- Fair Trade Valentine’s Day Action Kit, yours for $15. I heart chocolate.
- Tony Blair to meet to talk about the Ethiopian coffee trademark issue with Tadesse Meskela, the Ethiopian coffee co-op guy featured in Black Gold. The two will also watch Black Gold. “Meskela already has the backing of Ed Balls, economic secretary to the Treasury.” More about the trademark issue here.
- Jewel cases are so 90s — So get recycled CD sleeves. I mentioned them before, and now they’re avaliable for your eco-consumption –
- LA fishies still have lots of DDT :( Another reason for me to curb my sushi habit.
I was disappointed to hear about the new DDT report, but not surprised. This is the major reason they’re having so much trouble establishing a successful breeding colony of Bald Eagles on Catalina. The eagles do fine on all the other Channel Islands except for Catalina because of that huge reservoir of DDT that extends from Long Beach/San Pedro out into the channel.
Comment by cybele — January 29, 2007 @ 9:30 am
What about going vegetarian on the sushi? There are probably all kinds of pickling and vinaigrette’s one could easily soak slivers of veggies in, to make a great assortment. I wonder about the usual seaweed wrappings though: Are they ecologically obtained?
Comment by Josh — February 2, 2007 @ 11:50 pm
I’m not sure about the eco-status of nori! Might be a good question for Umbra at Grist –
Comment by Siel — February 3, 2007 @ 4:21 pm
Here’s a lil piece on Treehugger about seaweed, which’re generally v. low on pollutants :)
Comment by Siel — March 20, 2007 @ 8:41 pm