It’s official. This was the hottest summer on record in the District of Columbia.
With meteorological summer having ended Aug. 31, our local weathermen tell us that we experienced a mean high temperature of 90.2 degrees and overall temperature of 81.3 degrees. The previous records were 89.3 and 80 degrees. So far, we’ve had 58 days of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'global warming'
Mr. President, Where Is Your Sustainability Czar?
November 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Sustainability
It’s that time of year when scenes like this unfold in our neighborhood here in the nation’s capitol: a National Park Service employee pushing leaves around the sidewalk with the most polluting device known to man–a gas-powered leaf blower.
Does anybody else remember when we did this with a broom and rake?
How do we expect nations [...]
Say Yes To Meat
November 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Industrial agriculture, Sustainability
Do read this op-ed in the New York Times in which Nicolette Hahn Niman, of the Niman Ranch meat family, convincingly argues that meat does not have to be bad for the environment. And since we believe a plant-based diet is nutritionally inferior, we are glad to hear it.
Niman, who is also a lawyer and [...]
Tags: global warming·meat
We Are Melting
October 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Sustainability
Time to get out of the car and walk.
New satellite data indicates that the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are melting much faster than anyone expected. As measured by 50 million laser readings from a NASA satellite, the rate of thinning in some areas of Antarctica is 50 percent faster than just a decade ago. [...]
Tags: environment·global warming
Say Yes To Meat
October 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Sustainability
With pollanistas everywhere urging the public to stop eating meat as a way of slowing global warming, it’s refreshing to see people who know a thing or two about raising meat sustainably speak out in defense of one of our most nutritious foods.
Not long ago, Eliot Coleman, the acclaimed produce farmer, was roused to argue [...]
Tags: global warming·grassfed·meat
Eliot Coleman Likes Beef
August 12th, 2009 · 17 Comments · Industrial agriculture, Sustainability
Those of you who read this blog regularly know what we think of “Meatless Monday.” There’s hardly been a more idiotic idea to come down the pike than the one that would have us give up eating meat because of climate change. There are so many other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, why would [...]
Tags: global warming·meat·pollution
Slow Cook on the Air
May 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
The Slow Cook put on his gardener’s hat today and joined a lively discussion on Pacifica Radio (WPFW 89.3 FM in the District of Columbia) about the effects of global warming on gardening.
Highlight of the hour: a U.S. Department of Agriculture official acknowledged that the department’s mapping of new hardiness zones, based on the [...]
Tags: global warming
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
