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I hit up south Lake Tahoe this past weekend for some great hiking and R&R and was super happy I went. Right now is a great time to go since it’s right after the ski season has ended but before the summer crowd takes over the town (waay cheaper + less crowded).

A few fun things [...]

In this week’s Zaproot:
-Meat is meat, so why is squirrel meat ‘gross’ while other meat is ‘yummy’?
-Shocking Conservative group LIED about global warming deniers (and DeSmogBlog blogger Kevin Grandia is the only one who bothered to call them out on it!)
-Sarah Silverman Rules, In General
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Eco-gourmet. It’s what you get when a brother who’s passionate about food teams up with his sister and her husband who are passionate about environmental sustainability.

If you’re in downtown San Francisco during the week, make sure to stop at my favorite lunch place, Mixt Greens, a great place to get an organic eco-gourmet salad.
Not [...]

I am sure we are all guilty of stashing plastic utensils in our homes and offices. We then toss them away into the trash can or recycling bin without a second thought. Do we readily keep in mind that it can take Styrofoam up to 100 years to biodegrade and certain plastics, up to 450 [...]

I like to go fishing and cook what I catch when I can, though I don’t go often. I almost had won the prize for the biggest cod caught one year, until a monster like this one came along. YOWZA! These babies can feed whole families!

I saw this ad for organic coffee at a restaurant in Yosemite National Park last weekend. There are some good management initiatives in the park, including free hybrid shuttle buses and a fairly extensive recycling program, but this ad stuck with me, in particular, for negative rather than positive reasons.
Am I the only one [...]

Ben and Jerry’s recently announced Thrilla in Vanilla, their latest flavor. Vanilla, you say? What’s different about America’s most popular flavor?
Answer: the ingredients. Fairtrade vanilla from India and fairtrade sugar from Paraguay (all milk is still from small family farmers).
In the U.S., B&Js increased its lineup making it the largest supplier of fairtrade [...]

Next time you’re planning a getaway to Nantucket, check-in to Hotel Green. Shoe designer, Vanessa Noel, opened the quaint little 10 key hotel within an 1837 Greek revival building. While lounging around in your organic hemp and cotton guest robe, you can have guest services deliver organic pancakes with fresh squeezed juice to your simple [...]

For the faithful converts of ultralight backpacking, the alcohol stove might just be the Holy Grail. Almost all of the long-distance hikers I know have long-since traded their clumsy Whisper Lites and wasteful Pocket Rockets for the stove that you can make in your basement. The alcohol stove goes by a [...]