Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Photo via Goodlifer Cathy Erway is an acclaimed food writer and sustainability activist based in New York City. Two or so years ago, she renounced the consumptive culinary culture of the big apple, and set out to eat in–for every meal.

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Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Photo via Goodlifer Cathy Erway is an acclaimed food writer and sustainability activist based in New York City. Two or so years ago, she renounced the consumptive culinary culture of the big apple, and set out to eat in–for every meal

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Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Photo via Goodlifer Cathy Erway is an acclaimed food writer and sustainability activist based in New York City. Two or so years ago, she renounced the consumptive culinary culture of the big apple, and set out to eat in–for every meal. An ambitious undertaking in a city practically built on dining out.

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Cathy Erway on The Art of Eating In: The TreeHugger Interview

Olympic Hockey Final Affects Water Supply, Canadian Economy

Globe and Mail Electrical or water systems are designed for peak loads, so it is interesting to see the effects of extraordinary events on infrastructure. It’s estimated that 82% of Canadians watched the final Olympic hockey game between Canada and the United States, and that’s the mother of all peaks. Mike already wrote about how Canada vs.

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Reusable Bottles: Glass Makes a Come Back

Image credit: Lifefactory As a rule, I am not one of these greenies that gets overly excited about new reusable bottles. I have an old reusable bottle somewhere, and it occasionally gets used when I venture out of the house—but I’ve always been a little confused by the amount of attention paid to fancy reusable bottles and their cousins, the reusable tote

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Haiti’s Rebuild May Be Biochar’s Big Breakthough

Here’s a Haitian model of the “Lucia” stove that turns biomass into biochar, and cooks dinner, too. Photo credit WorldStoves via tweetphoto

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Foodborne Sickness Costs U.S. $152 Billion Per Year

Images from Make Our Food Safe A new study by a former FDA economist reports that foodborne illness costs America $ 152 Billion annually, the cost of 76 million cases of food related illness, 5,000 deaths, and 325,000 hospitalizations. The study, Health-Related Costs from Foodborne Illness in the United States calls for new strong regulation: “This report makes it clear that the gaps in our food-safety system are causing significant health and ..

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Might Bags-In-A-Bottle Be the Future of Packaging?

Photo: Ecologic Brands Some weeks ago we were sent a media release describing what was considered a “first-of-its-kind bottle.” The Ecologic Brands hybrid milk bottle is biodegradable, compostable and recyclable. We say hybrid because it is really two bottles in one. The outer shell is made from 100% recycled cardboard, using the same paper pulp methods that create egg cartons.

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New Izip Express Hybrid Electric Bicycle Has Evo Drive

Photo: Currie Technologies “We are confident that the Express will make an eBike believer out of anyone that takes it for an extended test ride,” says Larry Pizzi, president of Currie Technologies. The iZip Express is the latest hybrid electric bicycle from Currie, and is arriving on the US market after three years of development. The nuts and bolts are that its 36V 18Ah Lithium-ion battery can move the rider at speeds in the vicinity of 32km/h (20 mph) and it can manage a range of between 50 and 80 km (30 -5- miles) depending on the mode selected

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Michael Pollan, Saul’s Deli Secret Pastrami Hawker?

Saul’s grassfed pastrami sandwich (left) vs. regular deli pastrami (right) Photo: foodhoe.com Saul’s is part of only a handful of delis refashioning themselves as sustainably sourced eateries. Located in the gourmet ghetto of North Berkeley near Alice Water’s Chez Panisse, one would presume its customers would be salivating for a sustainable deli, but not so

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