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The Prius myth that won’t go away.

August 29, 2011

This weekend, a friend of ours commented on the environmental impact of the Toyota Prius, in which the Prius compares unfavorably to the discontinued H2. We’ve heard this claim before, but didn’t know where those claims started, nor what they were really based on other than fingering the Prius’ larger battery as the culprit. It [...]

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Yes, paleo-eating is not sustainable. Big deal.

May 31, 2011

The question of a paleo/primal diet being sustainable for the world’s population is a recurring one over at PaleoHacks. The issue is simple: if we remove grains from the diet, a staple of pretty much every poor country out there, then how can we realistically replace those calories with food that do meet paleo/primal standards. [...]

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Violence is human.

May 17, 2011

The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight introduced us to Thom Hartmann’s concept of Older and Younger Cultures, the differences between the two being rather stark. In Hartmann’s view, Older Cultures embody sustainability and peaceful existence, which Easy to be Green summarizes thusly: Political Independence Egalitarian Structure Getting their resources from renewable local sources Having a [...]

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A Farm Corps?

May 11, 2011

In The New York Times, Nicolette Hahn Niman proposes five things the government can do to help stop cruel and abusive animal practices in the US. All are excellent suggestions, but the last we find most interesting: The United States should launch a domestic Peace Corps for farming. America needs to repopulate rural America and [...]

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Sustainability and beef.

April 15, 2011

Since switching to a “paleo” diet, we’ve increased our consumption of beef, and a common criticism we’ve heard as a result is that eating beef is not sustainable. Specific arguments include: Raising cows is a direct cause of desertification. The massive demand for beef promotes slash-and-burn of rain-forests. By some estimates, 2500 gallons of water [...]

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We’ve too many people.

October 4, 2010

On recommendation, we started reading The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight by Thom Hartmann, a book over a decade old (though a revised version was released in 2004). We point out the book’s age because it’s only a relatively recent phenomenon to hear the media actually address environmental concerns like global warming, and few people [...]

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