Category Archives: Food

Slow Money on Poverty

By AKB | Published: June 25, 2010
It is deeply disturbing to stand at the edges of such extreme wealth, such extreme speculation – even when successful – and peer into the expanses of such unrelenting poverty: poverty of abandoned building and abandoned village and field abandoned to mall, poverty of slum and ghetto, poverty of pollution, poverty of congestion and sprawl, [...]
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Shocker! Higher prices means less consumption!!

By AKB | Published: June 23, 2010
Simple…and kind of obvious study with real results. My question: Are we going to see higher prices for things that kill us or keep doing business as usual? My meta-question: Why do humans have such a hard time doing what is good for themselves? Comments welcome!
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Eco-Coke Bottle

By AKB | Published: June 17, 2010
Andrew Kim is obsessed with consumer electronics. He was delighted to discover that there was a profession for people for him. I got on the phone with Andrew and we chatted a bit about the very awesome re-design he did on the classic coke bottle. Design Fabulous is Andrew Kim’s design blog. He’s a student [...]
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What’s a Locavore to do?

By ADC | Published: September 14, 2009
To start off with, I will define the term “locavore”. A locavore is intent on purchasing only (or as much as possible) locally produced food believing that minimizing food-miles (the distance food has to travel to your table) will in turn reduce energy consumption and save the planet. This belief has caught on in eco-conscious [...]
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