Category: Envirobytes
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Envirobytes 7: Vitriolic Veganism
This week on Envirobytes: is veganism as “green” as it seems? While I am no advocate for the industrial slaughterhouses that produce meat in the United States, it is important to verify the validity of veganism’s environmental claims. In an age of rapid communication, widespread misinformation, and green washing, trusting blindly in a new sustainability…
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Envirobytes 5: Intro to Aeroponics
Pictured: Danville, Virginia AeroFarm Welcome back to Envirobytes, the blog that crosses the intersections of climate change, food, technology, and storytelling. Last week, I overviewed different frameworks for environmental management that incorporate various degrees of Indigenous knowledge. This week, I spoke with Emily Gee, Associate Marketing Director at AeroFarms, about aeroponics – a new approach…
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Envirobytes 4: Indigenous Stewardship
Welcome back to Envirobytes, the blog that crosses the intersections of climate change, food, technology, and storytelling. Last week, I looked at Per Grankvist’s work on climate storytelling. This week, I share my experience studying abroad in British Columbia and advocate for increased Indigenous led environmental stewardship. Earlier this past spring, I graduated from Pearson…
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Envirobytes 3: The Importance of Climate Storytelling
Welcome back to Envirobytes, the blog that crosses the intersections of climate change, food, technology, and storytelling. Last week, I outlined three key issues with industrial farming: soil degradation, over-fertilization, and wasteful water use. This week, I look at climate storyteller, Per Grankvist’s work and discuss the important care that must be taken in telling…
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Envirobytes 2: The Dirt on Industrial Farming
Welcome back to Envirobytes, the blog that crosses the intersections of climate change, food, technology, and storytelling. Last week, I reviewed the award-winning documentary, The Biggest Little Farm and praised its cinematography, emotional heart, and vision of a more harmonious agricultural future. This week, I dig to uncover the rotted roots of the modern agricultural…
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Envirobytes 1: Review of The Biggest Little Farm
Hello and welcome to Envirobytes! My name is Arian Tomar, and I am a documentary filmmaker interested in using film to bring communities together across intersectional divides to find innovative solutions to today’s biggest problems. Envirobytes is a blog that will similarly look at innovative solutions across the intersections of climate change, food, technology, and…
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