Tag: environment

Heart of the Week: Composting w/ Seed Phytonutrients

This spring has been a time of transition and celebration, from clearing out all the old and making space for the new life and energy. Throughout this last month I partnered with Seed Phytonutrients to help bring awareness to our daily choices and how we can make more eco-conscientious decisions. To cap off the month, here’s a look into how my Jaffe family composts to make our difference in this world.

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Heart of the Week: Aveda Light the Way Candles

Lighting candles and getting lost in their beautiful aromas is one of my favorite ways to let go of tension and decompress. Right now, I am loving these Light the Way Candles from Aveda. Pairing one of these with a Philosophie Detox Soak make for a much needed, relaxing bubble bath at the end of a hectic work day!

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Eco Friendly Fish

salmon in the sea

What kind of fish to eat when you go to make dinner, go out to sushi, or to a restaurant?  here's a quick cheat-sheet for ya.

 

The best choices are abundant, well-managed and caught or farmed in environemtnally friendly ways.

Best Choices:

  • Spanish Mackerel*
  • Prawn
  • Black cod
  • Pacific halibut
  • Bay scallops
  • wild Salmon roe
  • Arctic char
  • Sardine
  • Tilapia (US farmed)
  • Oysters (farmed)
  • Imitation crab (AK pollock)
  • Skipjack tuna
  • Smelt roe (iceland)
  • Giant clam/geoduck (wild)
  • murugai/Mussels (Farmed)
  • Salkmon (AK Wild)
  • Albacore Tuna
  • Striped Bass (farmed or wild)*
  • Sea urchin roe

Good Alternatives: these are a great option, but there are concerns with how they're caught or farmed or with the health of their habitat due to other human impacts.

  • Spot prawn (US)
  • Shrimp (US, farmed or wild)
  • Black Cod (CA, OR, WA)
  • Yellowtail (US Farmed)
  • Flounders, SOles (Pacific)
  • Sea scallops (Canada, US)
  • Blue Crab*, King (US, Snow
  • Imitation Crab (except AK pollock)
  • Skipjack tuna (Hawaii)
  • Tuna: Bigeye, Yellowfin (troll/pole)
  • Smelt row (Canada)
  • Salmon (WA wild)*
  • Albacore Tuna (Hawaii)*
  • Sea Urchin Roe (CA)

AVOID:

Avoid for now as these items are caught or farmed in ways that harm other marine life or the environment.

  • Monkfish liver
  • Monkfish
  • Shrimp
  • Yellowtail (Australia or Japan, farmed)
  • Halibut, Soles, Flounder (Atlantic)
  • Bluefin Tuna*
  • Salmon Roe (farmed, including Atlantic)
  • Crab:King (imported)
  • Tuna:Bigeye*, yellowfin*
  • Salmon (farmed, including Atlantic*)
  • Albacore tuna (imported)*
  • Red snapper
  • Octopus
  • Bluefine, Bigeye and yellowfin Tuna*
  • Freshwater eel
  • Sea urchin roe (Maine)

*Limit consumption due to concerns about mercury or other chemicals.

Make Choices for Healthy Oceans

You Have the Power! Your consumer choices make a difference. Buy seafood from the "best choices" list to support those fisheries and fish farms that are healthier for ocean wildlife and the environment.

fish farmers

great websites for more info:
www.edf.org/seafood
www,seafoodwatch.org

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