Category Archives: health
From startup to your dinner table
Co-founder of the Local Food Lab Krysia Zajonc makes her case for the crucial role of business within the sustainable food movement. She also talks about the seeds of her business germinating in Costa Rica, some of the startups growing … Continue reading
An entrepreneur’s approach to the Anthropocene
Debra Dunn discusses the (hopefully) changing role of the modern entrepreneur to one committed to positive social & environmental impacts in addition to profits. She also addresses the increasing emphasis on the individual as opposed to the community and the … Continue reading
Filed under business, health, social justice, sustainability
Emerging infectious disease in the Anthropocene
Biological anthropologist James Holland Jones explains how diseases typically spread from animal to human populations and how that might change as our planet continues to warm. He also discusses how we might prevent future epidemics with limited vaccines by looking … Continue reading
Filed under apocalypse, biology, climate change, extinction, genetics, health, population, social justice
Nitrogen: The element behind all your food
With all of the attention paid to global climate change and the disruption of the carbon cycle, biologist Peter Vitousek discusses the serious impacts humankind has had on the nitrogen cycle and how that relates to our food system. He … Continue reading
Filed under food, food security, geology, health, population, sustainability
