Link day
I tried out a new farmers’ market today. This one was bigger and more impersonal, and had a bunch of resellers. But I did find some good homegrown items (apples and squash), and had a talk with an old beekeeper who was selling honey.
I asked him how his bees were doing. He said,
The trouble with the bees has been the chemicals the farmers have been spraying, built up over the years. When the farmers began spraying, I moved my bees where I knew no one would farm. I got 400 hives and not a one’s had problems.
Sounds like a wise man.
Here it is, folks! Link day again! Here’s what I found while procrastinating surfing the web:
In spite of what my more liberal friends say, there are green conservatives.
Earth Day is not my day, not really.
As both a conservative and an avid indoorsman, I’ve always seen it as a high holy day for hippies, Whole Foods devotees, spotted-owl fetishists and sundry crunchy-granola types who believe that “Think Globally, Act Locally” is the Eleventh Commandment.
But you know, I’ve got to wonder how much longer we on the right can justify an environmental philosophy that amounts to little more than sneering at liberal tree-huggers.
Is a sustainable lifestyle possible for working women?
[This is part two of a series (the first part had more feminist angst in it than I liked, but you’re welcome to go through her blog and read it). This post I thought was useful.]
It’s not the fault of the farmer’s market that I feel overstressed. Rather, the game itself is rigged. The workforce rewards people who are willing to put in ridiculous hours and disregard personal health and long-term wellbeing. It does not reward self-nourishment or play or rest. Even more insidious is the fact that our buy-more culture has lured us into a devil’s bargain with debt. Even if we’re working at a job we love, it requires an insane juggling act to live a balanced life.
Getting off the treadmill is possible. I did it seven years ago and I’ll never go back to that life.
Under New technology:
Imagine! A human-powered blender. This gives you exercise and your work done too. 
If you want to see it in action, take a look at this short video.
Site of the week: Oilgae.com
In the beginning, there were algae, but there was no oil
Then, from algae came oil.
Now, the algae are still there, but oil is fast depleting
In future, there will be no oil, but there will still be algae
So, doesn’t it make sense to explore if we can again get oil from algae?
Good question. There’s a lot of interesting links there for you to browse through on a nice Saturday afternoon.
Have a restful weekend.
