You can always measure inflation by how the price of certain products or services has changed. Things like a gallon of milk, a postage stamp and, even, public transport. “It use to be a nickel for the
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Tricks and Treats for a Zero-Emissions Halloween
Ghosts and ghouls, goblins and grools! What’s a grool you ask? I started saying great and ended up saying cool. Because Halloween is so great, and it has always been so cool! Zero emissions is a goal
Read moreTransportation Series: Navigating the Seas of Maritime Freight
The world would be in rough waters if it weren’t for the ability to transport goods by ship. Despite all the advances in travel technologies, from road to rail to air and even space, nothing comes close
Read moreGetting to Market: The Winding Road of Food Miles
Buy Local: a piece of advice heard often without much second thought given as to whether or not it’s sound. Certainly, it makes a world of difference for local farmers and the community at large if you
Read moreThe Dreaded Question: Paper or Plastic?
A whopping 8 billion tons of plastic has been produced since it started being manufactured in significant quantities just 60 years ago; 5 billion tons of that has been improperly disposed of as waste. It seems like
Read moreCarbon Footprint=Burritos?
When we cut through all the debate, the arguments put forth from here, there and everywhere, one thing becomes abundantly clear: in order to save the planet, there needs to be a collective effort. No one can
Read moreIt’s Time for a Conversion
Repeating something over and again is a sure way to make it into the history books. Take, for example, one of the greatest tormentors known to mankind: the dreaded calorie. The term “calorie” was introduced into the
Read moreDecrypting the Energy Footprint of Cryptocurrencies
A dollar is a dollar is a dollar… or is it? The price of a commodity, whether it be a bouquet of flowers or a pint of milk, can vary greatly even from one neighborhood to the
Read moreHappy National Honey Bee Day!
130 million years ago, when flowering plants began to sprout on this planet, their fates went wherever the wind blew. Literally, wind would blow the pollen off of the flower. That’s how flowers made love, and as
Read moreThe Source Series: The Changing Landscape of Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuels are the most used energy source on the planet. They are also far and away the least efficient. It may surprise some to find out that fossil fuels are, in the strictest sense of the
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