Morimoto's dessert: broccoli shaved ice with broccoli syrup, waffle cone, and red bean (Eater.com)
Going vegetarian (either partially or wholly) is great for the environment. Although figures vary (and are very hard to pin down), meat production creates a significant addition to our carbon footprint. Reducing demand for meat (which has tripled since 1961) by foregoing meat, even occasionally, can help. Imagine if everyone in the world cut their meat consumption to a few times a week!
Two recent converts have recently gone (partly) vegetarian, and it shows that going veg is becoming very, very mainstream.
This conceptual idea for a new stovetop is brilliantly thought out and has the potential to significantly reduce waste heat while creating a much safer cooking environment.
With New York City going through one of the hottest years on record, Mayor Bloomberg has given the green light to install a series of swimming pools in the city made from repurposed dumpsters.
A successful pilot project in Brooklyn last summer from the urban redesign group Macro Sea has convinced the city of the feasibility and three of the pools will be installed on Park Avenue in the middle of Manhatten this August.
Earlier this week Bill Murray christened one of the pools on David Letterman. Looks like fun!!
A report by the Environmental Law Institute outlines how energy is subsidized in the United States from 2002 to 2008. Not only are fossil fuels subsidized by nearly $60 billion more than renewables, but for every dollar that conventional fossil fuels are subsidized directly more than $3 are given to companies in the form of tax breaks.
So here’s the question: would the fossil fuel industry be self-supporting if there were no direct or tax subsidies from governments?
