Comments for Sustainablog http://sustainablog.org Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003! Wed, 16 May 2012 10:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Avoiding Food Waste with Your Smart Phone by Daily Green Wrap-Up 15.May, 2012 | GreenJoyment http://sustainablog.org/2012/05/food-waste-smart-phone/#comment-27281 Daily Green Wrap-Up 15.May, 2012 | GreenJoyment Wed, 16 May 2012 10:53:22 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=14422#comment-27281 [...] by biofuels. Check out the links to the left if you’re not up to speed on those effort.Avoiding Food Waste with Your Smart Phone Scientist at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute are working on technology that can eliminate even more [...] [...] by biofuels. Check out the links to the left if you’re not up to speed on those effort.Avoiding Food Waste with Your Smart Phone Scientist at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute are working on technology that can eliminate even more [...]

]]> Comment on Avoiding Food Waste with Your Smart Phone by Juan Miguel Ruiz http://sustainablog.org/2012/05/food-waste-smart-phone/#comment-27280 Juan Miguel Ruiz Wed, 16 May 2012 10:21:36 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=14422#comment-27280 I can see a number of ways that this can affect the quality of retailers. Start up a leaderboard where the app results are uploaded. The leaderboard will rank the retailers which consistently offer the cleanest and freshest produce. That'll definitely make them think about how they source their items. I'd love to have that spectrometer right now, saves me the disappointment whenever I get apples that aren't up to par. Juan Miguel Ruiz GreenJoyment.com I can see a number of ways that this can affect the quality of retailers. Start up a leaderboard where the app results are uploaded. The leaderboard will rank the retailers which consistently offer the cleanest and freshest produce. That’ll definitely make them think about how they source their items.

I’d love to have that spectrometer right now, saves me the disappointment whenever I get apples that aren’t up to par.

Juan Miguel Ruiz
GreenJoyment.com

]]> Comment on The Sweet Potato Project: Urban Agriculture as a Path Out of Poverty by Urban Gardening: St. Louis Sweetens the Pot(ato) | Eat Drink Better http://sustainablog.org/2012/05/the-sweet-potato-project-urban-agriculture-as-a-path-out-of-poverty/#comment-27277 Urban Gardening: St. Louis Sweetens the Pot(ato) | Eat Drink Better Tue, 15 May 2012 23:51:13 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=14412#comment-27277 [...] like The Sweet Potato Project out of North St. Louis, Missouri (my old stomping grounds) offer a little inspiration to accomplish [...] [...] like The Sweet Potato Project out of North St. Louis, Missouri (my old stomping grounds) offer a little inspiration to accomplish [...]

]]> Comment on LEGO Upcycling Ideas: What to Do with those Extra LEGO Bricks by Bikram Yoga Vancouver http://sustainablog.org/2012/05/what-to-make-with-lego-bricks/#comment-27275 Bikram Yoga Vancouver Tue, 15 May 2012 17:22:18 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=14418#comment-27275 Some of the most fun we've had in a while! This is so excellent! We're just loving the greenhouse... Amazing. Some of the most fun we’ve had in a while! This is so excellent! We’re just loving the greenhouse… Amazing.

]]> Comment on Bonnaroo: The (Greener) Summer Music Festival by Torrey Mclean http://sustainablog.org/2009/06/bonnaroo-the-greener-summer-music-festival/#comment-27274 Torrey Mclean Tue, 15 May 2012 16:26:46 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=4546#comment-27274 The 'Love Your Mother Earth Festival' really is a growing event in Missoula. Love to read about all the great things that folks are doing with music and sustainability. The old rock festivals back in the day were harsh on the land and the local folks who lived nearby. Now it seems that promoters are more conscious of what effects their festivals have on others. I hope our Missoula festival keeps on pushing the envelope in terms of impact after the music has subsided. The ‘Love Your Mother Earth Festival’ really is a growing event in Missoula. Love to read about all the great things that folks are doing with music and sustainability. The old rock festivals back in the day were harsh on the land and the local folks who lived nearby. Now it seems that promoters are more conscious of what effects their festivals have on others. I hope our Missoula festival keeps on pushing the envelope in terms of impact after the music has subsided.

]]> Comment on Wind Tops 10 Percent Share of Electricity in Five U.S. States by Texas Set To Store Energy In Underground Salt Caverns http://sustainablog.org/2012/04/us-wind-power/#comment-27273 Texas Set To Store Energy In Underground Salt Caverns Tue, 15 May 2012 16:15:30 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=14326#comment-27273 [...] Texas were a country, it would have the sixth largest wind energy capacity among any nation on earth just behind India and just ahead of France.  But there are some [...] [...] Texas were a country, it would have the sixth largest wind energy capacity among any nation on earth just behind India and just ahead of France.  But there are some [...]

]]> Comment on Sustainable Fruit Production: Eliminating “Shrink” by Using Smart Phones to Reduce Food Waste | Sustainablog http://sustainablog.org/2011/04/fruit-production-sustainable/#comment-27272 Using Smart Phones to Reduce Food Waste | Sustainablog Tue, 15 May 2012 15:51:21 +0000 http://blog.sustainablog.org/?p=11227#comment-27272 [...] looked? Sure, we’ve all had that happen… and, as we’ve discussed before, this is a major source of resource waste in our food supply. There’s really not a whole lot you can do about it right now other than [...] [...] looked? Sure, we’ve all had that happen… and, as we’ve discussed before, this is a major source of resource waste in our food supply. There’s really not a whole lot you can do about it right now other than [...]

]]> Comment on LEGO Upcycling Ideas: What to Do with those Extra LEGO Bricks by Jacquie Ottman http://sustainablog.org/2012/05/what-to-make-with-lego-bricks/#comment-27271 Jacquie Ottman Tue, 15 May 2012 14:15:35 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=14418#comment-27271 This is fantastic! -- Don't be fooled by the use of toys here. This article suggests a much larger idea -- using building blocks that can be used to make all kinds of things and furniture in our homes -- even entire homes -- that can be disassembled and made into other things and furniture, etc. after they are no longer useful. This is fantastic! — Don’t be fooled by the use of toys here. This article suggests a much larger idea — using building blocks that can be used to make all kinds of things and furniture in our homes — even entire homes — that can be disassembled and made into other things and furniture, etc. after they are no longer useful.

]]> Comment on An “Inconvenient Truth” about Composting by Steve Savage http://sustainablog.org/2009/07/an-inconvenient-truth-about-composting/#comment-27266 Steve Savage Tue, 15 May 2012 04:09:22 +0000 http://sustainablog.org/?p=4741#comment-27266 Shareef, Some land fills are designed to capture the methane that comes out of them. I suppose an abandoned quarry could serve that function if it wasn't flooded. The best alternative for city food wastes and for manure is an anaerobic digester. It turns the carbon in the waste into methane for energy. The issue is that it is capital intensive and requires maintenance. As someone commented earlier, the fiber that comes out of the digester isn't a good fertilizer, but it is a good soil amendment to build soil carbon in things like vegetable crops that can't really be grown "no-till." Shareef,
Some land fills are designed to capture the methane that comes out of them. I suppose an abandoned quarry could serve that function if it wasn’t flooded. The best alternative for city food wastes and for manure is an anaerobic digester. It turns the carbon in the waste into methane for energy. The issue is that it is capital intensive and requires maintenance. As someone commented earlier, the fiber that comes out of the digester isn’t a good fertilizer, but it is a good soil amendment to build soil carbon in things like vegetable crops that can’t really be grown “no-till.”

]]> Comment on The Wonderbag: Low-Carbon Slow Cooking by Wonderbag: Reduces Carbon Emissions With Business Opportunities in Developing Countries http://sustainablog.org/2012/02/wonderbag/#comment-27265 Wonderbag: Reduces Carbon Emissions With Business Opportunities in Developing Countries Tue, 15 May 2012 02:02:43 +0000 http://blog.sustainablog.org/?p=14166#comment-27265 [...] It is basically an insulated bag in which you can cook anything from meaty stews or vegetable curries to simple rice and soups. You heat up your pot of food on the stove, kick-starting the cooking process, and then place it in the Wonderbag. Why is it an appropriate technology? [...] [...] It is basically an insulated bag in which you can cook anything from meaty stews or vegetable curries to simple rice and soups. You heat up your pot of food on the stove, kick-starting the cooking process, and then place it in the Wonderbag. Why is it an appropriate technology? [...]

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