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Zero Food Scraps Cuisine from Italy Turns Pea Pods into Delicious Finger Food

3:41 am in botanical, cooking, do it yourself, eco-tips, food, Food & Health, italy, local food, organic agriculture, recipes, Take Action, vegetarian, waste not want not by TreeHugger

ecocucina pea pod fingerfood photo Image Credit: Lisa Casali Lisa Casali is an environmental risk expert by day, and an eco-food blogger by night. Her passion for cooking got her to think about all the stuff that usually doesn't enter the recipe, such as the outer leaves of artichokes, the stems of asparagus, peels, pods, cores,... A few years ago she asked herself: Is it really necessary to throw aw...Read the full story on TreeHugger

How to Be and Who Is Green at Primavera Sound (or any other) Festival

8:16 am in animations, Culture & Celebrity, eco-tips, events, music, spain, spring, Take Action by TreeHugger

Primavera Sound Festival green head photo Alright, staying at home and listing to music online would have much less impact on the planet, no doubt, but there is something about some 100.000 people getting together during 3 days to enjoy the latest (and not so latest; Pulp and Nick Cave are playing!) the music world has to offer. Hard to miss at Primavera Sound Festival is the biggest urban solar panel station in Europe...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Don’t Agonize, Organize! Powershift Re-launches Web Site for Climate Activists

8:40 pm in alternative energy, climate solutions, eco-tips, events, how to, Take Action, youth activism by TreeHugger

van-jones-powershift.jpg photo via powershift.org Two weeks ago, over 10,000 students activists descended on Washington, D.C. to collaborate, train, motivate, and take action at Powershift 2011. They made enough of an impact that President Obama took notice and invited 12 student leaders for a conversation. Powershift happens once a year, but a new website just re-launched aims to keep up the momentum by providing a place for youth activists to come together to organize. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger