Green Ocean Hunters? The Environmental Effects of Fishing and Aquaculture, Part 2
September 11, 2012 1 CommentLast week, in part one of this article, we ended with the tragedy of the commons and the question of whether overfishing is a logical consequence of human nature. Luckily, not all things are as bad as they seem. Let's get back to our effort to increase comprehension and scroll to page 18 of Frank Asche's report (Green Growth in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production and Trade). He seems quite confid...
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Green Ocean Hunters? The Environmental Effects of Fishing and Aqu ...
September 5, 2012 1 CommentShrimp farms destroy sensitive mangrove forest ecosystems, salmon escape from designated aquaculture spots and spread parasites, fish trawlers leave nothing but empty seas behind and even organic fish farming could be unsustainable due to dependence on fish meal from wild catch. When it comes to seafood, the message transmitted across mainstream media channels is devastating: there is simply nothing left we can eat responsibly, be it from the wild or aquaculture. Does that mean we all have to go vegetarian? Well, in many cases, the good news is that fish performs better than meat, when it come...
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What is an Environmental Product Declaration? And What is it Good ...
February 21, 2012 3 CommentsWhen talking about product labels that deal with the environment, it is often argued that there is an excessive variety of labels swamping consumers with information they don't understand. I have to admit that you can indeed call them irritating, this vast number of redundant "eco labels" invented by creative marketing departments all around the globe. However, in contrast to the superficial information given by some mainstream companies, environmental product declarations (EPDs) give consumers serious information. Thoroughly assessed, easily verifiable, and transparently made, EPDs visualize ...
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What Conclusions Can We Draw From Tesco Dropping its Carbon Footp ...
February 4, 2012A week ago, the Guardian published the news that the Tesco grocery store chain dropped its plan to put a carbon label on all of its products. I felt a little sorry for the carbon trust, but I wasn't surprised at all. Why? Because I didn't expect a true commitment to sustainability from Tesco in the first place. In this article, I tell you why, and I explain the possible conclusions you can draw from this. 1. Protected by Oligopoly, Supermarket Chains Will Never Foster Sustainability Like all the players in the oligopoly of the supermarket business, the Britain-based multinational grocery ret...
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Celebrate a Carbon Neutral Christmas!
December 18, 2011 2 CommentsAnyone not noticed it? Yes, of course, it is December - another annual epidemic of Christmas euphoria has spread, threatening to wipe out the last bit of tranquility and peacefulness modern cities have kept. I am currently touring Europe and whichever city I visit - Vienna, Berlin, Copenhagen, Brussels - I repeatedly witness the same cacophony of Christmas fairs. If you will allow, I would like to take this occasion to venture an allegorical Christmas outburst: I cannot prevent myself from seeing Christmasophile commercialists who creep through Christmassy decorated city centers, incapable ...
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Food Footprints: Subjective Consumer Perception vs. Profound LCA ...
November 1, 2011 5 CommentsToday is World Vegan Day. Vegans are people ethically very consequent. Even more consequent than vegetarians. Vegans don't eat products that derive from living beings - no cheese, no milk, no honey. Personally, i have a lot of respect for vegans, since they act by conviction. A vegan stands by what he or she believes in, since the vast majority of animal related food production fail to comply with ethically responsible conditions. Large scale factory farming and animal transport over large distances are not in keeping with the promise of the picturesque rustic agriculture of our grand mother's...
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What's What: Understanding the ISO 14000 Family Of Standards
September 13, 2011 5 CommentsBack in the year 1987, the International Organization for Standardization introduced a number of norms known as the ISO 9000 series. For the first time, there were internationally recognized quality management standards. The approach to these standards was voluntary. If you wanted the ISO 9000 certificate, you could obtain it by a third party. These quality management norms were later followed by various environmental standards that originated in the 1992 Rio conference, known as ISO 14000. As well as ISO 9000, ISO 14000 require an external verification by a third party, which is neither the o...
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