Tag Archives: Sustainability

Learning to eat

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Victor Chudnovsky

Michael Pollan’s Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual is the action-item, CliffsNotes version of his In Defense of Food. A very quick read, it contains 64 rules of thumbs for eating more healthily. These rules emerged from his own research as … Continue reading →

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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Victor Chudnovsky

.centeredImage { text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; } I wasn’t interested in gardening when I was growing up. It felt like an obligation when I would much rather be living in my head, playing with thoughts and ideas, reading, programming. As … Continue reading →

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Cash for Clunkers?

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Victor Chudnovsky

I think the Cash for Clunkers program is misguided. Yes, it will stimulate the economy insofar as it encourages people to buy cars and keep the auto industry rolling. I don’t think this is the best thing for society as … Continue reading →

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Fishy

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Victor Chudnovsky

It takes a lot of effort to fix what is broken—the more complex the system, the greater the effort. Blame entropy. I was reminded of this truism today when we went to the Salmon Days celebration in Issaquah. That we … Continue reading →

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