Food Safety Modernization Act
Dear EarthTalk: What specific issues and protections are covered by the Food Safety Modernization Act recently signed into law?
Seafood Watch
An app from the Monterey Bay Aquarium helps you determine the most ocean-friendly seafood options, from grocery stores to sushi restaurants. According to the National Restaurant Association, sustainable seafood is a leading trend for 2011. And the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch app can help you sort out which fish species in your area are […]
This Climate is Bad For Our Health
A review of Changing Planet, Changing Health by Paul Epstein & Dan Ferber…
Fashion Forward
If you still think eco fashion lacks sex appeal, you will be shocked by the images found inside the pages of the new book Eco Fashion…
Lost in the Food Labels
Packages today come plastered with label claims designed to appeal to your green-mindedness. E explains exactly what those labels really mean.
Hit the Deck
Whether you’re building a deck from scratch or refinishing an old deck, keep your project forest-friendly, low in toxicity & high in recycled content…
Sheepish: Two Women, 50 Sheep
In Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep and Enough Wool to Save the Planet, writer Catherine Friend gets thrown from a “fairly boring, urban life” into an alien world of wool shearers, runaway sheep, jumping llamas, pasture goddesses and crazy knitting “fiber-freaks.”
Seeking an Energy Miracle
Bill Gates is bullish on nuclear power and is betting millions of dollars on TerraPower, a company that’s developing a new type of nuclear reactor…
How Green Is That…March Madness Party?
Before inviting friends and family over to celebrate college basketball’s biggest tournament, choose snacks and drinks that are better for your guests’ and the planet’s health…
For the Love of the Apples
Farms across the United States and beyond are on a mission to save heirloom “heritage apples’ before they are lost forever…