by alohanico August 22, 2011
whiporwill: The great oyster crash: the proverbial canary in the coal mine for ocean acidification The hatcheries crisis offers both a foretaste of how the seas are changing due to acidification and a model for how industry and science can work together to mitigate it, says Lisa Suatoni, a National Resources Defense Council staff scientist working on the issue. “It’s our first good example of the potential economic impacts of ocean acidification,” she says. “And it’s a perfect example of people adapting to the crisis.” But even the scientists and hatchery operators who have collaborated in this success admit that it’s a stopgap. In the long run, only reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere will keep ocean acidification from getting worse and threatening more shellfish. Alan Barton, who diagnosed Whiskey Creek’s chemistry problem, isn’t waiting around for that to happen. He wanted to get as far away from souring seas as he could, so in late 2009 he left Oregon to start an oyster hatchery on North Carolina’s Intracoastal Waterway. “I looked at a map of the world and tried to figure out where ocean acidification was least likely to be a problem,” he says. “I picked here — and I was wrong.” Already, Barton sees the problems that nearly shut down the West Coast’s hatcheries settling in on the East, thanks both to local conditions and, he believes, to bigger changes in the sea itself. That’s good for his business, at least in the short term; natural oyster beds have failed in many East Coast estuaries, just as they did on Willapa Bay, and Eastern oystermen are turning to hatcheries like his for seed. But his current success will be cold comfort if carbon emissions don’t abate and the sea undergoes catastrophic change. “I’m afraid the ocean will be dead long before we have to worry about the other implications of global warming,” Barton says quietly. “I didn’t believe any of this stuff three years ago. I was always skeptical about our global models … But ocean acidification is pretty cut and dried for me now. You see it every day. You can’t escape it.”

whiporwill:

The great oyster crash: the proverbial canary in the coal mine for ocean acidification

The hatcheries crisis offers both a foretaste of how the seas are changing due to acidification and a model for how industry and science can work together to mitigate it, says Lisa Suatoni, a National Resources Defense Council staff scientist working on the issue. “It’s our first good example of the potential economic impacts of ocean acidification,” she says. “And it’s a perfect example of people adapting to the crisis.”

But even the scientists and hatchery operators who have collaborated in this success admit that it’s a stopgap. In the long run, only reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere will keep ocean acidification from getting worse and threatening more shellfish.

Alan Barton, who diagnosed Whiskey Creek’s chemistry problem, isn’t waiting around for that to happen. He wanted to get as far away from souring seas as he could, so in late 2009 he left Oregon to start an oyster hatchery on North Carolina’s Intracoastal Waterway. “I looked at a map of the world and tried to figure out where ocean acidification was least likely to be a problem,” he says. “I picked here — and I was wrong.”

Already, Barton sees the problems that nearly shut down the West Coast’s hatcheries settling in on the East, thanks both to local conditions and, he believes, to bigger changes in the sea itself. That’s good for his business, at least in the short term; natural oyster beds have failed in many East Coast estuaries, just as they did on Willapa Bay, and Eastern oystermen are turning to hatcheries like his for seed.

But his current success will be cold comfort if carbon emissions don’t abate and the sea undergoes catastrophic change.

“I’m afraid the ocean will be dead long before we have to worry about the other implications of global warming,” Barton says quietly. “I didn’t believe any of this stuff three years ago. I was always skeptical about our global models … But ocean acidification is pretty cut and dried for me now. You see it every day. You can’t escape it.”

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by edatrix August 5, 2011
122782: Humans kill 100 million sharks a year

122782:

Humans kill 100 million sharks a year

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by edatrix July 27, 2011

hrtbps:

Look closely at this picture.  It has been made using 2.4 million pieces of plastic, equal to the estimated number of pounds of plastic pollution that enter the world’s oceans every hour. All of the plastic in this image was collected from the Pacific Ocean. (via)

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by edatrix May 6, 2011
sylviac: (via Goodlifer: Eating Well on a Budget – the Dirty Dozen & the Clean 15) Hey guys, the EWG figured out how you can minimize eating pesticides.

sylviac:

(via Goodlifer: Eating Well on a Budget – the Dirty Dozen & the Clean 15) Hey guys, the EWG figured out how you can minimize eating pesticides.

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by edatrix March 20, 2011

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by edatrix March 11, 2011
122782: thegreenurbanist: List of cities where you save big by opting for mass transit over auto-ownership. ‘Stimulate The Local Economy and Your Wallet By Getting Rid of Your Car’ Sold both of our cars once we moved to Chicago.  After visiting Osaka, it was my goal to live somewhere where bikes and public transit would be enough.  I’ve never once looked back, and hope to never have to buy a car again. (PS - Displaying your car for sale within city limits gets you a $100 ticket though so beware.  More than if I had left it in an intersection or endangered someone’s life by blocking a fire hydrant.)

122782:

thegreenurbanist:

List of cities where you save big by opting for mass transit over auto-ownership.

‘Stimulate The Local Economy and Your Wallet By Getting Rid of Your Car’

Sold both of our cars once we moved to Chicago.  After visiting Osaka, it was my goal to live somewhere where bikes and public transit would be enough.  I’ve never once looked back, and hope to never have to buy a car again.

(PS - Displaying your car for sale within city limits gets you a $100 ticket though so beware.  More than if I had left it in an intersection or endangered someone’s life by blocking a fire hydrant.)

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by edatrix March 1, 2011
edatrix: aneclairtoremember: Del Monte Gives Middle Finger to Nature With Plastic-Bagged Bananas Finally! Bananas with a protective covering.  this is so wrong.

edatrix:

aneclairtoremember:

Del Monte Gives Middle Finger to Nature With Plastic-Bagged Bananas

Finally! Bananas with a protective covering. 

this is so wrong.

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by edatrix January 27, 2011
theinformedvegan: With an impending water shortage on the horizon we should ask ourselves, how much water does it take to make my dinner? Potatoes        60 gallons per pound Wheat           108 gallons per pound Corn             168 gallons per pound Soybeans      240 gallons per pound Beef              12,900 gallons per pound (source)

theinformedvegan:

With an impending water shortage on the horizon we should ask ourselves, how much water does it take to make my dinner?

Potatoes        60 gallons per pound

Wheat           108 gallons per pound

Corn             168 gallons per pound

Soybeans      240 gallons per pound

Beef              12,900 gallons per pound

(source)

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by edatrix January 15, 2011
windatyourheels: This, this is why I’m a scientist.  I am not even shitting you.  Right here, this is why I am a scientist. And holy shit, the most relevant thing I can blog today.

windatyourheels:

This, this is why I’m a scientist.  I am not even shitting you.  Right here, this is why I am a scientist.

And holy shit, the most relevant thing I can blog today.

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by edatrix December 3, 2010
laureola: A new green file format: WWF. The WWF format is a PDF that cannot be printed out. It’s a simple way to avoid unnecessary printing. So here’s your chance to save trees and help the environment. Decide for yourself which documents don’t need printing out – then simply save them as WWF. (via almostrocketscience)

laureola:

A new green file format: WWF.

The WWF format is a PDF that cannot be printed out. It’s a simple way to avoid unnecessary printing. So here’s your chance to save trees and help the environment. Decide for yourself which documents don’t need printing out – then simply save them as WWF.

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by edatrix November 16, 2010
hamandheroin: The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily so they can meet their quota of getting FREE FOOD donated every day to abused and neglected animals in their shelters. It takes less than a minute (only about 15 seconds actually) to go to their site and click on the purple box titled, ‘Click Here to Give - it’s FREE!’. Every click gives about .6 bowls of food to sheltered dogs. You can also click daily! Keep in mind that this does not cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising. [via.] Go to the website here. If you can’t even do this once, you have no heart. dogs need love, too.  click to give. 

hamandheroin:

The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily so they can meet their quota of getting FREE FOOD donated every day to abused and neglected animals in their shelters.

It takes less than a minute (only about 15 seconds actually) to go to their site and click on the purple box titled, ‘Click Here to Give - it’s FREE!’. Every click gives about .6 bowls of food to sheltered dogs. You can also click daily!

Keep in mind that this does not cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising. [via.]

Go to the website here.

If you can’t even do this once, you have no heart.

dogs need love, too.  click to give. 

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by edatrix November 9, 2010
Help the planet: Stop wasting food - latimes.com

jacquesofalltrades:

Some simple tips to reduce food waste: 

Food waste crosses racial, class and gender lines. It’s a systemic problem rooted in our culture of abundance and busy lifestyle. But it’s also one we can change. And, happily, that change starts with simple actions:

• Buy smarter. Plan the week’s dinners and make a detailed shopping list. Stick to the list; don’t buy more food than you can possibly eat before it goes bad. When planning meals, consider your reality. If you often don’t have time to cook dinner after work, don’t shop as if you do. And scheduling a leftover night is always wise.

• Rethink portion size. We have a warped idea of what’s a sensible amount to eat, in part because of what counts as a “serving” at restaurants these days. As a result, we often take or receive too much, prompting us to either overeat or scrape the food we don’t eat into the trash.

• Love your leftovers. If you’ve invested the money, time and energy in cooking, why not save the remaining portion? And remember, saving food only to throw it out a week later defeats the purpose. If you’re not a leftover lover, try halving recipes to prevent excess or repurposing your accumulated extras into another dish.

• Compost! Those of us without dogs (or pigs or goats) will always have some food waste. But we don’t have to send it all to the landfill. Composting, whether by backyard, worm or Bokashi bin or the indoor NatureMill, creates a usable soil amendment rather than methane. That way, you return your food’s nutrients to the soil instead of just throwing them away.

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For every 2 minutes that you’re in the shower, you use more water than the average person in Africa uses in an entire day.

by edatrix October 17, 2010

mohandasgandhi:

CONSERVE WATER.

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by edatrix October 15, 2010
jacquesofalltrades: Orange Beach, Alabama Photograph by Tyrone Turner:  ”Mix two parts sugar white sand with one part crystal blue water,” reads a tourism slogan for Orange Beach, Ala. In early June Deepwater Horizon oil was added to the recipe. (via National Geographic Photo of the Day)

jacquesofalltrades:

Orange Beach, Alabama Photograph by Tyrone Turner:  ”Mix two parts sugar white sand with one part crystal blue water,” reads a tourism slogan for Orange Beach, Ala. In early June Deepwater Horizon oil was added to the recipe. (via National Geographic Photo of the Day)

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by edatrix October 14, 2010

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