by Gil Friend | Jan 11, 2004 | Sustainability
Move to Ban Altered Crops Is Focused on California. The center of the nation’s anti-biotechnology movement can be found these days in Mendocino County, a quirky region with a strong streak of independence. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Science]...
by Gil Friend | Jan 9, 2004 | Sustainability
PS: Assuming growth is good, Mr. Robb, rate of growth is a critical variable. Grow too fast and the character of society changes. Things always change here — that’s one of our great strengths — but it’s important that the rate of immigration...
by Gil Friend | Jan 9, 2004 | Sustainability
Freethinking. I still love the idea of the US going from a population of 290 m to well over 500 m in the next 15 years using a work-to-citizenship program. Imagine bringing 210 m of the most motivated, intelligent, and capable people in the...
by Gil Friend | Jan 9, 2004 | Sustainability
Farmed Salmon Have More Contaminants Than Wild Ones, Study Finds. A new study of fillets from 700 salmon, wild and farmed, finds that the farmed fish consistently have more PCB’s and other contaminants. By Gina Kolata. [New York Times: Science] Once again, the...
by Gil Friend | Dec 17, 2003 | Sustainability
[Fast Company]: The Good Earth | by Alison Overholt Paul Dolan is no woolly-headed idealist. The head of Fetzer Vineyards is a fierce competitor who happens to believe that sound environmental and social practices are also good business. It’s all part of his...
by Gil Friend | Dec 15, 2003 | Sustainability
[Roland Piquepaille’s Technology Trends]:The study showed that some of these cities grew by as much as 25 percent during these ten years. Hmm. Not sure how to insert those cool satelllite pictures here…
