Noteworthy Green: Grass-fed Meat, Energy Efficiency, Jacks-of-All-Trades, and More

::Mother Earth News discusses the benefits of grass-fed meat, including "a more humane livestock system, a healthier human diet, less deadly E. coli, elimination of feedlots, a bonanza of wildlife habitat nationwide, enormous savings in energy, virtual elimination of pesticides and chemical fertilizers on those lands, elimination of catastrophic flooding that periodically plagues the Mississippi Basin, and most intriguingly, a dramatic reduction in global warming gases."

::Time Magazine promotes energy efficiency. (This is an old article - I was catching up on my magazine reading the other day.)

::Simple-Green-Frugal asserts that buying ethically is not expensive unless you "try to fit a lifetime of consumption habits and try to make it fit an ethical framework."

::Tom Philpott at Grist provides a rousing speech about the benefits of a local-centered economy, especially local sustainable agriculture.

::Nicolas D. Kristoff at The New York Times illuminates the effect of the downturning economy on the world's poorest: "According to World Bank estimates, the global economic crisis will cause an additional 22 children to die per hour, throughout all of 2009."

::The Simple Dollar provides ten steps to becoming a jack-of-all-trades, a trait that can help you save money and build a large social network.

::Wealth Itself relates how switching energy suppliers saved him $30/month, and provides a list of states that allow you to choose among several electricity suppliers.Did you read anything noteworthy this week? Add it to the comments!