Author: Daniela
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Food Cultures and Customs: Food for Good in Action
Originally posted on Rural Sociology Wageningen University: The Rural Sociology Group coordinates a course called Food Cultures and Customs with the Philosophy Group. The course is dedicated to examining the role that food plays in and across cultures. Food culture is understood to be the expression of how people value food and everything connected to food.…
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Cooperatives Inherently More Sustainable
Thibault Worth (what a great name) at the Guardian debunks the idea that cooperative groups are “limited to small grocery stores in hippie towns.” Co-ops have become major forces in the banking, insurance and retail industries. Revenues from the 300 largest co-ops total more than $2tn worldwide, and co-ops employ more than 100 million people…
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Science on Verge of Bringing Extinct Animals Back to Life
Tanya Lewis of Live Science explains how advances in biotechnology could enable scientists to bring extinct animals back from the grave: First popularized by Michael Crichton’s novel “Jurassic Park,” the process of de-extinction has become more than a sci-fi concept. In 2003, biologists brought back a Pyrenean ibex by making a clone of frozen tissues harvested from…
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On Vacation
I have taken a few days off for Thanksgiving. I had hoped to have some time to post, but am having too much fun with family. I will resume posting when I get back on Monday.
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Becoming Minimalist
Joshua Becker’s story begins on a fine spring day: Our story begins on a beautiful three-day weekend at our home in suburban Vermont. The sun was shining, the flowers were blooming, the grass was beginning to green, and the trees were budding. I was cleaning my garage, my wife was cleaning the bathrooms, and my…
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Life Under the Ice
Science News‘ long piece on a study, conducted by Russian scientists at Lake Vostok, reveals evidence of a complex subglacial ecosystem: Lake Vostok is a behemoth, and not just by Antarctic standards. It is nearly as big as Lake Ontario and much deeper — estimated to be more than 900 meters in some places. By…
