Non Toxic Vision

GoGreenExpo New York City

This weekend you will find me wandering through the booths and seminars of the GoGreenExpo in NYC (held at the Hilton New York, 53rd & 6 Ave). Over the past years I have seen green expos grow bigger. I have to admit I am very curious of wheater nor not the quality of information provided is still as insightful as it has been and filled with enthusiasm. The panels scheduled do promise to be very interesting: everything is offered from Energy to Travel to Finance.... I'll try and report from the show ... see you there ;) also check out the show: www.gogreenexpo.com

Trader Joe's stops some Chinese imports

I found this information in today's Los Angeles Times - written by Jerry Hirsch

Trader Joe's plans to remove all single-ingredient items imported from China from its shelves by April 1. The grocery chain says it is responding to customer concerns after a string of discoveries of tainted goods from that country, but it doesn't detail what those concerns are or identify the products.

Food safety experts say there is cause for concern. They cite the application in China of excess or dangerous pesticides, improper use of sewage for fertilizer and the use of illegal antibiotics in seafood farming. "China also still has a problem with corruption," says Jaydee Hanson, a policy analyst for the Center for Food Safety in Washington.

Some other chains won't be following Trader Joe's lead. Whole Foods Market says that it is "in a different situation." It doesn't sell any meat, seafood or produce from China, and a limited amount of grocery products, it says. Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, owned by British grocer Tesco, says it will continue to sell food imported from China. Read more www.latimes.com

Adrian's suggestion

Adrian voiced in his comment that he would like to read about presidential candidates and their thoughts on global warming. Here is part of his comments and recommendations:

Live Earth just picked up this topic and put out an article ( http://www.liveearth.org/news.php ) live earth is also asking why the presidential candidates are not being solicited for their stance on the issue of the climate change. I just saw a poll on www.EarthLab.com that says people care a lot about what their next leader thinks of global warming. Does anyone know of another poll or other results about this subject?

Here is the page where I saw the EarthLab poll: http://www.earthlab.com/life.aspx. This is a pretty legit website; they are endorsed by Al Gore and the alliance for climate protection and they have a carbon footprint calculator. Does anyone have a strong opinion about this like I do? No matter what your political affiliation is or who you vote for this is an important issue for our environment, our economy and for homeland security.

Thank's again Adrian.....your comments are always appreciated.

A Pill for a Cow

Ok - this sounds really funny if would not actually be really serious at the same time. I received this information in the recent EarthEasy newsletter:

New pill developed to reduce cow burps, fight against global warming
This is not a joke. Methane from cows account for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions. pill converts methane to glucose, and benefits the cow while reducing methane release. more info: http://eartheasy.com/article_cow_methane_pill.htm