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Organic as the Private School of Food? Big Organics, Affordability and Integrity (Video)

Image credit: OrganicNation I’ve been thinking a lot about scale recently. “Small is Beautiful” has long been a rallying cry of the green movement—and yet in light of the massive challenges we face, I’m thinking we shouldn’t turn our backs on “big” either. It’s true, my post on more sustainable industrial monoculture was met with derision from some, and I’m not sure my follow up

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Organic as the Private School of Food? Big Organics, Affordability and Integrity (Video)

The Secret Life of the Sun (Slideshow)

Photo via MinnPost We rely on the sun for everything from powering up our electronics to basic heat and warmth for survival, but this massive star does more than just send light our way: It’s a huge nuclear reactor with explosions, eruptions, storms, and magnetic fields that affect both itself and Earth. Check out our slideshow for stunning space photos of the solar flares, spicules, coronal mass ejections, and other jaw-dropping phenomena that make the sun one of the most fascinating parts of our s… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Secret Life of the Sun (Slideshow)