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Like fish? Like filet of Sole? Know what that is? And where it comes from?

A good resource for fish information is the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and they state the following:
“Some Atlantic flounder species are sold as sole; however, “true” sole only occur in the Pacific Ocean.
 
Many different species of flatfish live off the Atlantic coast from [...]

Gracie is her name, and she loves going out for walks, not with the harness and leash I use, but she has no choice.

Actually it’s a foot that’s missing, her right rear, and when Gracie walks she relies on three legs, unless the floor is carpeted. Here’s what happened today when I took Gracie out to the [...]

A lot of people can describe it, so I won’t – see below:
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. In his Pulitzer Prize–winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, geographer Diamond laid out a grand view of the organic roots of human civilizations in flora, fauna, climate and geology. That vision takes on apocalyptic overtones in this fascinating comparative [...]

This planet can not sustain current economic growth (given current population). We can’t go on as we have been. As outlined in Jarad Diamond’s book, “Collapse,” the planet’s resources are finite and being used at an accelerated rate – one example, food supplies from the oceans are being depleted by over harvesting and pollution.
Not much [...]

If localized economic activity replaces centralized global industry, and if economies wind down to accommodate sustainability, we need a new way of allocating financial resources, enabling new business to begin and grow – sustainably.
A new stock market, e.g.:
Stock value based on length of investment rather than short-term gain.
Stocks that can only be purchased and sold – via the [...]

Going from a lesser to a greater efficiency of scale enabled McDonald’s, and killed the “mom and pop” privately owned diners. Efficiency of scale enabled U.S. consumers to scale back inflation by buying goods made in China, and killed jobs and a living wage in manufacturing.
Economic globalization places (inappropriate) technology in the hands of those who [...]

“A Friend Of The Earth”
by T.C.Boyle

Futuristic funny, fantasy, realistic, amusing, and a little scary. Great writing. From the jacket:
“It is the year 2025. Global warming is a reality. The biosphere has collapsed and most mammals — not to mention fish, birds, and frogs — are extinct. Tyrone Tierwater is eking out a bleak living in [...]

Lately I am bothering myself thinking about two ideas – one is called “peak oil,” the other concerns microwave ovens and firewood.
When you’re down, it’s down, and when it’s up, you’re up.
I’ve yet to read or hear an explanation of peak oil I can understand or believe. Like you perhaps, I’ve heard that demand is [...]

Washington, D.C.
Stollen from the Olympic training center, this photo represents a similar memorial (not unlike the Licoln Memorial), dedicated to sustainability.

Many of us know something we can do to help the environment – like using energy saving light bulbs and recycling – but there are other simple things we can do, that maybe we don’t know about, or maybe we wish we didn’t have to…
Like what you may ask?
Plastic bag use.
Eating sea food.
Buying “green” products.
Disposing of [...]

There are many wonderful and potentially useful sites offering people-to-people connecting – not just for social reasons, but also to help save the world: www.neighborrow.com, and www.activistsolutions.org, just to name two.
As the economic realities resulting from nonsustainable activities take hold, and deglobalization and decentralization (think globally, act locally) enforce local interactions – who needs online networks?!
As [...]

Saving for some, cost increase for others. But simple.
Require an easy-to-obtain physician’s prescription (infinitely renewable) in order to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products.
Require all tobacco product sales outlets to sell only to prescription holders.
Adjust prescription holders’ health care premiums to reflect their smoking habits.
End.

No one really knows how and when these things will affect us, but, major events are on the horizon: peak oil, global warming, national debt, population growth, resource collapse (and as if we needed more – pandemics, nuclear proliferation, terrorism). Those affected will likely turn for support to relatives, friends, government or organizations, in short, [...]

Follow this, if you will.
1. The incentive for globalization of manufacturing and finance, was/is to enable greater efficiencies and profit through scale of production and the use of cheaper human and material resources.
2. What was sacrificed were small, independently owned, locally managed businesses, from grocery stores to hardware stores and diners.
3. Some results of this [...]

Book by James Gustave Speth, reviewed by Alan Pakaln.
This book should be called, “A Review of Current Literature Regarding Sustainability.”  With the alluring subtitle, “Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability,”  Speth’s work has little in the way of original thought. It is, after all, published by an academic press, Yale, and reads like [...]

Many of us know something about what we can do to help the environment – like using energy saving light bulbs and recycling – but there are other simple things we can do that maybe we don’t know about, or maybe we wish we didn’t.
Like what?
Plastic bag use.
Eating the right sea food (see www.rightfishwrongfish.org).
Disposing of [...]