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February 24, 2007
That's a lot of Salmonella
So I finally got around to checking the numbers on my Peter Pan peanut butter. Mine is the bad batch. So, I opened it out of curiosity to see how much I had eaten. Well, it was a lot...
I guess I either have a strong stomach or I just bought the lucky one that didn't get the bug. What a PR nightmare.
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February 01, 2007
Patagonia LEED Certified Warehouse
More thoughts on the enviro-house. This is a video from Patagonia's LEED-certified warehouse operation. Some points to take home: light colored paving tiles, light colored roof. They also talk about runoff control and separation tanks that remove oil from the water. My house will probably be up on pilotis, and won't be big enough for this to be much of a problem, but I would like to have a cistern of some sort collecting water for re-use around the property.
Patagonia, with founder Yvon Chouinard at the helm, has consistently pushed the environmental agenda over the last few decades. Chouinard helped build much-needed economies of scale for things like Organic Cotton and started an organization focused on giving 1% of revenues back to the environment.
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