Last month I purchased Alice Waters’s Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea and began reading it. Once I finish it I will be sure to write a review. In the book, Waters – a renowned chef who uses local and organic ingredients – discusses the journey she undertook helping to start a school garden near her [...]
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Cooking with California Food in K-12 Schools now Available
September 5th, 2011 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Local Energy/Food 
Tags: Alice Waters, California, Food 
No Comments »Black Bean Co. In Charleston Serving Fresh, Local Food
September 4th, 2011 Justin Manger Should you need a place to get away, especially from the hustle and bustle of the U.S. east coast, Charleston, S.C. should be on your list. Beaches, history, dining, golf, southern style architecture, a relaxed pace, and friendly people make the South Carolina city a nice place to vacation. Before coming to Japan, that’s exactly [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Justin Manger, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Food, Restaurants No Comments »Janus Food Works Pays Kids to Farm in Portland (Video)
August 27th, 2011 Justin Manger Under the mantra “bringing hope to people by growing and sharing healthy food, learning and teaching skills, and empowering community leadership,” the young farmers who take part in a unique program are hoping it brings a them a little cash as well. Young people from Portland, Oregon are getting paid by Janus Food Works to farm and [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Behavior, Justin Manger, Local Energy/Food, Policy, Sustainability Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Portland-Oregon, Video No Comments »13 Year Old Makes Solar Panel Breakthrough By Mimicking Nature, Or Does He?
August 22nd, 2011 Justin Manger Taking a page from Mother Nature’s instruction book, a young and curious student from New York has built a small tree-shaped solar array (we’ve featured leaf shaped solar panels on the site before) that won him the American Museum of Natural History’s 2011 Young Naturalist Award. You can read his full essay here. In short, Aidan Dwyer figured that trees [...]
“Green Curtains” Proliferate in Japan
August 17th, 2011 Justin Manger Another trip to Gunma prefecture, another insight into greener living. In past posts, I’ve mentioned the fact that some households can actually make money each month through selling the solar power generated electricity that they don’t use to the local power company. This time, I was intrigued to see the same household employing what was referred to as a [...]
China Solar Gets a Boost
August 9th, 2011 Justin Manger It looks like China is not leaving much to chance when it comes to renewable energy. With their low (yet admittedly increasing) cost of labor, focus on moving up the value chain production, and immense investment in research and development, they are staking a claim as an economic colossus focused on clean energy. Of course, [...]
Fresh Food on the Go: French Meadow Cafe and Bakery at MSP
August 3rd, 2011 Eric Wilson Finding fresh food while traveling can be hard enough. Fast food joints proliferate along the interstate. Airports aren’t much better. When there’s less than a half hour until boarding, the options for quick food are often less than healthy and fresh, let alone organic. Enter French Meadow Cafe and Bakery in the Minneapolis St. Paul [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Food, Minnesota, Organic, Restaurants No Comments »Magic Hat Brewery Tips Its Brim to Energy Conservation with Biogas
July 26th, 2011 Justin Manger In a bid to use the tons of grain waste produced during the brewing process that would normally go to waste, Magic Hat is going green. 21 tons of grain waste are produced per day at its South Burlington, VT factory. Instead of simply disposing of this “waste,” Purpose Energy is helping Magic Hat install a 492,000 [...]
Book Review: Sustainability on Campus
July 21st, 2011 Eric Wilson Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change is a series of vignettes from institutions of higher education around the US. Co-edited by Peggy Barlett, professor of anthropology at Emory University and Geoffery Chase, Dean of Undergraduate Studies (formerly) at Northern Arizona University, the compilation includes chapters from 16 schools, with one each from Barlett [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Book Review, Curriculum, David Orr, Economy, Emory, Environment, Food No Comments »New Town Builders to Construct Net Zero Home
June 13th, 2011 Eric Wilson Taking a page from the solar decathlon that runs annually in Washington DC, New Town Builders in Denver will complete their first net zero home in the Stapleton neighborhood later this year. As an example of what future homes (and buildings in general) can do, the net zero home will produce as much energy as [...]
