Category Archives: Food

Freakonomics takes the quantitative knife to how we produce and consume food

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Chris Jensen

Freakonomics Radio “You Eat What You Are” This piece delivers a much needed kick in the self-righteous pants to the locavore movement. It systematically disassembles the assumptions of the local food movement, ending by discussing the minimal quantitative ecological benefits … Continue reading →

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Want to know where the Presidential candidates stand on science? There’s a site for that!

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Chris Jensen

Science Debate dot org “The Top American Science Questions: 2012“

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Rogue iron fertilization? Things have gotten weird!

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Chris Jensen

The New York Times “A Rogue Climate Experiment Outrages Scientists“

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Preview of my ESA 2012 poster promoting the Evolution of Sustainable Use activity

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Chris Jensen

This year I am proud to be returning to the Ecological Society of America annual meeting in Portland, Oregon. I missed last year’s meeting and I am excited to be overwhelmed by all the amazing scholarship that is on display at … Continue reading →

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HOME, a documentary about the impacted Biosphere

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Chris Jensen

I just watched the video Home, a production of Yann Arthus-Bertrand and his Good Planet Foundation. Composed solely of high-quality panoramic images intensified by a soaring new-age soundtrack, the film provides viewers with a fairly comprehensive overview of the earth’s … Continue reading →

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Pratt Envirolutions trumpets green initiatives during Pratt’s Green Week celebration

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Chris Jensen

This week Pratt’s Envirolutions club took its campaign for waste reduction on campus to the annual Green Week celebration. Tabling for two days, the club had two main projects. The first was a continuation of a campaign kicked off earlier … Continue reading →

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Pratt Envirolutions leads campaign for reusable containers

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Chris Jensen

Like many educational institutions, Pratt contracts with an outside vendor to provide its cafeteria services. Our vendor is CulinArt, which operates Pratt’s main cafeteria, the Pie Shop, and a series of smaller food stands across campus. If you want to … Continue reading →

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Vegans and the Quest for Sanity

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Chris Jensen

In a recent Chronicle of Higher Education article entitled “Vegans and the Quest for Purity”, Harold Fromm attempts to paint veganism as an inconsistent, unnecessary, and downright annoying movement. As a long-time vegan and trained ecologist, I feel the need … Continue reading →

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Changing and not changing the way we use our agricultural land

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Chris Jensen

A few years ago when I was still a graduate student in Stony Brook University’s Department of Ecology and Evolution, a group of us formed a reading group with the ambitious moniker “Social Policy and Global Progress”. Our ambitions in … Continue reading →

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