Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Printmaking work featured on Mid-American Print Council site!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Check out another project of mine: handmade screenprinted mini-notebooks for sale on etsy! These notebooks are filled with recycled paper. The cover images are designs that I screenprinted and hand colored. These were created as part of my Print Topics class where we were asked to design, create, market and sell an "art multiple."
Monday, May 25, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
These past few weeks have been crazy! I returned to my sister's garden to show the progress her garden has made and tack it on to the end of her video. I also filmed and interviewed her roommate, Lindsey Seigrist, who grew up on a farm and has been gardening for almost her whole life.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Call to all gardeners!
To help make this site be informational and interactive, I want you to send in your pictures, tips, and experiences when it comes to your garden or eating locally. Also, feel free to comment, agree, disagree or just respond to any of the posts I make on here. This project is based on community so I need your input!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
I'm doing basic research on local food and gardening and am thinking of doing a vocab list for those of us who don't know a lot about the subject matter. Today's word is:
Food Miles
"Food Miles" refer to the distance that your food has been transported between its source farm and where you buy it. Food miles are one measure of the amount of energy used to transport your food and the consequent pollutants released by that transport. Estimates vary but transport may account for 20% or more of the total energy use associated with the provision of a given food item. As such, Food Miles are a relatively simple statistic that can be used to demonstrate the ecological importance of local foods.
--from revivevictorygarden.org
Sunday, May 3, 2009
This site talks about cooking, gardening, and eating locally! Hen & Harvest
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Here is an excerpt from the site, talking about the idea behind it:
"the.problem
Money is power. And wherever large amounts of money collect, so also new centers of power form. The latest historical manifestation of this is the modern corporation.
Make no mistake, these new power centers are not democracies. We don't vote for the CEO's or their policies (unless we are: rich enough to be significant shareholders, informed enough to know what's going one, and compassionate enough to care about more than just personal profit), yet our destinies are increasingly in their hands.
the.solution
As these power centers shift, we must shift our own voices if we wish to be heard. As citizens, on average, we might vote once ever 4 years, if at all. As consumers, we vote every single day with the purest form of power...money.
The average American family spends around $18,000 each year on goods and services. Think of it as casting 18,000 votes every year for the kind of world you want to live in. Use this site to take back your power.
the.idea
voting with your wallet
THE.WEBSITE
BETTER WORLD SHOPPER is a site dedicated to providing people with a comprehensive, up-to-date, reliable account of the social and environmental responsibility of every company on the planet AND making it available in practical forms that individuals can use in their everyday lives. Coming out of more than 5 years of intensive research, this work is based on a comprehensive database of over 1000 companies and utilizes 25+ reliable sources of data to cover everything from the environment to human rights, community development to animal protection.
5 key.issues
HUMAN RIGHTS: sweatshops, 3rd world community exploitation, international health issues, divestment, child labor, code of conduct.
THE ENVIRONMENT: global warming, rainforest destruction, pollution, recycling, renewable energy, greenwashing, toxic waste, eco-innovations, illegal dumping, sustainable farming.
ANIMAL PROTECTION: factory farming, animal testing, humane treatment, wild animal habitat.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: family farms, local business support, volunteer efforts, sustainable growth, philanthropic donations, nonprofit alliances, establishing foundations.
SOCIAL JUSTICE : fair wages, fatalities, union busting efforts, health & safety records, discrimination based on: race, gender, age, ability, religion, sexuality, ethnicity."
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