Mountains of Food Waste
The U.S. and other developed nations discard a staggering amount of food waste every day.
Currents
The Incredible Journey
We are “sailing through the great ocean of the universe,” says Brian Thomas Swimme, as he stands framed by the scenic island of Samos, Greece, in the documentary Journey of the Universe. The bright morning and vacant beach give Swimme—the film’s host and co-writer—the sense that he is “the first person on the first day […]
Life from a Freegan Perspective
It’s eight o’clock on a sticky hot August night. The members of the New York freegan movement have gathered by a subway entrance in west Brooklyn, New York. It’s time for the trash tour, a monthly event where members forage local dumpsters for discarded, but still edible, food. These are not your typical trash divers, […]
Delivering Wind
Planners of a new offshore wind power transmission platform in the Atlantic say they have overcome previous hurdles to such a project….
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
The app version of Mark Bittman’s inventive vegetarian cookbook is here—and you can even e-mail the shopping list. Acclaimed New York Times culinary aficionado Mark Bittman is bringing his award-winning cookbook How to Cook Everything Vegetarian to the iPhone app world. Offering a massive collection of vegetarian cuisine ideas from chickpea fries to cheese soufflés, […]
Al Gore and the Disappointed Left
lifeofearth.org Al Gore Criticizes Obama’s Sluggishness Regarding Environmental Woes—A Familiar Refrain on the LeftOn Wednesday Rolling Stone published a 7,000-word essay by former Vice President Al Gore that included 250 words critical of President Obama’s failure to, among other things, “use the bully pulpit to make the case for bold action on climate change.” The […]
I Love My NY Water
An ad by Clean Water Not Dirty Drilling, an organization that has rallied against fracking—or hydraulic fracturing—for natural gas in New York, emphasizes the state’s need to preserve its water resources.Fracking, a process of mining natural gas by pumping millions of gallons of toxic water into underground reserves, has sparked controversy in many parts of […]
My Search for Vegan Wine
Many Wines Use Animal Products During the Fining Process—But Not AllI recently learned that the wine industry uses isinglass (which is derived from fish bladders), gelatin (which is boiled animal skin, tendons and ligaments) and egg whites in its “fining” process. The fining process removes the cloudiness and skin and seed particles of a young […]