Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Energy conservation Energy conservation refers to reducing energy through using less of an energy service. Energy conservation differs from efficient energy use, which refers to using less energy for a constant service. For example, driving less is an example of energy conservation. Driving the same amount with a higher mileage vehicle is an example of energy efficiency. Energy conservation and efficiency are both energy reduction techniques. Even though energy conservation reduces energy services, it can result in increased, environmental quality, national security, and personal financial security.[1] It is at the top of the sustainable energy hierarchy. Energy taxes[edit] Some countries employ energy or carbon taxes to motivate energy users to reduce their consumption. Building Design[edit] One of the primary ways to improve energy conservation in buildings is to use an energy audit. Elements of passive solar design, shown in a direct gain application Transportation[edit] Consumer products[edit] India[edit]
New process could allow any plant to serve as a food source Virginia Tech associate professor Percival Zhang is leading the research on the bioprocess Although the causes of world hunger are numerous, it certainly doesn’t help that factors such as arid conditions and limited land space make it difficult to grow food crops in certain places. If people in those areas could eat foods derived from plants that are hardy to the region, but that aren’t considered nutritious, it would go a long way towards addressing the problem. Cellulose is the most common carbohydrate on Earth, and is found in the cell walls of plants. In the new process, developed by a Virginia Tech team led by associate professor Percival Zhang, approximately 30 percent of the cellulose from any plant material (including agricultural waste) can be converted into a starch known as amylose – it’s a good source of fiber, as it isn’t broken down in the digestive tract. “Cellulose and starch have the same chemical formula,” said Zhang. Source: Virginia Tech About the Author
Wonkette — The D.C. Gossip CrimethInc Navdanya Demo gegen Lebensmittelverschwendung - Abfall schmeckt gut - München Anzeige Mehr als 40 Prozent unserer Lebensmittel werden laut Slow Food Deutschland weggeworfen, pro Kopf und Jahr sind das 300 Kilogramm. Mit der Aktion "Teller statt Tonne" demonstrieren nun hunderte Münchner gegen Lebensmittelverschwendung. Für die Massenspeisung hat Katharina Heuberger im Abfall gewühlt. Auf Biobauernhöfen im Münchner Umland war die Aktivistin von Slow Food am Freitag gemeinsam mit Gleichgesinnten unterwegs, um einzusammeln, was Landwirte wegwerfen müssen. Nicht, weil das Gemüse verdorben wäre, sondern weil es gegen irgendeine Agrar-Norm verstößt: zu klein, zu groß, zu krumm. Und so zierten am Samstag hübsche herzförmige Kartoffeln die Tafeln auf dem Odeonsplatz, vor der Feldherrnhalle rührte der holländische Kochaktivist Wam Kat kostenlosen Gemüseeintopf aus vermeintlich unverkäuflicher Ausschussware ab Hof. "Mehr als 40 Prozent unserer Lebensmittel werden weggeworfen", sagte zuvor Rupert Ebner, Vorstandsmitglied von Slow Food Deutschland. Francisco J.
Community Gardening: The Plot Against Hunger Christina Sarich, Contributor Waking Times What if you could grow more than 3 tons of organic produce, flowers and herbs annually for an entire community on less than an acre of land? Sound impossible? Not only do community gardens draw people to together from various backgrounds regarding their age, race, culture and social class, they also grow more than food – the involvement in social community usually leads to long term relationships among people that might not ordinarily ‘network.’ I recently spent an entire Saturday afternoon at one of my local community gardens, one of a dozen or more scattered throughout the city proper and one of literally a hundred or more spread throughout nearby suburbs. I was surprised to learn the other benefits of community gardening that weren’t so apparent upon first glance: Community gardening reduces crime rates . You can check out the American Community Gardening Association if you live in the US, and there are similar websites throughout the world.
LILEKS (James) :: Hello. ResistrⒶthens “To Horiatiko” and “Attika Bakeries” stink of violence against women and trafficking On Saturday March 15, we paid a visit to three bakeries of the franchising company “TO HORIATIKO” in Omonia square and “ATTIKA BAKERIES” in Euaggelismos and Monastiraki in Athens. We approached the bakeries, we used of stink bombs in order to sabotage the food production, whereas at the same time we distributed flyers inside the venue to inform customers and people passing by about the background of the owners of the bakeries and what lies behind these companies. In the following, we present the text from the flyers thrown into the bakeries: Bakeries “TO HORIATIKO”, owned by Giannakopoulos brothers, are the show case of a money-laundry network that washes money from forced women’s prostitution, from strip clubs and “massage parlors”. Bakeries “TO HORIATIKO” and “ATTIKI FURNI” stink of forced prostitution Continue reading »
350.org Australia Global Energy Efficiency Opportunities - Carnegie Moscow Center - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace While energy efficiency measures will not end the serious global climate change challenge, adopting such measures would buy time to further the development of alternative low-carbon energy resources. White roofs can cool buildings, cities, and even the planet. Implemented worldwide, cooler cities could bring the world 5 percent closer to avoiding future climate disaster. 2011 Global Energy Prize recipient and Distinguished Scientist Emeritus at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Rosenfeld, spoke at Carnegie about the impact of the energy efficiency concepts around the world and the potential of white roofs to slow global warming. Carnegie’s Adnan Vatansever moderated. The Global Energy Prize The Global Energy Prize was instituted in Russia in 2002. Rosenfeld said that the devastating forest fires in 2010 and their coverage in Russian media also contributed to this change in attitude. Global Impacts of Energy Efficiency Measures White Roof Global Cooling Potential
Replacing food: An engineer's approach to body fuel There's a romance to food. It's one of life's great sensory and social pleasures. But a lot of us don't eat healthily, and a lot of us don't enjoy the process of preparing food, especially when we're eating alone. Furthermore, the way we eat today is incredibly wasteful throughout the entire production and consumption process, to the point where it actively damages our bodies and our planet. Enter Soylent: a food engineered to efficiently deliver 100 percent of the healthy body's needs with minimal waste, junk food-beating convenience and a very low cost, or, as the inventors put it, "creating an efficient form of fuel for humanity for the first time in history." Food has always been sexy, and this sounds about as exciting as artificial insemination. View all This is a tough project to look at objectively, because food ranks alongside sex and sleep as one of the great pleasures of life. Secondly, a lot of us aren't very good at it. And thus was born Soylent. Sounds exciting, right?
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