Make every day Earth Day.

In an old comedy routine, Mel Brooks says, “Listen to your broccoli and your broccoli will tell you how to eat it.”   This is true.  But you have to get to know your vegetables in their native habitat – this is to say, fresh, naked and raw.  

Peas do not come from cans, beets do not come from jars, broccoli does not come from a frozen brick.  Originally they came from the earth.  Now they’re in a fairy tale prison where they’re not only incarcerated, they’re cursed and no prince’s kiss will restore them to their true form.

 We hope you have given some thought to our last blog concerning the notion of slowing down to reconnect with yourself and others.  Without that simple first step, it is somewhat difficult to really connect with our food source.  While our grocery store aisles are laden with packaged, processed foods, our farmers markets give us a plethora of nourishment including local and seasonal vegetables, meats, fish and artisan breads, cheeses and other staples.  It is such an amazing experience to really connect with the farmer that has lovingly grown and raised your food

 A good place to start when discussing the concept of Slow Food, or food sustainability in general would be to start at the dinner table (literally).We were both fortunate to grow up with families that believed in reconnecting, each day, around the kitchen table (for at least one meal).  We both have the privilege of coming from families that pride themselves on food as nurturing – or, simply…We Love To Eat!

Before we begin discussing this, we would like to remind ourselves of what the components of “Maximized Living” (www.maximizedlivingdryachter.com/) are. The 5 essentials of Maximized Living are...

There are companies that will supply sea water “brine”.  Brine is a saturated solution of sea water minerals where as much pure water as possible has been removed without causing crystallization that would separate the sodium chloride from the other minerals. 

Around the turn of the twentieth century a salt- evaporation-basin technique was developed that allowed people to produce “purified” salt out of sea water.  This was called sea salt, although it was 99% sodium chloride, whereas if one evaporates sea water and one retains all of the minerals resulting from this evaporation, the resulting mix is around 75% sodium chloride and 25% all the other known minerals on Earth.

Despite the fact that our world is surrounded by toxins that we easily absorb every day, our bodies are efficient machines, and spend much time and energy expelling and eliminating such toxins, from tears, to sweating, to liver function, lymphatic involvement and elimination.

It is indeed practical to implement living waters into one’s lifestyle.  There are various technologies currently available to us for producing the best Naturally Hydrating water.  There is a class of existing water technologies that will reduce the “dead-cluster” size of 25 molecules to around 5-7 molecules.

The largest organ of our body is our skin, a flexible tissue that holds our bones, organs and fluids together.

In order to create living water the “natural way,” one would find a mountain spring that discharges water into a river that flows into the ocean without touching any refined metals and one would go to tidal pools where this fresh, clustered, oxygenated water begins to mix with ocean water.  One would select a point in these pools where there is approximately 1% sea water mixed in with the sweet water. 

Sustainability is defined as "an integrated approach addressing the impact of the building on the environment over its life cycle and eventual reuse.  It meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs."  Green is more commonly associated with the 3 Rs - reduce, recycle, reuse. 

The environment is full of so many toxic elements and particulates that it is difficult to separate and test for each and every one to determine the detriments to our health.

The water inside our living cells is not just single water molecules but it is a grouping of water molecules, often in the general shape of a hexagon made of 6 water molecules, not too different from the pattern of a snow flake. These are often called “living water clusters”, in part because one can do MRI studies of the water inside a living cell to discover that when the cell is killed, say, by a poison, the MRI signature of these living water clusters disappears and is replaced by the signature of much larger water clusters, containing up to 25 water molecules.

Since the Global Peace Film Festival began in 2003, we’ve worked to find the best films on environmental issues to include in the program.  Without a sustainable and healthy planet, the world will not be at peace. 

Touted as the healthy alternative to white bread many people switch to wheat bread in attempt to maintain a healthy lifestyle.  Unfortunately wheat bread is no longer the health food that it used to be and can be linked to headaches, digestive disturbances, respiratory issues and skin irritations, as well as many other health concerns.

The Federal Trade Commission published the first edition of the Environmental Guide ("FTC Green Guides") long before green was the trend.  The Green Guides require that the manufacturer clearly state the environmental benefits and characteristics and how they are achieved.  Pictures and descriptive terms must be meaningful.  The FTC is currently in the process of being updated to stem greenwashing.

Welcome to Green Is Dead from the Sustainable Synergy Team! We will be regular contributors to the food sustainability blog, as well as the rest of this site, and wanted to start by a proper introduction.  We are Slow Food leaders for the Orlando, FL chapter.  Though we both have very different upbringings, we both connect with the philosophy behind Slow Food….Food that is Good, Clean and Fair.

Greenwashing is a take off of white washing.  Greenwashing plays to our desires enticing us to buy without question.  By promoting a "green product," manufacturers are appealing to our desire to do the right thing environmentally knowing that the average consumer does not fully understand what "green" is.  Seldom is there readily available supporting data to back up the claims of green.

Using "green" products is fashionable.  In fact, it's hard to find a product that doesn't make some sort of  "green" claim.  It makes consumers feel like they have contributed to the "green" movement.