sustainability

An interview with Sustainablog’s Jeff McIntire-Strasburg
From 2002 to 2004 my wife and I had the amazing opportunity to teach in Portugal (just outside of Lisbon). When we decided to return to the states we both assumed we’d return to Chicago where we lived prior to heading overseas. That changed… Read the rest

Jonathan T. Scott’s latest book, New Standards for Long-Term Business Survival, has just been published. As with his previous two books on sustainability, this book is very easy-to-read and is available as a free, 30-page, PDF document that explains what sustainability is, why it is important, and how sustainable practices… Read the rest

For those of you in the Northwest who plan on heading to the premiere of the film Bag It!… Read the rest you’ll find it more than worth the price of admission. Recently publicized in a previous post on the Wend Blog, the movie offers up an entertaining and informative view our real

For those unfamiliar with the work of Wendell Berry (and for those familiar who may need a little refresher), he is David to the agribusiness Goliath. Berry works tirelessly to promote proper land stewardship, sustainability, and conservation and uses every opportunity to point out the drastic short-sightedness of our current… Read the rest

What if the energy you expend while cycling could do more than just propel you from place to place? What if that energy could actually do double duty–and be utilized not only to move our bicycling bodies–but also to power our very own cell phones…
The cell company Nokia is… Read the rest

When you venture out into the vast pool of websites that make up the internet, it’s pretty easy to notice that there are a lot of awesome sites that discuss environmental issues. To name a few, there’s TreeHugger, Mother Nature Network, Elephant Journal, and, of course, Wend. It’s time to… Read the rest

Urban development or environmental sustainability? The concept of turning post-industrial parts of downtown Detroit into an urban farm is a little bit of both. The idea itself was developed by a stockbroker named John Hantz who believes the introduction of a large-scale urban farm built among the cityscape could do… Read the rest

The native Hawaiians understood reusing and recycling more than most Americans today ever will. And the importance of using every plant, animal, flower, etc. for what it’s worth has been passed down along ancestral lines for centuries. I was fortunate enough to experience traditional Lau Lau making at the Hawaii… Read the rest

According to Greenpeace, Trader Joe’s currently sells fish that are on the threatened species list. Therefore, the environmental activist group began a petition that urges the stores to commit to more sustainable seafood purchasing and selling policies.
From Greenpeace: “We’ve been pressuring Trader Joe’s to adopt sustainable seafood purchasing policies … Read the rest

Deforestation. When taken outside of the context of global warming, it’s an issue in and of itself… one that has been responsible for the downfall of ancient civilizations from the Souther Iraq (the Sumerians) to Easter Island even Europe. One specific culture, the Nazca (from Peru), actually turned an arid… Read the rest