2008

A sad, very sad reality

Western cultures believe in a the magic fix, the magic diet, the magic formula. One pill to fix to a...

Julie Logue-Riordan is the owner of the cooking school...

Cousteau and Attenborough were my childhood heros. I watched...

Two great headlines in the news today.  Ban On Energy...

Schwarzenegger Terminates Trans Fat in...

from ABC News California Becomes the First State to Ban Trans Fats By MOLLY HUNTER July 25, 2008...

So nice advertising from the San Francisco Zoo. Today, on...

I came upon a blog entry from an Australian about the book...

In today’s NY Times, an article about the infamous...

Panel OKs one-year ban on new fast-food restaurants in South...

A dollar of prevention is worth $5.60 in...

By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News If $10 were invested for every American each...

In 2007, the Big Fat companies (after the Big Tobacco)...

The first sign of a problem is denial. Deny there is a...

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WE Play! Trainings Coming to a City Near...

Just received this email from Kaboom.  Kids Need Playgrounds! Learn how to make it happen at WE...

I grew up going to summer camp every year. Most of my best...

LOCAVORE is the 2007 Word of the Year for the Oxford...

In my mailbox today is the newsletter from the My Wonderful...

This Wednesday, July 16, the “Today” show is scheduled to...

Out of the Kitchen, Into the Field

Some great Feminine inspiration. By Melissa Breyer “There is much work women can do on a farm with...

As you all know, I love my meat, but I love it lean and...

Too Fat and Pregnant By ANNIE MURPHY PAUL The offices of Dr....

Why Do We Eat When We're Not Hungry?

“We are a nation of mindless eaters,” says Professor Brian Wansink. Wansink is taking a...

A couple of days ago, I sent an email to the Association...

Supporting what I wrote below about obesity being a result...

Microwave ovens have revolutionized food preparation since...

When the crazy gets crazier! In the LA Times, by Alan...

Obesity is not a simple issue where the magic answer is more...

The absurdity of the situation sometimes make me question...

Sunrise Orchards Farm started in 1974 by Barney Hodges Sr....

Next visit at the grocery store, look for the Red...

“New York Coalition for Healthy School Foods works to...

On May 18th, New York Times published an article on the food...

Also from NPR Do You Know Where Your Mushrooms Come From? by...

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From NPR, this morning. Chef Proves School Lunch Can Be...

Maggie Wood is a consultant in green design, and wife of...

This week’s recommendations for reading, in the car,...

Are fast food companies responsible in...

ProCon.org sent this question to all the presidential candidates on Apr. 22, 2008. Responses are...

A green city! A green New York, a place for children to be...

Another great news today is the announcement from Mayor...

Change is happening. Slowly but surely. No one can argue!...

“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he...”
— Rachel Carson, Author of...

National Wildlife Federation just release a great report...

Lenore from FreeRange Kids: if we don’t start examining our...

A great initiative from the Open Architecture Network and...

70 years ago, athletes were promoting cigarettes and their...

Today in my inbox was the month’s announcement from...

Many farms offer produce subscriptions, where buyers receive...

Aspartame, also known as Tropicana Slim, Equal, NutraSweet,...

My friend Robert, COO of Children’s International...

What is wrong with the American Beef? Is it because it is...

“Since I have been organic I feel like I am more in...

Common Ground is a magazine that serves as a resource to...

Amy is one of the 2 Angry Moms. Who are those Angry...

When asked about food, George Langworthy answered that it is...

The stats are there to prove it, the world has never been...

On May 22nd, I posted about “The Meatrix”....

George Langworthy is the co-director and producer...

Vanishing Bees needs a little bit more financing, Maryam...

Maryam answers...

Maryam Henein, one of the producer of Vanishing Bees took a little break from her busy schedule...

The Vanishing of the Bees is a new documentary about the...

The Economic Cost of Obesity

This Morning Edition on NPR, Yuki Noguchi reports about the costs of obesity.

“The lie we tell ourselves about where our food comes...

McDonarld’s dollar menu to stay, by Mike Hughlett...

“Consumers cut driving but not diets” by Timothy...

Ryan, from Picknick, emailed me about a group called Global...

Obesity fuels growing ‘boy-boob’ problem  By Nigel Hawkes,...

By Andrew Martin Published: May 18, 2008 Grocery bills are...

“At least 20 million children under the age of 5 years...

Andre Watts breaths passion. A man of music, his joie de...

Last weekend, I met Fritz Haeg, the artiste behind Edible...

Go on a diet says India!

Great article in the International Herald Tribune yesterday. Indians bristle at U.S. criticism on...

Killer at Large

In 2006, Michael Pollan released his book The Omnivore Dilemma. The book, became New York Times...

Lazy Town is an Icelandic TV show that is now airing in more...

Big Sugar part 2

If you are interested in finding more about the sugar situation in Dominican Republic, click The...

Refined sugar... the next cigarette?

The history of sugar is nothing sweet. From slavery to obesity, sugar and its industry is back...

I have talked about Jamie Oliver often on this blog. He sure...

Cathy Bache, founder of Secret Garden Nursery, in Scotland,...

Animal Planet recently released a neat, cute and really...

Much productive now that I slowed down

While looking for Sir Robinson’s talk at TED, I came across Carl Honore’s own speech. A...

Children Creativity

 A couple of years ago, while in London, I came to discover Sir Ken Robinson. He gave a...

I just finished reading Under Pressure by Carl Honore. Great...

Andrea Strong is a food writer and creator of “The...

Who hasn’t played with LEGO? I did. As millions of...

On March 18th 2008, I met with Marc Murphy, chef and owner...

The price of pressure

In a society where everyone is under pressure to compete and be the best, this weekend’s...

This morning I went to see Michael Pollan, author of several...

Under Pressure is Carl Honore’s latest book. The timing of...

The Edible Schoolyard, a gem of food education for children,...

“Producing, preparing, and sharing food teaches us that...”
— Alice Waters

Life is full on incredible coincidences. On the same day...

“Food can change the behavior of Children”
— Jamie Oliver

If there is one person whom is doing everything he can to change the way children eats, it is Jamie...

Last saturday, I was the guest of Andre Watts at the New york Philharmonic where he played,...

In 2006, I volunteered at the Design Conference, in Pasadena. The event was of great...

Fish is a source of protein that is more sustainable than...

I have just received some news from Sabrina Parrini, the...

Last Tuesday, I attended Design Trust For Public...

15 Billions! That is how much Bees were considered to be...

Satur Farms, owned by chef Eberhard Müller and his...

When you put certain people together, something is bound to...

Patrick Pinnell, AIA, is an architect, planner, author and...

Carve is a design and engineering bureau in Amsterdam, that...

Too much meat! Don’t get me wrong I love my meat - a...

Today, Linda Speer Luck, from Sozo Landscape answers my...

  In 1970, Cat Stevens released one of the world’s...

“You’ve got to parents” Yesterday, at an...

The magic and richness of simplicity. A gift from...

I will let Will talk to you. Everything that needs...

In 2002, BBC published a story about how...

Jimmu’s blog will often feature answers from well...

November 7th 2008 our dear friends from 2005...

Last Saturday was Earth Hour. Millions of people in hundreds...

I have talked about Sabrina in Australia and her company...

The power of Good

During last SuperBowl 2007, Coca Cola released one of their best commercials produced - a Good...

“As a high-starch, high-energy food, corn decreases...

My wife is from Belgium and it is where she is right now,...

In a society where time has become a luxury and everything...

The 2008 Biennial is on at the Whitney, and this year,...

“Society tells you that swimming with sharks is bad...

Susan Jacoby’s new book “The Age of American...

Last night I was watching the history of the Medici...

The new trailer is out! I can’t wait to see this...

Reading about Nature in the Wall Street Journal makes me...

The United Arab Emirates have long known that oil would not...

Should Boys and Girls be taught...

Following my previous post, there is a line in the article that confirms a thought I was...

When I read last Sunday’s NY Times article on Single...

The CoolHunter website often has cool things for kids. Their...

Over the weekend, I read the last National Geographic...

Traveling. Showing the world to your children. Nothing...

Yesterday, my wife an I were invited to...

On March 29th, several cities around the world, hundreds of...

Radical Behaviorism is a branch of Behaviorism developed...

“Silence and the natural world just put everything...

If we are what we eat, then our children...

Yesterday, I sat next to a table in a New York restaurant and what I heard, saw, and witnessed, left...

Richard Louv is the Chairman of the Children and Nature...

“Take a Child Outside Week” is an initiative...

David Gallo

In 2006, I worked as a volunteer for the Radical Craft conference at the Art Design Center...

Kiribati is a group of islands in the Pacific consisting of...

There was a time when we looked at nature to find answers....

In 2006, the Explorers Club in New York city organized...

We all have our own heroes, the ones we grew up with, the...

National Geographic is soon coming out with a new TV show...