eat less meat

Take responsibility for your own health and diet. No one is going to do it for you. (^_^)v

TED talk by Mark Bittman: What's wrong with what we eat

Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink

A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.

Add that to the Rocket fuel, lead, germs, arsenic and pesticides found in this report:
Study Finds Safety of Drinking Water in U.S. Cities at Risk

CHALLENGES FACING HUMANITY

These 14 challenges facing humanity were announced at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston:
-Make solar energy affordable
-Provide energy from fusion
-Develop carbon sequestration
-Manage the nitrogen cycle
-Provide access to clean water
-Reverse engineer the brain
-Prevent nuclear terror
-Secure cyberspace
-Enhance virtual reality
-Improve urban infrastructure
-Advance health informatics
-Engineer better medicines
-Advance personalised learning
-Explore natural frontiers

Now go get to work on that will ya

The Story of Stuff - (must see video!)

A dear old friend from high school passed this video link along to me the other day. It's quite well done. Please have a look:

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.