Dairy products and carbon emissions

About a year ago I switched to organic butter because it tastes (and keeps) better.

When I went to the emissions reduction target consultations and heard that some 16 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions come from nitrous oxides from nitrogen fertilizer use, I switched to organic milk as well (plus you can now get a low-fat version at Moore Wilson's and New World).

Now that Ravensdown and Solid Energy want to build a plant to convert lignite (brown coal) to urea, I'm going to break down and start buying organic cheese as well.

I never understood before that some fertilizers are literally made out of fossil fuels.

Why would we make fertilizer to grow more food to feed more people based on a resource that's going to run out one day? That's five kinds of crazy.

Global Climate Wake Up Call

This is the international clip for the Global Climate Wake Up Call on September 21.

See if you can spot Civic Square.

Deodorant update

So, risking this being Too Much Information, yet feeling the need to show journalistic integrity by following through with the whole investigation:

I've abandoned the whole baking soda deodorant approach - it was the most effective deodorant I've ever used, but after a while I got funny red patches under my arms. They weren't uncomfortable or itchy, but it just seemed like funny red patches couldn't be good.

So, back to plastic-y commercial roll-on. Sigh. It's really not as good.