The National Climactic Data Center, which is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, recently reported that this part summer saw the highest worldwide ocean temperatures ever recorded. That’s right, ever.
Worldwide Ocean Temps
Worldwide Ocean Temps
They attribute the temperatures to the combination of an el nino weather pattern and … global warming. Go here to learn more.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
FLATBUSH FOOD MEETING AT BC SEPT 23rd
this meeting comes out of the extraordinary brooklyn food conference that brought together 3000 people and 300 groups last spring, i'll post more details on the agenda next week, mm
Flatbush Community Meeting
Want to improve access to good, healthy food in our community?
Want to work with Flatbush neighbors to improve our health and environment?
Come to the 1st Flatbush neighborhood meeting of the Brooklyn Food Coalition
Wednesday September 23rd 7pm
Brooklyn College—301 Roosevelt Hall
Bedford Ave. between Campus Rd & Ave. I
The Brooklyn Food Coalition is a grassroots partnership of individuals and groups who strive to give an effective voice to all those who live in or serve Brooklyn and wish to achieve a just and sustainable system for healthy, tasty, and affordable food.
We derive our ideas and our strength from local participation in the food movement, from people getting together in their neighborhoods to address their communities’ needs for a new food system. We want all decisions to be transparent and for decision-making to be available to everyone. Right now we have groups in 7 neighborhoods in Brooklyn and we are working toward organizing more. Thus the most important action unit will be the neighborhood groups. Each neighborhood group will send representatives to a Council of Neighborhood Organizations that will unite communities around common issues and projects, improving the food system in Brooklyn together.
Please invite your friends and neighbors. All welcome.
For more information: pieranna@aol.com, nancyromer@gmail.com,
Interested in improving School Food? Labor Rights for workers? Expanded community gardens and urban farms? Food Coops, CSAs and more healthy food markets? Community education on health and the environment? Other food-related issues?
This is your meeting!
Flatbush Community Meeting
Want to improve access to good, healthy food in our community?
Want to work with Flatbush neighbors to improve our health and environment?
Come to the 1st Flatbush neighborhood meeting of the Brooklyn Food Coalition
Wednesday September 23rd 7pm
Brooklyn College—301 Roosevelt Hall
Bedford Ave. between Campus Rd & Ave. I
The Brooklyn Food Coalition is a grassroots partnership of individuals and groups who strive to give an effective voice to all those who live in or serve Brooklyn and wish to achieve a just and sustainable system for healthy, tasty, and affordable food.
We derive our ideas and our strength from local participation in the food movement, from people getting together in their neighborhoods to address their communities’ needs for a new food system. We want all decisions to be transparent and for decision-making to be available to everyone. Right now we have groups in 7 neighborhoods in Brooklyn and we are working toward organizing more. Thus the most important action unit will be the neighborhood groups. Each neighborhood group will send representatives to a Council of Neighborhood Organizations that will unite communities around common issues and projects, improving the food system in Brooklyn together.
Please invite your friends and neighbors. All welcome.
For more information: pieranna@aol.com, nancyromer@gmail.com,
Interested in improving School Food? Labor Rights for workers? Expanded community gardens and urban farms? Food Coops, CSAs and more healthy food markets? Community education on health and the environment? Other food-related issues?
This is your meeting!
Saturday, August 8, 2009
For Urban Gardeners, Lead Is a Concern
A couple things to note in this piece: 1) there is no understanding of the lead level in the soil of major farms! i.e., you have no way of knowing the lead level of the food you buy at the grocery store. 2) you can get your soil tested at BC!
FRANK MEUSCHKE’S garden, which surrounds the house he rents in Brooklyn, is a bountiful source of tomatoes, snap peas, green beans, peppers, lettuce and multiple varieties of flowers. It is also, as he recently discovered to his dismay, a rich repository of lead. He had his soil tested last month, and the analysis showed more than 90 times the amount of lead expected to occur naturally.
FRANK MEUSCHKE’S garden, which surrounds the house he rents in Brooklyn, is a bountiful source of tomatoes, snap peas, green beans, peppers, lettuce and multiple varieties of flowers. It is also, as he recently discovered to his dismay, a rich repository of lead. He had his soil tested last month, and the analysis showed more than 90 times the amount of lead expected to occur naturally.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
College students are flocking to sustainability degrees, careers
By Jillian Berman, USA TODAY
Students interested in pursuing a job in sustainability now can choose from a variety of "green" degree programs.
With an increased interest in the environment and growth in the "green collar" job sector, colleges and universities are beginning to incorporate sustainability into their programs. From MBAs in sustainable-business practices to programs that give students the technical training necessary to operate wind turbines, students have an increasing array of options to choose from.
Students interested in pursuing a job in sustainability now can choose from a variety of "green" degree programs.
With an increased interest in the environment and growth in the "green collar" job sector, colleges and universities are beginning to incorporate sustainability into their programs. From MBAs in sustainable-business practices to programs that give students the technical training necessary to operate wind turbines, students have an increasing array of options to choose from.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
First shipment of toxic sludge from Hudson River being unloaded in West Texas
Who says NYC doesn't export any actually "goods" anymore!? This is deeply embarassing; think of the transport costs alone! Aye!
By ANNA M. TINSLEY
atinsley@star-telegram.com
Crews are still unloading the first 81-car train load of toxic sludge sucked out of New York’s Hudson River into specially dug storage pits at a West Texas waste disposal site.
The load, which likely passed through the Metroplex, arrived at the Waste Control Specialists site in Andrews County this month, company spokesman Chuck McDonald said.
"On this first load, we are going very slowly to make sure we know what we are doing," McDonald said. "We are taking our time. Everything has gone smoothly."
This is the first of hundreds of loads of contaminated waste expected to be sent to West Texas from a Hudson environmental cleanup that could cost $750 million.
By ANNA M. TINSLEY
atinsley@star-telegram.com
Crews are still unloading the first 81-car train load of toxic sludge sucked out of New York’s Hudson River into specially dug storage pits at a West Texas waste disposal site.
The load, which likely passed through the Metroplex, arrived at the Waste Control Specialists site in Andrews County this month, company spokesman Chuck McDonald said.
"On this first load, we are going very slowly to make sure we know what we are doing," McDonald said. "We are taking our time. Everything has gone smoothly."
This is the first of hundreds of loads of contaminated waste expected to be sent to West Texas from a Hudson environmental cleanup that could cost $750 million.
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