{"id":596,"date":"2009-04-22T14:56:46","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T18:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/?p=596"},"modified":"2009-04-22T14:56:46","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T18:56:46","slug":"happy-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/blog2\/sustainability\/happy-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Earth Day &#8211; Can You Sustain It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Fresh Mint\" src=\"http:\/\/cajunchefryan.rymocs.com\/images\/Herbs_\/IMG_2594.gif\" alt=\"Fresh Mint\" width=\"300\" align=\"left\" \/>No doubt for those who reside in North America you know it is Earth Day, celebrated April 22, it is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth&#8217;s environment. It is held annually during both spring in the northern hemisphere and\u00a0 autumn in the southern hemisphere. It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in 1970 and is celebrated in many countries every year.<\/p>\n<p>What follows are a few noteworthy items of interest that I came across today. And then I&#8217;ll wrap up with a few new things on the Cajun Chef Ryan (CCR) blog that I started today.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Earth Day will see the launch of the<a title=\"Green Generation Campaign\" href=\"http:\/\/www.earthday.net\/node\/13475\" target=\"_blank\"> Green Generation(tm)\u00a0 Campaign<\/a>; a\u00a0 two-year project that will end on the 40th anniversary of\u00a0 Earth Day in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The special focus areas of the Green Generation(tm) Campaign will be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A carbon-free future based on renewable energy that will end our common dependency on fossil fuels, including coal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>An individual&#8217;s commitment to responsible, sustainable\u00a0 consumption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li> Creation of a new green economy that lifts people out of poverty\u00a0 by creating millions of quality green jobs and transforms the global education system into a green one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On <a title=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> today, Donna McLoughlin of<a title=\"Slow Food Urban San Deigo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slowfoodurbansandiego.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Slow Food Urban San Deigo<\/a> posted a link to <a title=\"Fertile Ground USA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fertilegroundusa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fertile Ground USA<\/a> a site that Celebrates the people behind the plow, a zine investigating the sustainability of sustainable agriculture cropping up. This got me to digging more and as I read a few more articles it hit me that I needed to add a new link category to the CCR blog, more on that later.<\/p>\n<p>This past weekend the <a title=\"Wake Forest Herb Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.herbfest.net\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Wake Forest Herb Festival<\/a> started in what is now a 10 day event. And after dropping $197 on plants including many culinary herbs, vegetables, heirloom tomatoes and perennial flowers,\u00a0 we then trotted home Sunday afternoon and planted 1\/2 of them in the ground just before the rain set in.\u00a0 The tomatoes got put into 4 deck planters yesterday afternoon and now only 8 more herbs remain to be set into the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Also, today I ran across the the <a title=\"No GMO Challenge\" href=\"http:\/\/realfoodmedia.com\/no-gmo-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">NO GMO Challenge<\/a>, a 30 day challenge to avoid all foods with GMO&#8217;s. It\u2019s a rolling challenge \u2014 you can join in anytime. You can also participate as long as you like. You don\u2019t have to stop at 30 days.\u00a0 GMO&#8217;s &#8211; short for genetically modified organisms &#8211; are man-made organisms created in a laboratory and patented by a corporation or the USDA. GMO&#8217;s are created by a process called genetic engineering.<\/p>\n<p>A weekend of planting in the garden, the Wake Forest Herb Festival, Earth Day today, a Facebook posting and the No GMO Challenge\u00a0 got my wheels turning and so this has led to my new link (blogroll) category on the CCR blog:<\/p>\n<h3>Sustainability<\/h3>\n<p>And with the new sustainability category there are three new links and the No GMO widget with the hope of adding more as I grow this new focus.\u00a0 Which is similar in focus to that of the &#8220;Slow food&#8221; movement, it is my hope to contribute in this idea as a way of living and as a way of eating. It is a global, grassroots movement with thousands of members around the world that links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and the environment.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"sidebar_list\">\n<li id=\"linkcat-178\" class=\"widget widget_links\">\n<h2 class=\"widgettitle\">Sustainability Links<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"xoxo blogroll\">\n<li><a title=\"Eat the View is a campaign to plant high-impact food gardens in high-profile places. We asked the Obamas to lead the way by replanting a kitchen garden on the First Lawn and they heard our call!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eattheview.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eat The View<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Celebrating the people behind the plow\u2026investigating the sustainability of sustainable agriculture.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fertilegroundusa.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fertile Ground USA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Connect, Collaborate, Communicate: Creating the Future Food System\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodsystemcreators.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Food System Creators Cafe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Slow Food Urban San Diego is a local chapter, or convivium, of the national organization Slow Food USA, and its parent organization Slow Food International.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slowfoodurbansandiego.org\/\">Slow Food Urban San Deigo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No doubt for those who reside in North America you know it is Earth Day, celebrated April 22, it is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth&#8217;s environment. 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