Although I don't eat beef or poultry or pork, I do eat fish -- mainly because I love sushi. But lately, a lot of fishy sushi news has been making the eco-headlines. So here's your guide to the pescatarian's dilemma:
>> A sushi-specific seafood guide (PDF) is now available. This downloadable wallet-sized cheat sheet comes courtesy of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, already well known for its more generic Seafood Watch Guide. Carry it -- along with your reusable chopsticks... Read more...
Last Saturday, San Francisco’s Really Really Free Market
spread out across the Mission District’s Dolores Park as it does each month,
attracting a diverse crowd of gift economists with books, clothes, food, art
and skills to share. Aptly named, Really Really Free Markets may be the only
intentional marketplaces on earth where no money ever changes hands. Instead,
people may freely take anything and everything on offer, whether it be a
toaster oven, a stack of old National Geographics, or a... Read more...
Half of all American doctors responding to a nationwide survey say they regularly prescribe placebos to patients. The results trouble medical ethicists, who say more research is needed to determine whether doctors must deceive patients in order for placebos to work.
If you fancy yourself an environmentalist, match your costume to your conscience. Don't go out and buy an eco-outfit; make a costume with whatever you can find around the house. And if you need some extra-green Halloween ideas, here are a few we found at the DIY Web site craftingagreenworld.com
Halloween treats are something of a trick for eco-friendly people, thanks to their excess packaging, high fructose corn syrup and artificial preservatives.
I happen to think that a few treats are mandatory (what would Halloween be without handful of candy corn or a bite-size Snickers bar?), and but there are a lot of ways to tweak the holiday to better reflect a green lifestyle.
A little poking around the Internet revealed a lot of great ways to have a fun and creative... Read more...
If you're going out on a date anytime soon, you may find this bit of science news useful: In a carefully controlled experiment, people who held something warm were more likely to perceive someone else as emotionally "warm" – and they were more likely to behave in a friendly, generous way themselves.