What dumplings can tell us about Achieving Sustainability

Last week the New York Times Magazine included a piece titled: “What do Chinese dumplings have to do with global warming?” which is an interesting look into the rapid rise of refrigerated and frozen foods in China over the last two decades. One often forgets that “refrigeration” does not just mean the fridge in your … Read more…

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For Sustainability, Spanish sees Double

La version en español. When I first arrived in Mexico I was surprised to discover that there were actually two different translations for Sustainability in Spanish-Sostenibilidad and Sustentabilidad. Since my colleagues at UNAM’s Institute of Ecology used Sostenibilidad I decided to stick to that version for all my work here. Inevitably when I present about … Read more…

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SustainabLINKS July 28, 2014

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Book Review: Bowling Alone

I recently finished Bowling Alone (2000) by Robert Putnam which has been very influential in Sustainability discourse.  My first response upon completing it was skepticism that very many of those referring to the book had gotten past its jacket summary-its title activity, lonesome bowling , is far more gripping than reading every page of this … Read more…

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SustainabLINKS July 21, 2014

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Pesticides, why you should be worried but not about your health

A new study in the British Journal of Nutrition (abstract)2)I was unable to gain access to the full text. Though it was unclear whether that was because it had not yet been released to the public or was behind a paywall. has lent support to the hypothesis that organically grown food is healthier than food … Read more…

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SustainabLINKS July 14, 2014

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Launching Achieving Sustainability!

Welcome to Achieving Sustainability, we are now live on the world wide web! My goal for this blog is to have a more successful website launch than Healthcare.gov. This I will do principally by lowering expectations and getting off to a nice, soft rolling start. I hope that this will compensate for my inexperience both … Read more…

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