of 1972 today often fails to prevent pollution. The New York Times has compiled data on more than 200,000 facilities that have permits to discharge pollutants and collected responses from states regarding compliance. Information about facilities contained [...]
Worldchanging: Bright Green: A Blueprint For Restoring The World’s Oceans To Health
Posted in oceans, sustainability, water conservation on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For nearly half a century, Sylvia Earle has been exploring the world’s oceans, taking part in more than 400 expeditions and spending thousands of hours under the sea. An explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society and former chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Earle has broken many barriers in the world of [...]
Smart Dust: Top 10 Accidental Inventions: Brink: Science Channel
Posted in research on October 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Most people would be pretty upset if their homework blew up in their faces and crumbled into a bunch of tiny pieces.
Not so student Jamie Link. When Link was doing her doctoral work in chemistry at the University of California, San Diego, one of the silicon chips she was working on burst. She discovered afterward, [...]
Food & Water Watch — alert
Posted in environmental policy on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tell the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to prevent the Water for the World Act of 2009 from being used as a vehicle to privatize water in developing countries.
The Water for the World Act of 2009 sets the goal of bringing safe drinking water to 100 million people for the first time. This is an important [...]
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