{"id":2118,"date":"2006-05-29T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-29T18:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2006\/05\/29\/greener-shipping\/"},"modified":"2006-05-29T18:46:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-29T18:46:00","slug":"greener-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/greener-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"Greener Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>I obviously wasn’t able to get the laptop to work like I wanted in San Francisco (it’s just old enough to not have a wireless card), so I missed a number of good things over the past few days. One item that struck me was Joel Makower’s most recent “Toiling Point” column at Grist<\/a> where he takes a detailed look at the environmental impact of shipping, both by land and sea, and efforts by non-profits and corporations to reduce that impact. Our discussions<\/a> recently<\/a> of “big organics”<\/a> has frequently touched on the issue of transporting produce over long distances, so Joel’s essay provides a thorough set of facts for considering how this plays into more sustainable food distribution (among other things). The good news here is that a number of big players are making concrete moves towards greening their shipping practices.<\/p>\n I also want to thank Joel for taking the time for a visit on Thursday. We spent an hour talking about a whole range of topics — as you might imagine, it was pretty enlightening. And we talked at the most appropriate place possible: the Ferry Building, which is a hub for local and organic produce in San Francisco. I spent a good part of Saturday morning at the massive farmer’s market surrounding the building — if you have a chance to visit San Francisco, don’t miss it!<\/p>\n Categories: transportation<\/a>, shipping<\/a>, distribution<\/a>, emissions<\/a>, green<\/a>, energyefficiency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I obviously wasn’t able to get the laptop to work like I wanted in San Francisco (it’s just old enough to not have a wireless card), so I missed a [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":17112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n