Wednesday, March 26, 2008

An interesting panel discussion on Monday

Climate-Friendly Eating
A panel discussion about environmentally conscious food choices
Hosted by the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture
(CUESA)
Monday, March 31, 2008, 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Global climate change is now inescapable, but the good news is that you can
lessen your climate impact by eating well. Come learn about which foods have
the biggest carbon footprint and how you can make cooler food choices.
panelists:
Helene York, Director of Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation and
Project Director of the company’s Low Carbon Diet program
Gail Feenstra, Food Systems Analyst at the UC Sustainable Agriculture
Research and Education Program and member of the UC Davis/Bon Appétit Low
Carbon Diet Project team
Laura Stec, chef and author of the forthcoming book The Global Warming Diet:
Cool Recipes for a Hot Climate
Bonnie Powell, Cofounder of the Ethicurean food-politics blog and deputy
editor of Edible San Francisco

location: Port Commission Hearing Room, Ferry Building, SF. Program at 6:30,
reception w/ light refreshments at 8. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Welcome to Our Blog!

Hello! Paul and I are admins for this class blog, and I hope the rest of you will be contributors. If you are interested in moderating as well, let me know.

To make a good beginning, I'd love it if all who are able could make an introductory comment to this post which includes the following information:

-Introduce yourself briefly
-Introduce your project (name, topic, goals--no need to post your entire proposal)
-What do you think the content of this blog should be?

Enjoy!