I recycle, reuse, refill!

11/24/2014

  By Ashleigh Prince out&about is my personal journey of discovery asking questions and getting more informed. I want to share my findings with you so we can travel the journey together. I decided over a year ago to really pay attention to what I was consuming and the waste it produced. I decided to sort…

How Cooking Can Change Your Life

11/23/2014
Michael Pollan: How Cooking Can Change Your Life

Two great videos to watch, shared via RSA. The RSA is a non-profit organisation working to meet 21st century challenges by showcasing ideas, undertaking innovative research and building civic capacity around the world. Can you really have your cake and eat it? According to Michael Pollan, you can. In this fun RSA Short, Pollan explains…

The story of stuff: bottled water

11/19/2014
The Story of stuff: Bottled Water

The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand — how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film…

Back to Basics: Multipurpose fruit cake

10/20/2014
Multipurpose fruit cake

By Linda Cornelius ecogal Author and Designer Here’s how to make a healthy, low sugar fruit cake for daily use Note: this cake is really low on sugar. You can adjust to taste. This procedure makes clever use of the same top-down procedure used for the much more known French Tarte Tatin (see here Jamie…

Organic Agriculture at WSU

10/20/2014
Organic Agriculture at WSU

Washington State University – College of Agricultural. Human and Natural Resource Science Recognizing its unique land-grant research and education mission to the people of Washington and the state’s increasing global involvement, the college provides leadership in discovering, accessing, and disseminating knowledge through high quality research, instruction and extension programs that contribute to a safe, abundant…