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Footprints Around the World: Finland
Welcome to the Footprints Around the World blog series! I’ll be searching the world for great ideas to make lives greener, better, and easier. This week’s ideas come from Finland! We know them for reindeer and heavy metal, good education, cell phones and Angry Birds. If that’s not enough reasons why Finland is awesome, check … Continue reading
Columbia teacher will kayak the Missouri River. The whole river. By herself.
One of the first things Janet Moreland did when she moved back to Missouri almost twenty years ago was buy a canoe. A native to California, Moreland had enjoyed playing in water bodies since her childhood in Sacramento. “The American River was my playground,” says Moreland. From floating the American River to windsurfing in the … Continue reading
What’s in a drone? Environmental coverage lifts off at MU
The project is exciting, controversial and a lot of fun, and overall defined by the industrious spirit of a few people to take existing technology, reshape it a little and use it to pioneer a novel application. Should they be called drones? Should they be legal? A student in the drone class weighs in. Continue reading
Who benefits from Sustain Mizzou’s Local Food Drive?
Now, with new standards allowing fresh produce, Tiger Pantry can accept the Local Food Drive’s donations. Think the MU campus doesn’t have a food insecurity problem? Think again. Continue reading
Tofu takes on tailgating, and it’s less full of manure
Tailgating—nothing beats sizzling, fat sausages and well-seasoned burgers on charcoal grill washed down with enough beer to kill a horse. According to statistics compiled by Nationwide Insurance, an estimated 50 million Americans tailgate, with as many as 40% of those spending over $500 a season on food and other supplies. However there are many externalities … Continue reading
Footprints Around the World: Japan
Welcome to Footprint’s newest blog series, Footprints Around the World! I’ll be searching the world for great ideas to make lives greener, better, and easier. This week’s ideas come from Japan. When I visited the country in 2009, I expected to find only dense, high-tech metropolises crowding the small island. I was surprised to find … Continue reading
“American Meat” and the failure of food discussions
American Meat has everything you’d expect from another documentary about food production: an airy-voiced narrator, hand-drawn maps that wiggle with their inconsistency, clever infographics, and Joel Salatin. But we’ll get to him later. The film features farmers from all walks of meat, and that’s where it outshines close cousins such as Food, Inc. In one … Continue reading
Why trains make me feel like Owen Wilson
By Sean McWay Driving a car simply doesn’t have the flair it did when I was a 16-year-old virgin of the road. These days, traveling can be expensive. With gas prices rarely dipping below $3 dollars, the ever-American road trip is a serious expense. Driving is bad for the environment in numerous ways, purchasing oil … Continue reading
Tour of Columbia for National Geographic GeoBee
Missouri’s 2012 National Geographic Bee champion, Jack Langen, gives a tour of his home town of Columbia for the NatGeo YouTube channel. Double-fisting Sparky’s ice cream? Walking on the MKT? The kid couldn’t be more spot on. Jack will be competing against the other state champions in Washington, D.C., on May 22-24. The Bee finals … Continue reading
Dumpster Diving, Oral History and Food Insecurity
During Sustainability Week, join Sustain Mizzou on Thursday, April 26 at 6 p.m. in Strickland 204 to hear a keynote talk by Rachel Vaughn, an expert on food insecurity and oral history. Rachel Vaughn holds a PhD in American Studies, and graduate certificate in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies from the University of Kansas. She … Continue reading
