Follow Eco-Friendly Dinner Tips: Eco and Organic Food Tip Twenty-Six
If you sat down and really thought about how much waste goes on at a typical family dinner, you might be amazed. Constantly full glasses, disposable napkins, single-serving beverages…the list is long and often very fixable. We think that it’s a great family activity to sit down together and collaborate on coming up with ways to be more environmentally conscious when you all sit down to dinner (together)! […]
Learn Portion Control: Eco and Organic Food Tip Twenty-Five
Learning portion control isn’t just about your waistline, it’s also about the “waste” line. We apologize for the bad pun, but there’s nothing funny about the amount of food that Americans waste each year (almost thirty-three million tons). Part of why we waste so much food is that we’ve been conditioned to think that “more is more.” In fact, often times with portions in America, “more is too much.” If you’ve heard the [...]
Follow Eco-Friendly Grocery Tips: Eco and Organic Food Tip Twenty-Four
It’s not just what you buy at the grocery store. It can also be how you shop the grocery store. Reducing temptations to over-buy, being aware of bags and packaging and thinking about distance and food source all make grocery shopping more environmentally friendly. […]
Follow Eco-Friendly Restaurant Tips: Eco and Organic Food Tip Twenty-Three
Going out to eat doesn’t have to be entirely eco-friendly. There are some easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint from having dinner at a restaurant. Ask for reasonable portions, bring your own takeout dish, turn down refills and eat at locally owned restaurants instead of chains are some of our favorites. […]
Wars of Water: Our Favorite Water Conservation Quotes
“The wars of the twenty-first century will be fought over water.” Ismail Serageldin […]
The Rapture of the Lonely Shore: Our Favorite Water Conservation Quotes
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods. There is a rapture on the lonely shore." George Gordon, Lord Byron © Photographer: Alptraum | Agency: Dreamstime.com
Reduce Your Takeout Diet: Eco and Organic Food Tip Twenty-Two
There are lots of reasons to reduce how much takeout food you eat in a given week. Unless your idea of takeout food is your local mobile salad bar (and we’re guessing that it’s not), then most takeout food is far less healthy than anything that you would cook at home. On top of that, how most takeout food is prepared and the source of the ingredients isn’t going to win any sustainability [...]
Don’t Be Afraid to Ask: Eco and Organic Food Tip Twenty-One
As with many things in life, the most important thing that you can do is simply to ask. Don’t be afraid to write to grocery chains, food manufacturers or anybody else involved in the creation and production of the food that you eat. That includes local participants at your farmer’s market. The power of a (post)consumer is with their dollar, and the more you speak out the more that food suppliers will [...]
Learn the Facts About Fish: Eco and Organic Food Tip Twenty
In some ways, fish can be a more sustainable meat solution than poultry or livestock. The resources to farm produce fish are often sustainable and environmentally beneficial. However, getting the facts about your fish can be difficult. It’s well documented that not everything that is marketed as sustainable fish or wild caught fish is being honestly marketed. You’re going to have to do some work on your own if you want to be [...]
Grow Your Own Food! : Eco and Organic Food Tip Nineteen
While it’s delightful to garden if you have a large backyard space, for many people that’s simply not the reality. However, just because you don’t have the benefit of a large backyard, it doesn’t mean that you can’t grow some of your own food. Many smaller edibles, like herbs and cherry tomatoes, can be grown in standard planting pots. In many cities, urban and community gardens have grown by leaps and bounds in [...]
