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December 1st, 2011
Oh no! If this doesn't change your ideas about the seriousness of global warming, I don't know what will! Read this.
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Alota People | November 17th, 2011
Having attempted to post comments again and again, it seems either my computer is being stubborn, or that I just am not allowed to comment on these posts! Technical issues...I apologise for having to start a little post, on it's own, with... -
Alota People | November 15th, 2011
Take Shorter Showers, Save Water! This week’s challenge is to take showers that are shorter than 5 minutes. We sometimes see signs or stickers regarding sinks that advise us to not let the water run, or shut off the sink while brushing one’s... -
Alota People | November 3rd, 2011
This week's challenge was to collect the trash that we accumulated during the week... and then bring it to section! The purpose of the challenge is to see how much garbage we accumulate, and by doing so, learn to recycle more effectively. Here... -
Alota People | November 2nd, 2011
In the video above, software developer Mike Matas demos the first full-length interactive book for the iPad -- with clever, swipeable video and graphics and some very cool data visualizations to play with. The book is "Our Choice," Al Gore's... -
Alota People | October 29th, 2011
600 million shoes will end up in American landfills this year. Interestingly, when asked what they most regreted buying in 2010, 15% of the people surveyed said...SHOES! Nike has a recyling program that turns your old sneakers into... -
Alota People | October 25th, 2011
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Alota People | October 25th, 2011
As Kathy described in class today, during the time Rachel Carlson wrote Silent Spring in the 20th century, the market for plastics had just emerged, and this new material - so incredibly “lightweight, flexible and sturdy” - was seen as the new... -
Alota People | October 14th, 2011
Food Rules! So for this week, the challenge is to replace (at least) one meal a day with one following Michael Pollan's Food Rules. Just being aware of what we are putting into our bodies is important. So here are some of the Rules: 1.... -
Alota People | October 12th, 2011
For our first challenge we decided to tackle a growing problem - that people (specifically children and specifically Americans although it applies to all) spend much less time outside than they used to. Just typing the phrase into Google... -
Alota People | October 4th, 2011
Hey Eco-friendly Homemade Bread Lovers! So for one of our mini-projects this term, I was thinking maybe we could take a trip to the Brown Bookstore/down Thayer stores or Providence Mall to find products that are being sold with huge amounts of... -
Alota People | October 3rd, 2011
Here is the bread recipe that we used in section on Thursday! That was so much fun! http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/quick/recipe-notime-bread-040653 -
Alota People | October 3rd, 2011
http://www.landartgenerator.org/ The main goal of the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) is to design and construct public art installations that have the added benefit of large scale clean energy generation. Each sculpture will continuously...
Environmental Concerns of Our Numbered Days!!!
This Conversation is dedicated to the thoughts, teachings, musings, and sometimes tangential revelations or our global environmental crisis. Brought to you by the Beyond the Bread section of an introductory Environmental studies course entitled:
Humans, Nature and the Environment - Adressing Environmental Change in the 21st Century
They opinions, statements, and perspectives expressed here are a collection from the diverse and wonderful people who populate the Beyond the Bread Section.
