Tag Archives: organic

Buy Local, Buy Organic, It’s Important!

By kimba | Published: July 17, 2009
I was inspired to write a post about looking for, and buying, local produce and food by this article I spied yesterday on Alternet.org about the soybeans used for making Silk soy milk. Few Silk products are certified organic anymore, and some are processed with hexane, a neurotoxin. The use of hexane poses risks to [...]
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Janine Benyus: 12 Sustainable Design Ideas From Nature

By kimba | Published: January 31, 2009
This TEDtalk is four years old, but is still, and probably always will be, relevant. It will always remind us that we not only need to design things for our use and consumption that get along with nature, we need to look at nature first to figure out how to design the things we use [...]
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Put That Plastic In The Compost!

By kimba | Published: January 30, 2009
I’m in charge of doing the dishes. We let them stack up all day and then I do them all in one fell swoop before I settle in for the evening. It’s ok. Doing dishes is one of my favorite chores, so it’s not really work to me. This also gives me the opportunity to read [...]
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