EnviroMentalog

If my previous post The Bees’ Knees got you interested in urban farming, here is an article about a couple of Brits who are trying to make it easier for you. I especially love the Beehaus. They have inspired me so much that I think I am going to suggest to my parents that they [...]

Are you confused about health reform? I don’t blame you it’s quite a conundrum. This post is going to appeal more to our public health readers rather than our environmental ones. But, I think it is an important issue to discuss.I will try my best to make as much clear as possible. Let’s start with [...]

I really do not go to the movies very often. At $12.50 a pop I usually wait for it to come out on DVD. However, if something really catches my interest, I make an exception. I made an exception for The Cove. I had read very little about this movie, besides that it was about [...]

Can you tell that I am very passionate about factory farming issues? As a final paper in school I profiled Smithfield Foods and their hog operations in North Carolina. Iowa is the largest hog producing state followed closely by North Carolina. However, there are factory farms distributed throughout the country (even NY!) Check out this [...]

Us science nerds are very fond of acronyms. It saves time when writing intricate science documents but it creates a problem for laymen who want to brush up on the latest environmental issues. I have created a handy little list to help you navigate a typical environmental science document. (props to me because I didn’t [...]

A study released last week from the CDC finds that the annual medical costs of obesity now reach $147 billion!!! Not only do these costs represent over 9 percent of total US medical costs, but this share has been rapidly increasing. The study shows that obese people, on average, spent 42 percent more for medical [...]

I know many of you have sat around on a Sunday afternoon with nothing to do. You flip through your tv channels and nothing catches your interest. You try to read the paper again, but it’s the same stories as the morning. Here is the answer to your Sunday doldrums. The EPA homepage features a [...]