Trainable Sustainable

Today I came across a TEDTalk by researcher Kamal Meattle.  He says that certain common houseplants can help clean the air inside a building, significantly.  The three are:
Areca Palm (”The Living Room Plant”); Chrysalidocarpus lutescens.  It removes CO2 and converts it into oxygen.  The suggestion is having four shoulder-high plants per person, wipe the leaves [...]

Ever since I read about Polyface Farm in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, I’ve been very intrigued by the Good Farm concept. This is a farm, “one where animals got to live according to their nature and to all appearances did not suffer.” It’s perfectly sustainable, too, with pigs, chickens, and cows all assisting the [...]