Posted by nancyastrid in Biodiversity, Community, CSA, Culture, Facts, Farmer's Markets, Farms, Food, Food Revolution, Gardens, Natural Reources, Seasonal on 02 8th, 2009 | No Comments

The Future of Food – Vertical Farming

With 85% of the human population living in urban settings by 2050 – there is not doubt that a new way of raising our food, must be underway.  Lucky for us, a genius by the name of Dickson Despommier, has already created the solution for us – vertical farming. Despommier  is a professor...

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Posted by nancyastrid in Community, Cradle to Cradle, CSA, Culture, Energy, Facts, Food, Landfill, Organic, Paradigm Shift, Plastic, Social Responsibility, Sustainable, Thoughts, Waste on 01 31st, 2009 | No Comments

Creative Citizen on Yahoo Green

Are you a creative citizen? By Kastle Waserman Posted Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:50am PST The idea of global warming can sometimes be a daunting, overwhelming concept. How can one person help fix this problem that is literally changing the face of the earth? The website Creative Citizen offers a manageable...

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Posted by nancyastrid in Alternative Transportation, Biodiversity, Community, Cradle to Cradle, CSA, Culture, Energy, Farmer's Markets, Farms, Food, Food Revolution, Gardens, Green Building, Green Living, Green Washing, Homesteading, Human Scale, Landfill, LEED, Life Cycle, Local, Natural Reources, Organic, Paradigm Shift, Plastic, Regenerative, Seasonal, Sustainable, Thoughts, Toxins, Victory Gardens, Waste, Water/Oceans on 01 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Calender of Events in The World Of Green – Winter 2009

January 15 - Green Building Workshop (Brooklyn, NY) Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Location: LC 400, Dibner Library Building   5 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY A workshop that brings industry researchers and developers of green buildings technologies, entrepreneurs, investors, representatives from...

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Posted by nancyastrid in CSA, Culture, Facts, Food, Food Revolution, Green Living, Homesteading, Local, Organic, Seasonal, Sustainable, Victory Gardens on 08 20th, 2008 | No Comments

You are What you Eat

Today, there is a food revolution happening and it is not based on food shortages or food security, but rather on the exhilarating connection to the very thing that binds cultures, people and generations. Despite the fact that,  1 in 3 Americans is obese, and most food found in our super markets, that...

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Posted by nancyastrid in CSA, Facts, Farms, Food, Food Revolution, Green Living, Homesteading, Local, Organic, Seasonal, Victory Gardens on 07 1st, 2008 | No Comments

Food For Thought

This is such an exhilarating time this is for the history of food! Despite the fact that, 1 in 3 Americans is obese, and most food found in our super markets, that is not organic is genetically modified – there is a food revolution happening in the mist of all of this. As we know, we began...

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In the Green Consulting facet of our work, the basis of our projects is on educating our residential and commercial clients on the elements of integrating living and working sustainably and incorporating a richer way of life.