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Author: askdrmakris
Workplace Wellness Summit
I’ll be attending the Workplace Wellness Leadership Summit sponsored by International WELL Building Institute and the Garrison Institute on May 21-23, 2019 in Garrison, NY. I’m looking forward to contributing my chiropractic wellness outlook to this group!
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SUSTAINATOPIA.COM Miami Beach 4/28-5/1 Botanical Gardens, Albion Hotel
I’ll be at the upcoming Money 4 Good* Conference powered by Sustainatopia in Miami Beach!
I’ll be speaking about Innovative Sustainable Buildings & Living on Wed., May 1 10:35 AM – 11:35 AM. Come see me speak and check out the full agenda on the conference website.
The state of Rhode Island passes SITES
The state of Rhode Island continues to lead by example in establishing sustainable energy and green building policy. This past fall the Rhode Island legislature passed a bill to expand the state’s eight-year legacy of green public buildings policy to include public lands. The Senate passed S-0952A/H-5427A amending its Green Building Act to include public […]
WELL Concepts
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New pages being added – check out my new Living Wall page, ForeverFood project pictures, indoor air quality photos and more.
Potatoes – Change to Organic
Recent Doctor visit on Dr. OZ by a pediatrician reminded me about potatoes. I wanted to get you the
information in the event you missed it.
Potatoes absorb external pesticides, herbicides and rodenticides through their thin skin. So, peeling them does not remove the problem. Potatoes are on the top two most sprayed starches (although classified as a vegetable). Some do not suffer this problem and peeling them can solve removing pesticides. Remember if you touch the vegetable than wash your hands.
So this is one food to buy organic or locally grown and un-sprayed. Many small town and local growers do not spray but do not have the ORGANIC certification.
Dr G
Food waste diversion
The fate of food
BPA – bisphenol-A : what you need to know
Can you guess what mcdonalds, CVS, KFC, whole foods, walmart, safeway, the uspostal service your ATM machine and gas-stations have in common?
They are all are using register receipts that have high levels of a substance called bisphenol-A or BPA.
BPA is linked to along list of serious health issues like cancer and reproductive problems probably because it is a synthetic estrogen. It is used as a plastic hardener and we now know to coat thermal paper used in many register receipts. Legislation is already in place to remove it from canned goods, baby bottles and infant formula.
Now, tests commissioned by Environmental working group found high levels on 40% of register receipts. The total amounts of BPA on receipts tested were 250-1000 times greater than other sources of exposure.
The receipt for a Mcdonalds happy meal from Clinton Connecticut on April 21 had an estimated 13milligrams of bpa – this equals the amount in 126 cans of chef boyardee overstuffed beef ravioli in hearty tomato and meat sauce which to date had the highest of any canned good tested.
Individuals handling these receipts especially at large retailers could handle hundreds of receipts a day.
Food control authorities found that it transfers readily to the skin and penetrates to a level which cannot be washed off and into layers that enter directly into the bloodstream.
So what is the lesson? Wearing gloves to handle recipts until the industry removes the BPA
Now what!
Phyllis Davis of Portable Farms.com harvesting cucumbers.
easy to plant.
easy to harvest.
City Fresh – Lakewood – LEAF CSA stop
This is one of the Cuyahoga County stops
LEAF is an independent group that runs our CSA in Lakewood
it is a novel and creative way to collaborate in a community
aquaponics facility – easy to build. no soil.
Check this out!!! Oberlin and the New Agrarian Center/George Jones Memorial Farm
Students play a role in local foods initiatives
Students Play Key Role at George Jones Farm & Nature Preserve
David Orr – Oberlin College
An interesting video on campus building and issues of sustainability from the Master himself
Petitioning Erie County Council
A CSA petition to Sandusky Ohio to allow a local CSA – Erie Fresh into the farmers market and local food community.
Eventually City Fresh and Erie fresh combined and with the help of Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur funding – opened the CSA City Fresh Erie in 2011-2012
The New Agrarian Center
Previous Executive Director Sandy Kish-Jordan
I work with her as Lorain County CSA Manager
Oberlin city Fresh CSA
this is Oberlin (a little old )
We are a lot larger now
Introducing local foods to kids with beatboxing
Oberlin Early Childhood Center
Another Dave video
Oberlin Early Childhood Center
An Oberlin local foods initiative: keeping the local foods local
feeding kids from their own garden
composting the residuals
purchasing locally
one of my best friends and colleagues
Dave Sokoll : kitchen chef and advocate
Director: Jennifer Harris
Polycultures: Food where we live – FILM
This is a wonderful film on local foods initiatives
This part is Oberlin Ohio – The George Jones Memorial Farm:
The New Agrarian Center
The George Jones Farm – The New Agrarian Center hub
this is a great opportunity to see the farm, one of our main staff people in 2011-2012
See the hoop houses, veggie oil vehicles, straw bale house
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur
She is visiting one of my CSA stops for City Fresh: The George Jones Memorial Farm
Lorain County. our first college stop.
She is standing next to former USDA Deputy Director Kathleen Merrigan
you can see our food in the background
Full Circle Organics
Check out this site: taking food waste and organics into facilities….waste diversion
The final result
Tilapia
Yes. Even you can do this.
check out http://www.portablefarms.com
http://www.growingpower.org
one portable farm model
This model is easy to construct
can be put up in a weekend
Portable Farms 60 Days!!!
Imagine all this from rocks in 60 days!!!
This is a way to feed everyone
Gina Makris, MS, DC. WELL AP, LEED GA 