Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 08:45PM "Effective conservation took many forms this year. From working to restore oyster reefs in the Gulf of Mexico to playing a critical role in the formation of China’s national conservation plan, The Nature Conservancy worked to advance conservation all around the world." - The Nature Conservancy
Friday, October 14, 2011 at 06:11PM 
Late afternoon in Grand County, Colorado. October 2011. Image: CyberMed
ENVIRONMENT
Vermont Eyes 90% Renewable Energy Use By 2050
"The plan, the culmination of Gov. Peter Shumlin's efforts to move the state toward a sustainable energy future, calls for the development of cleantech projects, energy conservation, increasing residential and commercial electrical and heating efficiency and making a push toward establishing plug-in electric vehicle infrastructure." - EnergyBoom
HEALTH / FITNESS
7 ways to protect your heart before it breaks
"Your heart is one impressive, overachieving organ: In the minute it takes you to read these paragraphs, it will have pushed a whopping 1.5 gallons of blood through 60,000 miles of blood vessels—that's more than twice the circumference of Earth. Yet despite your ticker's superpowers (and the fact that it keeps you, well, alive), most women don't do enough to safeguard their heart health." - TodayHealth
How I Would Change Gym Class
"No, I’m not considering a new career path, and no, this isn’t a policy discussion. I’m not proposing comprehensive school reform (although that’s probably what it’d take to work). I’m just having fun. In the process, hopefully I outline some tangible activities you parents find helpful enough to try." - Mark's Daily Apple
NUTRITION
Paleolithic eaters find community at breakfast
"Layton started the Facebook group Eating Paleo in Montreal a year ago. Roughly one hundred local dieters, from professional athletes to firsttimers, exchange recipes, review restaurants and list grocery store finds. They also organize monthly breakfasts." - The Gazette
Could you go without processed foods for a month?
"Because eating well doesn't just make us healthier, it makes us happier. "It feels really good," Wilder said. "Physically, yes, but emotionally, too. I can't think of a better way to have good relationships with people than around the dinner table." - Grist
Bad Genes? Fruits and Vegetables Fight Heart Disease Risk
"In a new study, people with alterations in a gene called 9p21 had an increased risk of having a heart attack. But if they ate a diet high in raw fruits and vegetables, that increase was virtually eliminated." - MyHealthNewsDaily
My Escape From Vegetarianism
"To other vegetarians, I know that any time a former vegetarian speaks about their negative experiences with vegetarianism, it can feel almost like an insult to their own beliefs. Which is why people like Lierre Keith who have spoken out publicly (and in her excellent book, The Vegetarian Myth) have been violently attacked for doing so. So it's not easy finding the right words to describe my own personal experience." - Everymon to Ironmom
RECIPES
Primal Texas Chili
"Texas chili doesn’t let anything get in the way of and distract from the two main ingredients, chunks of beef and chili powder. Hearty, heavily seasoned and ranging from a bit of heat to fiery-hot, this is the type of chili that’s so thick you almost need a fork to eat it." - Mark's Daily Apple
Grilled Chicken Kabobs
"This weekend we decided to make the most of the summer weather (hitting 80 in October is definitely summer weather when you live in the north east) and make some grilled chicken kabobs. It was really easy and turned out delicious." - Against the Grain
SUCCESS STORIES
How I Lost 70 Pounds On The Primal Diet
"Losing weight is a challenge. It has taken me most of my adult life to find a workable way to do it. Along the way I have tried many, many different approaches from heavy exercise regiments, to calorie restriction and even becoming a vegetarian. Up until about one year ago ..." - Courageos Mind
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 12:02AM 
Food market, Otavalo, Ecuador, South America. Image: John MichaelANTHROPOLOGY
Prehistoric Children Finger-Painted on Cave Walls
"Researchers have uncovered evidence that children as young as 2 decorated France’s Rouffignac caves with markings known as finger flutings at least 13,000 years ago, drawing not only simple lines but also symbolic shapes." - History.com
ENVIRONMENT
World’s second tallest structure will power 100,000 homes a day with hot air
"If a clean energy project in the Arizona desert goes forward, the second tallest structure on Earth will be a 2,600-foot solar updraft tower, which could last 80 years and generate 200 MW of electricity each day -- using only hot air." - Grist
Nearly All Deep-Sea Fisheries Are Unsustainable
"The authors of this Marine Policy paper say that the best policy would be to end economically wasteful deep-sea fisheries, redirect subsidies to help displaced fishermen and rebuild fish populations in productive waters closer to ports and markets, places far more conducive to sustainable fisheries." - Save Our Seas
The Self-Sufficient Office Building
“The story is that this building is pushing the boundaries of performance in all categories, not just in one or two,” said Jason McLennan, the chief executive of both the certifying institute and the Cascadia Green Building Council, a chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council that administers the better-known LEED rating system. “For this building type and this scale, it’s the first in the world to go this far.” - The New York Times
MODERN DISEASES
How Inflammation Affects Your Health
"Chronic inflammation is another story. It occurs when inflammation persists, and the dilated blood vessels and hyped-up immune system become the body's new norm. However, not only is it not part of the normal healing process, research indicates that it may be at the very core of chronic diseases such as asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease." - MyHealthNewsDaily
Low Vitamin B12 Tied to Brain Atrophy, Cognitive Impairment
"The study found that higher levels of several markers of vitamin B12 deficiency, most notably methylmalonic acid (MMA) and homocysteine, were associated with lower global cognitive function scores and lower total brain volume roughly 5 years later." - Medscape Neurology
Junk Food Looks More Tempting When Blood Sugar Drops
"More worryingly, after a mild blood sugar drop, our brains are less able to fight our desire for ice cream and pizza, the researchers said. And the response from the part of the brain responsible for inhibiting such cravings was particularly weak in obese people, the study found." - MyHealthNewsDaily
Brain scans show obese less able to stop food cravings
"Brain scans of thin people who looked at pictures of high-calorie foods showed increased activity in a region of the brain used for impulse control, but obese people showed little activity in this region, the researchers found." - MSNBC.com
RECIPES
Dad’s Grilled Lemon Chicken
"Anyhow, what I’ve learned first hand is that Paleo can be done and it’s not as difficult as many people think. I knew this going into it because, well my wife runs this very popular blog called Everyday Paleo, which most of us have heard of. And yes I have cooked many meals in the past, for those who remember Dad’s Pork Chops, yeah that was me." - Everyday Paleo
Harvest Spiced Drumsticks
"Fall is here, which means the kids are back in school, cozy sweaters are being worn, pumpkins are ripe for the picking, and warm comfort foods are on our tables. This fall, we have created a tasty chicken recipe that will fill your home with all the wonderful aromas of fall flavors, and is also a perfect 'left-overs' option to send along with your kids to school." - Primal Palate
Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 08:41AM 
Bear Creek Basin, Telluride, Colorado
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.
John Muir
ENVIRONMENT
Big Island of Hawaii Gets 20% of Its Electricity from Geothermal Plant
"The Puna Geothermal Venture is run by Ormat Technologies and is located in the Mt. Kilauea East Rift zone. The plant has five wells that bring up 650-degree geothermal fluids to the surface where the steam is separated out and used to drive generators." - EcoGeek
Paper Use Declines as Media Tablets Boom
"By 2015, paper used for publishing in North America - such as magazine, newspaper and book publishing - will be down 12%-21% compared to their 2010 levels. This is on top of the massive collapse that occurred during the recent recession." - Sustainable Business.com
First-Ever LEED Platinum Student Housing at USC
“There are some luxury items that may at face value seem incompatible with sustainable development, but what we’ve found is that austerity does not necessarily represent ecofriendly construction,” says David Hilliard, president of Symphony Development, the developer of West 27th Place. - Sustainable Business.com
FITNESS
Guest Post by Tate Zandstra: MovNat training in Thailand
“When you are a kid, you’re always told, ‘don’t yell, don’t move’…whenever we have this primal exuberance, this expression of this energy that we have in ourselves, it’s repressed to the point that it’s suppressed, like you have to stand right, be polite, be silent, then you’re a good kid.” - MovNat
The Complete Guide to Interval Training [Infographic] - Greatist
NUTRITION
Paleo is reaching its Tipping Point
"The movement started to gain momentum last year when I realized that a few of my co-workers were in a transformational program addressing workouts and nutrition - and guess what their nutrition plan was...yup basically Paleo." - Against the Grain
How to Eat Meat: Transitioning Away from Vegetarianism
"I get a fair amount of emails from vegetarian readers who want to reintroduce meat into their diets. Although they see the health benefits of reclaiming omnivorism, they’re hesitant about the transition itself." - Mark’s Daily Apple
RECIPES
Lamb Arm Chops with Porcini Mushrooms and Rosemary
"At first bite, we knew we had to recreate this dish. We had two lamb arm chops from US Wellness Meats awaiting our arrival back home, and we finally had the perfect recipe inspiration for these delicious looking chops." - The Food Lovers Primal Palate
Curry Sirloin Tips
"I wasn't so sure this one was going to turn out very well, but boy was I wrong! Warm, spicy, rich, smoky flavors just fill your mouth and make this steak sing." - The Food Lovers Primal Palate
SUCCESS STORIES
Hypertension, Prediabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and 75 Pounds, All Gone in 6 Months
"6 months ago I was 270 lbs, hypertensive, pre-diabetic, metabolic syndrome, etc. I had been aware of your site for a year or so because a political blog I frequent (lewrockwell.com) occasionally links to yours. I was intrigued by some of the articles but was skeptical and didn’t take it too seriously." - Mark's Daily Apple
FROM THE ARCHIVE
The Idea of an Ecovillage
I’ve heard a lot about sustainability, and I know that it’s a good thing, but I’ve rarely seen it in practice, and never to the extent that it’s practiced here, at Comuna de Rhiannon, a farming commune located within the Andes Mountains, and about an hour to the north of the Ecuadorian capital of Quito. Sustainability is the operating idea at Comuna de Rhiannon, and it governs the fate of everything that lives within the commune’s boundaries, from the hogs that are used to till Rhiannon’s soil, which is rich in volcanic ash, as the farm is surrounded by several volcanoes, to the food that is leftover from meals, which is either used as animal feed or as compost, depending upon what it is. - PaleoTerran
Enviroment, Fitness, Nutrition, Recipe, success stories in Sunday Paleo Friday, July 1, 2011 at 04:13PM ENVIRONMENT
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Friday, May 27, 2011 at 11:14PM 
The Feb. 27th entry on PaleoTerran presented the debate on whether we have entered a new epoch, the Anthropocene. This week, The Stockholm Memorandum, produced by the 3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium on Global Sustainability held Stockholm, Sweden appears to make it official:
Humans are now the most significant driver of global change, propelling the planet into a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene.
Whether this group, or the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), has the authority to name a new epoch is unclear. (The ICS site has not been updated for sometime.) Nevertheless, the name of the epoch is not the issue; the subject of Memorandum is the strain humankind is placing on the planet.
Unsustainable patterns of production, consumption, and population growth are challenging the resilience of the planet to support human activity. ...Evidence is growing that human pressures are starting to overwhelm the Earth’s buffering capacity.
In a series of pregnant statements, eight priorities are outlined:
1. Reaching a more equitable world
2. Managing the climate - energy challenge
3. Creating an efficiency revolution
4. Ensuring affordable food for all
5. Moving beyond green growth
6. Reducing human pressures
7. Strengthening Earth System Governance
8. Enacting a new contract between science and society
While the challenge is clear and daunting, the document also serves as a roadmap for future entrepreneurs.
To learn more, download The Stockholm Memorandum.
Related Post:
Welcome to the Anthropocene: Humankind's layer on Earth
Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 10:20AM ANTHROPOLOGY
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