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Urban Farming, Community Resilience and the Death of the Motor Industry in Detroit (Video)

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Urban Farming, Community Resilience and the Death of the Motor Industry in Detroit (Video)

Image credit: Resilient Planet Yesterday I posted on ResilientCITY —the new project from the makers of the End of Suburbia. And earlier today I posted, from that same project, an interview with Rob Hopkins about the difference between sustainability and resilience , and why it matters. But another excerpt from the movie is just as revealing about what it really… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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DOA Confiscating Raw Milk in Minnesota (Video)

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on DOA Confiscating Raw Milk in Minnesota (Video)

Image credit: Markarthu Christine has discussed the risks and benefits of raw milk before. And with Senate Bill 510 potentially putting raw milk in danger , and with armed police reportedly swooping on organic coops in Ohio , the battle over if and how food regulations designed for an industrial … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Upcycled Eyewear Bridges the Conversation Gap

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Upcycled Eyewear Bridges the Conversation Gap

Heatherette designer and former Club Kid Richie Rich wears upcycled eyewear by Highbrow. Photo: Highbrow Designer Jessica Sapick has long had a knack for creating accessories out of unusual materials, from wearing binder clips as barettes in grade school to handcrafting clip-on eyebrows made with recycled materials and broken and unusable eye glass frames–donated from New Eyes for the Needy , a charity that provides new and recycled eyeglasses to the vision-impaired–under her current accessory company named Highbrow

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Turning the Site of a War-Time Massacre in Sarajevo into a Place of Peace, Love, and Local Produce

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Turning the Site of a War-Time Massacre in Sarajevo into a Place of Peace, Love, and Local Produce

The existing Markale Produce Market. Photo: me5otron / Creative Commons . The site of one of the worst civilian massacres during the Bosnian War could become a “healing ground” for the city of Sarajevo and its people, through a proposal by a Danish architecture student who suggests turning the central open-air marketplace into a combined cooperative market and urban farm …. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Gorgeous, Dumpster Diving Male Model Uses Beauty to Achieve Food Forest Dream (Photos)

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Gorgeous, Dumpster Diving Male Model Uses Beauty to Achieve Food Forest Dream (Photos)

Anderson in a Paul Mitchell ad. Photo: Anthony Anderson Can being beautiful help promote a sustainable lifestyle? Living in a self-proclaimed dichotomy between the fashion world and sustainable living, dumpster diving and wild food forager Anthony Anderson uses his male modeling career to supplement his mission to live sustainably, launch an organic chocolate company, and plant food forests…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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A Healthy Thanksgiving Begins in a Green Kitchen

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on A Healthy Thanksgiving Begins in a Green Kitchen

Photo credit: eBay This guest post was written by Annie Lescroart, a member of eBay’s Green Team. We’re well aware of the importance of health when it comes to preparing foods in the kitchen—between Salmonella, E. Coli, and a variety of other food-borne diseases , we’ve learned to pay close attention to how we prepare our food. But what about the things we bring into the kitchen—and the kitchen itself?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Waste Fruit Feeds the Hungry in Canada

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: A News Yesterday I posted about the Fresh 1% sustainable food grant . In the process, I came across an awesome project called LifeCycle which is working in Victoria, Canada, to glean unwanted fruit and redistribute it to those in need. The trouble is, this year has not been a great year for tree fruits. LifeCycle needs more trees. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Georgia County Sues Backyard Farmer For Growing Too Many Vegetables

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Screengrab from: WSBTV.com , which has the full video A backyard farmer in Clarkston, Georgia is being sued for growing too many vegetables , on the grounds that he is in violation of local zoning ordinances, even though those ordinances have since been changed. Steve Miller had been growing copious amounts of produce on his land for 15 years, selling at local farmer’s markets and giving some awa… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Human Activity May Have Boosted Palau Shellfish Size

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

photo: Wikimedia Commons A new study in the Journal of Archaeological Science shows there are exceptions to the conventional eco-wisdom that increased human activity always spells harm for animals: Researchers from North Carolina State University have discovered that the size of one mollusk, that’s been a food source for Pacific Islanders for thousands of years, has increased in size in conjunction with human population growth. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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‘Local’ Cream Travels 340 Miles to End on its Own Doorstep

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Image credit: Roddas From the very beginning, TreeHugger has been a huge advocate for local food . Ever since Time Magazine declared that local food was going mainstream back in 2007, there’s been a steady stream of retailers and restaurateurs getting in on the locavore bandwagon . Heck, we even have

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