sexta-feira, 17 de julho de 2009

no more excuses.

Sem mais desculpas de não saber qual fruta ou vegetal específico da estação. Para apoiar a sustentabilidade, é de bom tom comer alimentos que são colhidos na estação que nos encontramos.

Para isso, vc pode baixar já o application Seasons no iphone por apenas U$1,99 e saber sobre todos os alimentos fresquinhos colhidos da fazenda nesse momento!

New celebrity in the green fashion segment

After Bono Vox launch his new fashion label, we already mention that here, now it's time to Alanis Morissette launch her own green jeans label.
Reco Jeans is eco-friendly recycled denim! All the fabric used to develop a new pair of jeans is recycled!


good alanis!

Green chanel purse

Do you dream about a chanel purse?
yeah, me too.

but if you dont have U$3,000 to buy one, you have a good option!


it's muuuch cheaper, you can do it RIGHT now, muuch more original and fun!

há!!!!

i found this and jak E jil blog.

Organic wine certified

Coincidentemente, com o meu último post foi sobre a minha trip em Napa Valley, li no treehugger que a primeira vinícula de Napa Valley vai ser considerada orgânica no ano que vem. Reecebeu até a LEED GOLD Winery in California.





LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System™.
uhuuuu

Congrats, Hall wine

let wait to see.

if you wanna check the complete news, check here.

discovering Napa Valley!

Long time no see, greeners!
Yeah, I can say that I spent the last weekend in a very good place!
I went to Napa Valley, Sonoma and Calistoga to check closer all the winery and vineyards that surround those 3 famous cities!



this is the map of napa valley and wine cities around

place to keep the wine

grape farm

huge grape farm


hmmmm tasting room!


more tasting room

trying the real grapes

usually the wineries open at 10am and close at 5pm or 6pm.


video to see the nice view of napa

And of course, I found out some nice vineyards and interesting organic stuffs there.
so let's check this out?

1st day in napa valley, I stayed in a very nice inn. yeah, i can say that i love inn. does anybody know if there are inn in brazil? i dont know anything about that.
different than hotel and motel, inn is usually a bed & breakfast place, not so expensive than a hotel, and not one night only as a motel.
Inn usually is a nice house that people sublet a room from couple of days and a offer a very nice and tradicional breakfast! soo good! So the sensation is that you're in a local house. sometimes, much better than a regular hotel.

for who become interested on the inn that i stayed is this one:
The Napa Inn


Now, about the wine! :)
There are lots of options of vineyards that you can visit. some places open to the public, some others just by appointment.

I tried to mix it up, so went to some famous and big vineyards, small ones and of courses, organic ones too.

Talking with some local wine specialists around, i discovered that it's kinda hard to find some vineyard that has the label organic, certified organic place. Because, one time with the organic tag and if happen something with your grape farm like, unknown bugs come in, bad weather or some kind of nature desease, you cannot do anything about those topics. It means you can lost ALL your wine productions of the season! something too risky for the business.
although, those bad problems are not so easy to happen, so we can find some good wine made by organic methods. but without the tag. :)

Hagafen Cellars

in napa valley
one of my best vineyards so far!





small winery, about 10.000 bottles per year.
made with organic methods and good selections!
you can find this brand in wine specialized store only.
$5 for tasting the selection of white wine
$5 for the red wine
$10 for the premium wine of the house.


also, this is the only place that i found this awesome lipsticks.
made with wine tint, those organic lipstick are good idea for gift! i love that!


lots of options: merlot, pinot noir, rosé, cabernet


i chose the merlot lip tint!



now, this is the disney vineyard! welcome to Sterling Vineyards!


huge place, you have to buy the $20 ticket to take the trolley car and 5 tasting.




i dont like huge place, it seems very touristic place, and the wines are every common party wine. :(
but the view are the best ever.



good restaurant in napa valley!
i went to a very nice restaurant in napa valley. a premium vegetarian restaurant!
soo good!




its called Ubuntu.
try the salad farm! so fresh, so colorfull, so organic! hmmmmm


Party
yeah, just to remember the old good times!
in some vineyards have parties with music and of course, lots of wine!
it remember me the time with queen and king celebrating something! cheers!


wino xing! watch out!

sexta-feira, 3 de julho de 2009

California Academy of Science

Se vc vier para San Francisco estudar sustentabilidade, vc é obrigado a passear pela California Academy of Science. Considerado o prédio mais sustentável do mundo, certamente lá é o lugar para entender na prática o conceito green.
Projetado pelo famoso arquiteto Renzo Piano, a Academy of Science mantém 4 tipos de floresta (amazônica, madagascar, costa rica e borneo), além de um super power planetário e brinquedos educativos sobre emissão de carbono). Insaaaane!


panorama da floresta dentro de uma doma de vidro



dentro do elevador. qual andar ou melhor floresta vc quer entrar?


borboletas voando ao seu redor.



área carbon footprint education (calcule aqui a qtde de carbono vc emite em cada refeição do dia)

deliciosas refeições do cotidiano americano. Ao puxar a alavanca (bola preta), uma placa aparecerá com informações sobre a qtde de carbono vc está emitindo no planeta ao consumir tal alimento.



vegetaiscomer vegetais não emite mto carbono.
e para evitar ao máximo a emissão, prefira vegetais da estação e produtos de produção local.




pasta primaversa



a plaquinha informa que mtos produtos lácteos são responsáveis pela gde qtde de emissão de carbono na terra. para diminuir o impacto, elimine o molho branco e salve o planeta!


balança que mede a emissão de carbono entre gdes veiculos como aviões, carros, caminhões e até smart car.



painel "do it yourself". qualquer um pode escrever um boa idéia para salvar o planeta!


um raro crocodilo albino! não é boneco! é de verdade!


área de estudo dos animais de galápagos



claro! lixos de coleta seletiva!


uma raia passando embaixo de mim!


avisos green até no banheiro!



entrada para a floresta amazônica! uhuuu
detalhe: human passengers only!


o teto com iluminação natural, ótima maneira de economizar energia elétrica.


mais infos sobre o rooftop e o arquiteto Renzo Piano.


hey, americanos! watch out this!

cheerS!