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Category Archives: enviro-mental
Frankentree?
Does the prospect of genetically modified food creep you out? The mass experiment producing new lab-generated life forms is hardly slowing down. Here’s a take from Mercola (never heard of it before but it calls itself “the world’s #1 natural … Continue reading
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Tagged David Suzuki, GE, genetically modified trees, GM, GMO, Mercola
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Build Your Own Forest
Here’s one way to help the urban forest: build it yourself. Two vertical towers under construction in Milan will have their own forest created as part of the construction: 730 trees, 5,000 shrubs and 11,000 plants. Water will come mainly … Continue reading
Cows in High-Rises?
Skyscraper farms have an obvious appeal for anyone who likes gadgets, tech innovations and reduced food miles for urban consumers.What’s not to like about getting fresh salad greens from the building next door that used to be a parking lot? … Continue reading
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Tagged counterpunch, food crisis, skyscraper farm, vertical farming
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Last of the Big Trees?
Like elephants, rhinos and other iconic marvels of the natural world, big trees may be in danger of dying out. They’re dying at an alarming rate and at a troubling scale — all over the world. This CBC article introduces … Continue reading
do the math
Don’t know the veracity of this Reddit post (because it’s a Reddit post) but it’s funny all the same: dPNy8.png PNG Image, 776 × 692 pixels.
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And in this corner…
What happens when a community decides it doesn’t want to drink the big business kool-aid regarding their for-profit science experiment on life itself through genetically-modified food? You can find out Monday, May 28, from 7pm at Richmond City Hall when … Continue reading
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Tagged corn, Crop Life, GE Free BC, monsanto, Richmond
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Canada to UN: NyaNyaNya
It wasn’t surprising when the UN’s expert on food reported gaps even in Canada — food banks here are hardly a secret. You can’t easily hide the fact 900,000 people need them to eat every month. What was surprising was … Continue reading
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Oil + Fish do not mix
As Canada’s conservative government plows ahead with plans to mine and drill and pipe our natural resources for the highest foreign bidders, it might be worth considering what a potential mishap might mean for a place like, say, Vancouver. Gulf … Continue reading
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Bee Serious
You’ve heard about the sad plight of bees, and how important they are to our food chain because they pollinate a lot of the plants we live on, and how scientists aren’t sure whether it’s pesticides or cell phone towers … Continue reading
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Poison not so popular
Who knew, until this survey was published, that people across the political spectrum oppose poison lawns and gardens?