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Farm raised, Free Range, or Frozen? Navigating the Modern Chicken Market

Farm raised, Free Range, or Frozen? Navigating the Modern Chicken Market

by Linden Cheek | Oct 12, 2016 | Agriculture, Food, Green Living, Managed Systems

This post is part 2 of a 2-part series about chicken. Read Part 1: “Chicken: The Universal Bird of the Modern World” Chicken.  It is the most popular meat in the world, with people from every corner of the globe enjoying it regularly. In a previous post I...
8 Tricks to Heat and Cool your Home with Less Energy

8 Tricks to Heat and Cool your Home with Less Energy

by Linden Cheek | Sep 28, 2016 | Energy, Green Living, Housing

Whether out of a desire to save the planet or just to save a few bucks, everyone wants to use less energy. Most of us have heard that we can achieve this by changing the ways we heat and cool our living spaces, but many of us are reluctant to try this...
What We’ve Learned from the September Gasoline Shortage

What We’ve Learned from the September Gasoline Shortage

by Linden Cheek | Sep 23, 2016 | Built Systems, Climate, Energy, Managed Systems, Systems Thinking, Transportation

On September 9, 2016, a section of the Houston to New York Colonial Pipeline was closed due to a leak that had spilled approximately 330,000 gallons of gasoline. The closure has lead to shortages of the fuel in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee, and even prompted...
How Much Do You Really Know About Wind Energy?

How Much Do You Really Know About Wind Energy?

by Linden Cheek | Sep 20, 2016 | Built Systems, Climate, Energy, Managed Systems, Technology

Alternative Energy It’s one of the most common topics you’ll hear in any conversation regarding sustainability and climate change. The reason? Finding an alternative energy source is imperative if we are going to combat climate change. Our current global...
You Are What You Eat—And Fish Are Eating a Lot of Plastic

You Are What You Eat—And Fish Are Eating a Lot of Plastic

by Linden Cheek | Sep 12, 2016 | Food, Food Justice, Managed Systems, Natural Systems, Recycle, Reporting, Systems Thinking, Waste, Water

There are few foods considered by the general public to be as consistently healthy as a filet of fresh cut fish. But a recent study on the wild-caught fish we consume shows there may be more in these fish than just Omega-3 and protein. It is common knowledge for...
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