The perennial argument of which is greener, Organic or Local food?
This is a new discussion based around an
old ecolocal post by
Jane. My view is that Local food is better, even if it's not Organic, the lesser food miles still count. In that respect, the
100 Mile Diet is great resource for eating local if you're in the United States. For those of us in the UK, have a look at this postcode-based search engine for local producers.
Elsewhere, there are more and more articles cropping up on the web about this issue, like this one:
"Sometimes, though, local versus organic is a false choice--sometimes you can't find organic, or the local choice is bad"
The more I read, the more the 'local' choice is the better one, especially now that more and more supermarkets are pushing organic food in large quantities, causing the producers to cut corners once again.
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Welcome back, Jack!
Having just watched An Inconvenient Truth, it's clear that the world is warming up and that we're the cause of it. However, you can prove anything with stats, so I'm gradually consolidating all my thinking around the idea that although you can't prove any definitively more, it's a case of doing what will most likely help. That is to say that driving cars may not be the cause of global warming, but leaving it at home and walking to the shops is never going to cause harm, whereas driving to the shops most probably will.
It's the same arguement the doubters use, but reversed. Most doubters I've encountered will continue to drive everywhere whilst there is no absolute proof that driving is bad for the environment. So, my new argument is to say that whilst there is an element of doubt, I'll do what I can to minimise my impact.
Sustainable living - sustainable thinking ;-)
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l,ve tried to stop worrying about things i cant change, went for a walk with a difference today, trying to learn to move better, been having back aches amongst other things, alexander technic helps. Awareness is a big issue with me, lots of little things enter my mind and escape even faster, have you noticed that? insights come and go, slippery little things, Alvin toffler says chaos is generating bizarre new ideas, bewildering industries such as loneliness, and paranoia, leading to the death of conformity, the vapourisation of borders, These are now evident in society, the rules have changed, an emergent culture of greater individuality threatens all our communitys, especially in america. To get back to my walk, the trees were dying, dead branches on nearly all the trees i saw, not just old ones, how can we be so blind, it was like a cemetary for trees, i was shocked. Jack
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