I have always thought that the buying of carbon offset credits was a waste of money, but now I have confirmation. Heifer International’s (one of my favorite charities) WorldArk magazine, which you can read online right here, has an article about carbon offsets that says what I have been saying all along – “It sounds [...]
Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard conflicting reports regarding how long it really takes for a plastic grocery bag to decompose. Can you set the record straight? Researchers fear that such ubiquitous plastic bags may never fully decompose; instead they gradually just turn into smaller and smaller pieces of plastic. The most common type of plastic shopping [...]
It’s official – I am moving yet again. I know, I know. But I knew going into it that Denver was a temporary arrangement, and after a year I have decided to move back to California next month. To my LA friends – see you soon! The Corn Refiners Association has petitioned the United States [...]
Like to eat fish that hasn’t been genetically modified into frankenfish? Tell the FDA. Massive mutant GMO salmon, genetically engineered to grow twice as fast as wild salmon, are coming to a table near you if you don’t act today. On September 3rd, a panel of three Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials declared that [...]
I get “green” PR pitches every day of the week, from the minute I log on in the morning until I turn the computer off at night. Most of them I ignore because they are just fluff, but this one I just couldn’t, and so I decided to make it my Greenwash of the Week. [...]
I try to be as open as I can be with you guys here on this site. Sometimes I succeed and sometimes I fail, but I try my best to be honest about my “off-screen” behavior and lifestyle. I have even wrote articles about it – Please Forgive Me, For I Am An Eco-Sinner and [...]
Q: As far as I know, genetically modified foods are not required to be labeled so. Why is this? Don’t we have a right to know what our food is made of? Unbeknownst to most Americans, a majority of the processed foods available in grocery stores today are derived from genetically modified (GM) sources, whereby [...]
