After reading Green Underbelly's blog, I started thinking about how cool it would be if there was a program to use a portion of the campus grounds to grow food for the cafeteria. Read More »
sustainability
Meat
By branyba - Posted on June 23rd, 2008
Tagged: meat industry
• Meat-Eating
• sustainability
• vegetarisnism
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
• Personal freedom
• Better future
Do you know where that steak you just ate came from? If so, job well done, you are few and far between. If everyone were as conscious as you there would be less risk of E-Coli outbreaks and mad cow burgers. We would all be safer, healthier and happier if we realized not only where our meat comes from, but the effect it has on our resources, as well. Read More »
After death
By Mignonchang - Posted on June 2nd, 2008
Thinking about recycling waste this morning while on the bus (which I’m not sure is a better alternative to motorcycles or your average automobile, seeing as it ingests diesel oil and spews this vast disgusting gray wavery cloud– though I’m sure some people enjoy it – and pollutes the air in the most flagrant manner. Read More »
"On the long road you got a long time to sing a Simple Song"
By green underbelly - Posted on June 1st, 2008
I just walked away from a festival carrying a sea of new thoughts, a head of musical inspiration and a new perspective. Read More »
Make Sustainability A Way Of Life
By branyba - Posted on May 16th, 2008
Tagged: sustainability
• the environment
• Broad prosperity
• Shared responsibility
• Effective government
• Better future
In today’s age, it is almost popular to be part of the “green team;” that is, part of the environmental movement.
A member of this movement used to be known as a hippie or a tree hugger, but today this person is called business savvy or even eco-chic. Perhaps this is because global warming has become a growing concern as nations are experiencing its despair daily. Read More »
Does anyone else out there care about diapers?
By bungeecord - Posted on May 6th, 2008
Tagged: cost of diapers
• diaper use
• garbage
• Parenting
• sustainability
• the environment
• trash
• wastefulness
• Better future
Since I'm a new foster mom, (Also the reason why I haven't been blogging as much lately...) I find that my life has changed immensely. This is an understatement. Kids change everything. The main thing is that I can't leave my house whenever I want. Read More »
Defining HEALTH and the importance of SUSTAINABILITY
By kelliecor - Posted on April 23rd, 2008
Tagged: AIDS
• AIDS in Africa
• community involvement
• global health
• helping others
• HIV
• sex education
• sustainability
• volunteer work
• Volunteering
• volunteerism
• Health
• Broad prosperity
• Better future
Have you ever volunteered abroad (or in your own country) and wondered what would happen once you left? Would your message become lost with time? Would the people whose lives you saw change go back to how they once were? Read More »
Who's Down for an Energy Competition?
By green underbelly - Posted on April 7th, 2008
Tagged: bi-products
• energy conservation
• energy efficiency
• no child left behind
• saving energy
• sustainability
• Shared responsibility
• Better future
I've been steadily distancing myself from sporting engagements. I used to play them all--basketball, baseball, soccer. But I suppose by the time we turn 18, it's time to move on; to become more realistic while still maintaining a romantic youngness and innocence. And so, I've channeled the naturally-American obsession with competition and turned it into an environmental nuance. Read More »
