GREEN SANCTUARY
A Resource Page
Ethical Eating -- program presented Fall 2009
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Other Resources
(1) "The Island in the Wind" by Elizabeth Kolbert - The whole town, an island in Denmark, made major changes incrementally over a long period of time. So it is about changing "hearts and minds" as well as the technological know-how. The second part of the article was about Swiss scientists who state that a sustainable, fair world would allow everyone to use 2,000 watts. I found this concept, as well as their statistics on who uses what right now, really challenging to think about. (Margaret Nicholson)
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/07/080707fa_fact_kolbert
(2) Big Foot by Michael Specter - How to identify the carbon footprint for every product. I liked this because it confronted some of the unfounded ideas people fall into, such as "slow food" if that means local is better. The article shows how counter-intuitive effective greening is. This may be challenging for the suggestions that superstores such as Walmart might be creating a smaller footprint than moms & pops. (Margaret Nicholson)
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/02/25/080225fa_fact_specter
(3) The Dangers of Plastic Bags - This is a slideshow that shows statistics and other information about plastic bags. If you are don't already take a fabric bag to the grocery store, this slide show might be the turning point.
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080506/MULTIMEDIA02/80505016
(4) If you didn't make it to Lola Sorensen's presentation on July 20, you can still see the movie shown by going to www.storyofstuff.com It is 20 minutes well spent. On the site, click on "Another Way" for a list of things you can do.
(5) Websites on climate issues: www.350.org/ We currently have 385 parts/million of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and the goal is to lower it to the magic number of 350.
www.wecansolveit.org/content/pages/304/ Shows Al Gore's speech proclaiming we can become energy independent and stop using fossil fuels in 10 years.
(6) http://www.greenyour.com/ (Your guide to green anything)
(7) http:// lifelessplastic.blogspot.com Avoiding plastic in your life
With reference to above presentation, see www.farmsanctuary.org
(9) Offshore Drilling: Top 10 reasons it's a BAD idea
(10) Vermiculture--Why compost with worms; How to compost with worms