Eat Local: A Great Resource

Looking to green your wedding or your diet?  By catering and/or eating locally produced food, you reduce the carbon emissions of transporting your food to you. 

The NRDC has a nice feature on their website that shows the fruits and vegetables that are in season for your state at any given time.  This isn’t foolproof (especially considering how large and varied the climate is here in Arizona), but it’s a great start and is interesting to see how much we depend on importing our food to eat what we like when we like.

I was surprised to see how little is available here at any given time…here’s the full year for Arizona.  So, the best thing to do is to check out what the local farmer’s markets are offering.  To find one near you, check out .

 

Join me for Earth Hour!

Join me for Earth Hour!  Earth Hour is on March 29, 2008, at 8pm, and it looks like it’s going to be really big. Sydney is where it all started, and it’s spreading around the world – so far, it includes Tel Aviv, Manila, Copenhagen, Melbourne, Brisbane and Toronto all turning off their lights for an hour in the name of fighting global warming.  Sign up for Earth Hour with me by visiting the website and join the movement.

 

1% for the Planet

One of my goals for 2008 was to give more, basically.  I enjoy donating and supporting causes, but it always seems a little haphazard.  The planet has always been important to me (environmental science was one of my majors…yes, I guess I’m a treehugger), and it is so much more glaringly obvious that we need to do more and more quickly nowadays.  So, this year I’ve formally committed to donating at least 1% of my sales to “the planet” and joined the organization, 1% For the Planet.

Specifically I will be donating to World Wildlife Fund.

and to the Natural Resources Defense Council. 

 

I chose these two organizations because I believe NRDC is probably the most effective organization at combating global warming and protecting our earth and animals, and WWF was so helpful to me when I conducted my field research in Cameroon (and I love how approachable and friendly WWF feels for getting kids interested in endangered species and the planet!).