Compostable Dinnerware From Fallen Leaves by Verterra
Verterra founder Michael Dwork was inspired to make his line of compostable dinnerware on a trip to India where he saw palm leaves being soaked, oven-baked and made into temporary plates at rural restaurant. The company name itself is derived from Latin “veritas terra” meaning “true to the earth”. According to their website, their entire manufacturing process uses “just 10% of the energy used in recycling.”
“Our plates are 100% free of chemicals, lacquers, glues, bonding agents or anything toxic. That keeps your meal and our earth free from harm.”
Filed under: Food & Health, Technology — Asif A. @ 9:15 AM December 1, 2009
How to Talk Green to Stale Old Fogeys During Thanks.
Normal Rockwell's classic potrayal of the typical American Thanksgiving dinner.
Don’t miss Planet Green’s article about how to discuss pressing, ’sensitive’, topics over Thanks dinner with those planet warming denying, meat eating, car driving, fauxhemian relatives of yours. Take a gander, and don’t forget to pass that organic vegan gravy!
Bonus: Don’t pass up on watching the Ed. Burroughs Thanksgiving Prayer, it is a true classic!
Filed under: Design, Food & Health, Lifestyle — Eric E. @ 11:50 AM November 24, 2009
Good Guide Beta
The Good Guide is a directory of over 70,000 products that’s been broken down by their team for us consumers to understand the environmental and health impacts of what we buy. Each product is rated by an overall score, or Good Guide Rating, then broken down into “health”, “environment” and “Society”. The ratings team at Good Guide is also working with a number of consumer research firms and scientists to bring you pretty reliable information. Nice work by the Good team!
Filed under: Food & Health — Asif A. @ 3:48 PM November 23, 2009
Attempting to eat sustainably
From Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by artist Richard A. Houser
It is very difficult to eat locally and therefore within season during the winters of Chicago. I am constantly tempted by over-priced and probably poor tasting strawberries and blueberries. But one thing I have learned that really helps to get me through the winter is that if you are eating in season, you really do enjoy those treats a lot more when they are supposed to be eaten. Part of the reason that I am trying to can a lot now, while there is still some fruit around, is so that in the middle of winter, when I am eating my share of potatoes, squash, and cabbage, I can open a jar of canned peaches and really relive that wonderful flavor of late summer. Read More…
Filed under: Food & Health, Lifestyle — Amy W. @ 12:26 PM November 12, 2009
Feast: Funding Emerging Art With Sustainable Tactics
I stumbled across Feast because of their Green My Bodega project, which was trying to better connect city neighborhoods with local farmers. Feast is a Brooklyn outfit that operates as a community-driven fundraiser for artists and run mainly by the Hit Factory. The actual Feast dinners not only raises money but guests also vote for which project to fund. Read More…
Filed under: Art, Food & Health — Asif A. @ 10:46 AM November 10, 2009