University of Washington to Cover Tuition for Lower Income Students

Seeded on Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:36 PM EDT (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

The University of Washington is the most recent institute of higher learning to make a committment to free tuition. Thier plan will result in over 5000 students attending school cost free.

college, education, university, university-of-washington, tuition

Ethanol In Lieu of Parrafin

Seeded on Sun Oct 8, 2006 3:11 AM EDT (mg.co.za)

Older article from South Africa detailing how some of the cities poorer citizens are switching to ethanol based oils to heat thier homes and stoves

south-africa, ethanol, alternative-energy, home-garden, greenvine

Middlebury College in Vermont to Generate Fuel from Biomass

Seeded on Sun Oct 8, 2006 2:17 AM EDT (middlebury.edu)

Tony private college Middlebury has committed to constructing a biomass plant to supply a portion of the schools energy needs. It would make sense for centers of higher education to take a lead role in innovate attempts to address issues such as dependency on fossil fuels.

education, vermont, alternative-energy, middlebury, biomass, greenvine

Local Food in Kansas

Seeded on Thu Oct 5, 2006 1:32 AM EDT (The Kansas City Star)

Dorothy might never have left had she had a cook at home who took the time to source local foods and serve up some of the menu items highlighted in this piece.

travel, produce, farmers, kansas, burger, menu, slow-food, local-food

Montana Farmer Responds To Public Debate Over Farm Bill

Seeded on Thu Oct 5, 2006 12:36 AM EDT (theprairiestar.com)

In what appears to be a letter to the editor in response to a public hearing in rural Montana over the pending Farm Bill the author speaks from his point of view on what should be at the forefront of any modifications to US farm policy.

business, agriculture, imports, subsidies, montana, farm-bill, local-food, letter-to-editor

School Field Trip by Train

Seeded on Mon Oct 2, 2006 12:12 AM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)

An eighth grade class travels to Boston via trail. The commentary praises slowness and its ability to readjust our senses. I would welcome the opportunity to slow down various aspects of our lives including our travels.

travel, boston, maine, field-trip, trains, slowness

Inequality of Wealth Grows In Untited States

Seeded on Mon Oct 2, 2006 12:07 AM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)

The gap between the richest of the rich and the rest of us continues to widen.

us-news, poor, income, rich, inequality, mean-state

Food safety in an industrial age

Seeded on Sun Oct 1, 2006 4:35 PM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)

Editorial in Christian Science Monitor about the rising stakes of food safety in light of the most recent outbreak of e coli in spinich. Contrasts enforcement of regulations between those industries under the auspices of the FDA vs. USDA.

business, food, fda, produce, meat, usda, food-safety, government-regulation, spinach

Wisconsin Report Will Only Eat Local Food For One Month

Seeded on Sun Oct 1, 2006 4:09 PM EDT (thenorthwestern.com)

The author of this article has accepted a challenge for his family to sustain themselves solely on foods grown or produced within a 100 mile radius of his home in Wisconsin for the next month.

food, produce, wisconsin, slow-food, oneida, home-garden, local-food, native-food

Timberland Will Label Environmental Impact of Product

Seeded on Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:54 AM EDT (Yahoo! Finance)

This press release from the footwear giant Timberland outlines their intention to label all future product lines with an environmental footprint assessment. I am impressed with the step that Timberland is taking.

business, environment, packaging, manufacturing, timberland, greenvine, footwear, product-transparency

Native Cuisine in Northern Australia

Seeded on Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:56 PM EDT (Australian News Network)

A good example of a restaurant tapping into local resources to create a tasty meal. I have never tried kangaroo (though you can get it here in seattle) and do believe that it would be most appropriate to try it "down under".

travel, food, crocodile, menu, northern-territory, kangaroo, native-cuisine

Venezuela and Iran Form Partnerships

Seeded on Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:57 PM EDT (AL JAZEERA)

From the article: "They are far apart in geographical terms, yet close in ideological terms, at least when it comes to oil, gas, nuclear power and most importantly the United States of America.

oil, venezuela, iran, hugo-chavez, world-news, mahmoud-ahmadinejad, anti-american, anti-imperialism

Jesus Camp the Movie

Seeded on Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:09 PM EDT (jesuscampthemovie.com)

I am interested to see this documentary from Loki Films and Magnolia Pictures. "Follows a group of young children...taught to become dedicated Christians soldiars in God's army" You can go to Magnolia Pictures website to check showdates.

entertainment, movie, documentary, jesus, fundamentalism, evangelical, pentacostal

Wave Power Project Stalled by Federal Bureaucracy

Seeded on Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:39 PM EDT (pbn.com)

Proponents of wave energy believe that the unharnessed power of the sea could become a major provider of renewable and sustainable energy in the future.

science, start-ups, regulations, bureaucracy, greenvine, wave-energy

Red Hat Society - Social Networking for Seniors?

Seeded on Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:27 AM EDT (Spring Valley Tribune)

Over 1 million women over the age of 50 around the United States belong to a chapter of the Red Hat's Society. I have stumbled across two links chronicalling chapter meetings in the past two days.

community, odd-news, social-networking, bonding, red-hat-society, elders, silliness

Abundunt Tree Fruit Crop Rots Due to Labor Shortage

Seeded on Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:01 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Orchards up and down the West Coast are lamenting over large volumes of thier 2006 bumper crop going to waste due the lack of workers avalable to pick the fruit. Many blame the tightened border southern border security measures and the absence of a viable guest worker program.

immigration, labor, politics, fruit, migrants, agriculture, guest-workers, apples, pears

Hugo Chávez Helps Noam Chomsky's Book Sales

Seeded on Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:29 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Sales of Noam Chomsky's "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance" have skyrocketed since the Venezuelan President held up the book during a speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations.

bush, books, politics, united-nations, hugo-chavez, noam-chomsky

A Positive Memory of a Pope

Seeded on Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:28 AM EDT (eniar.org)

20 years ago this month, Pope John Paul II spoke of brotherhood between the church and Indigenous Australians. This blog entry is one man's reflection on the impact of that speech in his life decades later.

church, australia, religion, john-paul-ii, culture, pope, indigenous, unity, inspiration

Healthy Farms, Foods and Fuels Act of 2006

Seeded on Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:41 PM EDT (wispolitics.com)

A bi-partisan house bill aims to increase the amount of funds directed towards programs that expand conservation, encourage local purchases, and assist in specialty crop expansion. This press release is the best that I found in terms of a comprehensive explanation.

politics, wetlands, organic, conservation, house-of-representatives, renewable-energy, local-food, farm-policy

See Texas By Camel

Seeded on Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:24 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

A man in Valley Mills, Texas takes tourists on camel treks through the desert near Big Bend National Park.

travel, texas, camels, big-bend, deserts

Turning Forests Into Fuel

Seeded on Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:08 AM EDT (-)

Scientists have recently finished mapping the complete DNA sequence of a tree, the poplar. All indications are that it may one day be a viable option for biofuel production as a fossil fuel alternative.

science, ethanol, alternative-energy, genome, biofuels, doe, poplar

Black Currants vs White Pines

Seeded on Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:55 AM EDT (poughkeepsiejournal.com)

My first seeded Newsvine article comes from Upstate New York. It touches on a few of my varied interests: Specialty Food Production, Goverment Regulations, Conservation, and Entraprenuership.

agriculture, us-news, ecosystems, black-currants, specialty-food, environmental-regulations