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Category Archives: Green Bite
According to the Nutrition Research Center, this is what happens to your body within 1 hour of drinking a can of soda: 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system, which is 100 percent of your recommended daily intake. … Continue reading
Cleaner Cooking, Healthier Planet
By Sharon Cousins, 3rd in a 3-part series Deforestation leads to desertification, in many places around the world. Burgeoning human populations raise carbon dioxide levels to new highs, until declining vegetative populations can no longer keep up with converting it … Continue reading
Are You Part of the Problem?
It’s cherry season in the BC Kootenays which is awesome. They are easily my favorite fresh fruit, and even after four weeks of nonstop cherries, I’m not tired of eating them. I am, however, tired of dealing with them! But … Continue reading
The Power of One…Child
It seems I struck a chord with The Power of One, posted two weeks ago. Today I’d like to share with you the compelling story of ONE child. From Seedlings to Servings: 11-Year-Old Grows Tons of Veggies for the Homeless … Continue reading
Out of the Smoke, Into the Sun
By Sharon Cousins, 2nd in a 3-part series! More than half the world’s six billion people depend on solid fuel for cooking—wood, charcoal, coal, crop residue, or dung. Fuel must be purchased or laboriously gathered and carried home. The humanitarian … Continue reading
The Power of One
I am insignificant. What can I do? I’m nobody. No one listens to me. Heck, hardly anyone even comes to my blog! Why should I bother? I may as well give it up. There are six billion people on the … Continue reading
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Eating Green
I came across this Eating Green Calculator from @TakePart on Twitter. I should have remembered that ‘eating green’ can mean more than eating responsibly. They are using their calculator to discourage meat and animal products (cheese, eggs) and encourage the … Continue reading
11 Tips for House Cooling
Once upon a time folks had plenty of ways to keep their homes cool, and none of them involved air conditioning. They understood that hot air rises and knew how to use this to their advantage. Here are eleven considerations … Continue reading
Solar Cooking: Clean, Bright and Accessible
By Sharon Cousins: First in a 3-part series! What is cleaner than clean, brighter than bright, and can cook your food for free, with zero pollution? The power of sunshine, which I cook with more than my stove up to … Continue reading
Green is the Golden Rule, by Anna Clark
A guest post by Anna Clark: As the latest oil spill streams uncontrollably into the Gulf, destroying wildlife, wetlands and livelihoods, we ask ourselves, “What can I do to change this?” The answer, as I’ve come to learn it, is … Continue reading
