I watched a few Ted Videos last night:
Barry Schwartz on the paradox of choice
filmed July 2005
http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html

Dan Gilbert asks, Why are we happy?
filmed February 2004
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html

Peter Reinhart on bread
filmed July 2008
http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_reinhart_on_bread.html


Read an article on web ecoist about vertical garden buidings
http://webecoist.com/2009/10/19/living-walls-15-more-vertically-vegetated-buildings/#comments


World's Healthiest Foods
linked to Food Sensitivities
http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=faq&dbid=30#disctopics

Dietary Assesssment of Major Trends in U.S. Food Consumption, 1970-2005
http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=btnews&dbid=31

Philadelphia and urban gardens
Urban Voids 2005 greenspace competition
http://www.vanalen.org/urbanvoids/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=96

the winner?
http://www.vanalen.org/urbanvoids/gallery/selected/Finalists/0367_b.pdf

http://www.vanalen.org/urbanvoids/gallery/selected/Finalists/0367_b.pdf

Detroit, another town whose urban withdrawal has left promise for greenspace projects
http://detroit.blogs.time.com/2009/09/20/letter-from-detroit/

From extraction to consumption: Oil, an exhibition by Edward Burtynsky from the guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2009/oct/12/edward-burtynsky-oil-photography

Videos of a guy talking/teaching about floorplans
http://theslowhome.com/

recipe for gallette dough
http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/12/13/daily/pastry-book-review.html?_r=3&scp=1&sq=beranbaum%20apple&st=cse

Energy Self-Reliant States
http://www.newrules.org/sites/newrules.org/files/ESRS.pdf

what about cloches made from those plastic big salad bowls from lunch
Keep your veggie garden going into winter
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/keep-your-veggie-garden-going-into-winter/article1326730/

worldchanging Net Zero Water
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/010617.html

Nudging Recycling From Less Waste to None
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/earth/20trash.html?ref=earth