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Semana del 8/5/11

Querido DiálogoEcológico: No hace mucho tiempo nosotros leíamos mucho acerca del papel del hidrógeno en un futuro de energía ecológica, con transición de coches de motores a gasolina a vehículos propulsados por pilas de hidrógeno. ¿Dónde quedan ahora los coches a hidrógeno en un mercado con coches eléctricos que están entrando tan fuerte?

Querido DiálogoEcológico: He oído que los robos de madera están en aumento a través del país. ¿Por qué robaría la gente madera y es un tipo específico para un uso particular?

Deer Overpopulation

Dear EarthTalk: Our community is talking of culling local deer herd numbers. Frankly I think it’s the people who are overpopulated, crowding out every last inch of habitat. What happens when we finally do develop everything? Pow! There goes the last doe?

Three Clucks for Coffee

Mother’s Day, Backyard Flocks and a Greener Cup of JoeFor Mother’s Day two years ago, the father of my children built me a chicken coop. It was a gift of time and labor, as well as a concrete (or fine-mesh wire) commitment to the health of our family and its food sources. Laying hens arguably […]

VeganYumYum

Choose a new vegan delight to cook each day, with recipes from the award-winning food blog VeganYumYum. The VeganYumYum app, based on the award-winning food blog—and book—of the same name, makes Meat-Free Mondays a breeze! Search and choose through this app’s alphabetically arranged vegan courses, and get a detailed checklist of which ingredients to buy […]

Food Threats

Journey of the Universe

The documentary Journey of the Universe offers a voyage of discovery, from the origins of the cosmos to the rise of creativity and the human purpose. If Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras knew what we knew, he would be amazed. So begins the invitation from cosmology professor Brian Thomas Swinne to step into Journey of […]

Strawberry Fields Forever (Poisoned)

A Coalition of Environmental Organizations and Farm Workers are Challenging the Government’s Approval of a Dangerous PesticideThe Guardian recently reported that scientists have observed honeybees sealing up hives contaminated with pesticides in order to protect the rest of the hive from the poisonous chemicals. Bees didn’t always do this. Over time, they figured out that […]