sustainability
GRITtv: The Harvest: Farming Sustainably in New York
Eating less meat might be better for the world, but it can definitely be delicious. Buckwheat is actually a fruit, a grain substitute that can be excellent for those with gluten sensitivities, or just a nice alternative to the usual. GRITtv's Danya Abt and Zac Halberd took a trip up to Ithaca, NY to visit the buckwheat fields, where Erick Smith, Greg Mol and Shane Hardy of Cayuga Organics took her from the field to the flour mill, introducing us to the challenges of sustainable farming and its many rewards. Thanks to Kevin McHugh and the Andrew Oliver Kora Band for the music! Distributed by Tubemogul.
Email this pageGRITtv: Ben Evans: Your Environmental Road Trip
In the wake of the BP oil deluge in the Gulf and the Chevron oil spill in Utah, calls for renewable energy and sustainable living have been redoubled, with even President Obama getting into the act. To see what sustainable living can actually look like, Ben Evans, Julie Dingman Evans and Mark Dixon took a road trip across the U.S. in a hybrid car with only a few rules: they created less than one shoebox of garbage each month, never turned on an incandescent light, and used approximately 25 gallons of water per person per day. Laura caught up with Ben Evans to talk about the project, called YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip. The crew are working to finish their documentary on their adventure and looking for donations, if you'd like to chip in.
GRITtv: My President is Green
Green for All is holding a month-long multimedia competition to showcase the best video, song and visual art of the movement for an inclusive green economy. Check out this song and video from Markese Bryant (aka Doo Dat), and submit your own to The Dream Reborn story contest -- and send it our way!
GRITtv: Spelling Sustainability: Brower Youth Awards
The Earth Island Institute created the annual Brower Youth Awards to honor six young people for their outstanding activism and achievements in the fields of environmental and social justice advocacy. Each winner is awarded $3000 and brought to San Francisco for the award week and a backcountry camping trip. Adarsha Shivakumar used his proceeds from winning a spelling bee to co-found a project growing sustainable jatropha, a plant that can be used as biofuel, in India. His work provides an ecologically friendly and economically profitable crop for farmers who would otherwise grow tobacco, a much more harmful plant. This video from Rikshaw Films shows the impact Shivakumar and his project have had around the world.
Keynote: Hunter Lovins
Hunter Lovins is co-author of "Natural Capitalism" and founder of Natural Capitalism Inc, which works with senior decision-makers in business, government and civil society to restore and enhance natural and human capital while increasing prosperity and quality of life. She speaks on the economic collapse, seeing the end of excess and how climate change and global systemic collapse reveal a "sustainability imperative."
