Use Your Garden For a More Sustainable Valentine’s Day

From gift ideas and food foraging to a winter picnic getaway, don't forget your garden.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Use Your Garden For a More Sustainable Valentine’s Day "Embodied" is our word of the day. I complain below about embodied carbon; Elizabeth complains about how Valentines Day embodies "some of the worst parts of our consumerist culture, but there are plenty of ways to reject our hyper-consumptive, throw-away society and to enjoy a more sustainable Valentine's Day this year." Some of her suggestions are lovely, but where I live I draw the line at a romantic night under the stars. READ MORE Architects Climate Action Network Calls for Regulation of Embodied Carbon This building was brought to you by power plants, freighters, transport trucks, cranes, factories, and mines READ MORE Do You Know About Warm Sweater Day? Insulation on your body is as effective as insulation in your home. READ MORE These Patterned Sculptures Are Created by Human Artists and Machine Algorithms But is it art or algorithm? READ MORE Noise Pollution Makes Crickets Less Picky When Mating I suspect this is true for humans too. READ MORE 8 Mystical Ocelot Facts Fact 9: Artist Salvador Dali, who we previously noted had an anteater as a pet, also had a pet ocelot named Babou. One of the most popular accounts of Dalí and Babou is that of the painter bringing the wild cat into a Manhattan restaurant and tethering it to his table, causing great alarm to a fellow diner. To appease the woman’s fear, Dalí told her that Babou was nothing more than a normal cat which he had “painted over in an op art design.” READ MORE This newsletter has been curated and edited by Lloyd Alter. We’d love to hear from you at [email protected]. Thanks for reading. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to Treehugger newsletter. Unsubscribe © 2021 Dotdash.com — All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. A DOTDASH BRAND 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10005