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Farmers against big corps. The revolution starts from your backyard!

News

by OpenMint.net | on January 19th, 2012 | 0 comments

Would you believe us if we told you that it is possible to patent a tomato? You would certainly say something along the lines of “I am sure mother Nature would have prior art on that..”. Well believe it or not big corps are placing lots of patents on food and using those to lawsuit farmers and small producers. While you are reading this article in fact, a patent on broccolis and tomatoesis under scrutiny at the European patent office. ...

Veg and Fit

Fitness

by OpenMint.net | on January 18th, 2012 | 0 comments

What everyone thinks when trying to be vegetarian or vegan even just for a short period of time is their protein intake if they stop eating meat. This concern is followed by another common myth for which you cannot be fit and build up your muscles if you adopt a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle. Well, now watch this video, then think again: At vegancalisthen-x.com you will find lots of training tips and amazing vegan recipes, completed with also lots of information on how fruits, seeds, nuts and ...

Making Your Outdoors More Sustainable

Gardening

by OpenMint.net | on January 17th, 2012 | 0 comments

We all want a garden that looks nice and is a resource for peace and beauty, a place we can relax and distress. Yet gardening can have a negative effect on the environment and the biodiversity of your neighbourhoods and ultimately our planet. So here are some tips that you might consider when gardening and planning your outdoor space. Try to keep as much autochthonous vegetation as you can. That will preserve the natural look of your surrounding and give you an idea of continuity with the ...

Adventure jobs seekers tips

Life Style

by OpenMint.net | on January 17th, 2012 | 0 comments

Ever dreamed of an adventure job? One that pays you for travelling or living in the Caribbean? Or even better one that pays you for mountain biking in Canada or living in a base camp in Antartica? We have gone online to research all the hot links to help you in your search to find the job of your dreams. Adventure Jobs New Zealand has information for everyone wishing to start a career in adventure (no career has ever sound ...

Wintergardening

Gardening

by OpenMint.net | on January 16th, 2012 | 0 comments

We know keeping up with your garden or balcony in the winter is not easy at all. First of all we all lack the motivation to be outside gardening in the cold and gloomy winter days, secondly lack of flowers and vegetations make it a bit more difficult to create a beautiful landscape. Or so we were told. Of course the possibilities and range of plants that you can use to shape your winter garden will vary greatly, and they ...

Healthy Holidays break: yoga in the sun.

Fitness

by OpenMint.net | on January 16th, 2012 | 0 comments

A yoga retreat center in the Mediterranean can leave you energized and relaxed at the same time more than any other kind of vacation. It might not be that easy though to find the right yoga retreat centre and vacation type. Are you the more hippie or more chic kind of person? There are different articles that might help you to chose the best yoga holiday. The Guardian published last week a review of a retreat centre in Puglia region, southern ...

Downshifting your life – part 1 – Where to start in three easy steps.

Life Style

by OpenMint.net | on January 12th, 2012 | 0 comments

Downshifting is not just a buzz world nowadays. It is more like a trend people, and especially young people have decided to intake. The reasons for downshifting can be varied, but each and everyone who has ever decided or just even thought of living a simpler life, has something in common: escape the hectic of big city life for something more down to earth. Although downshifting is a radical decision to take, it is not easy to organize your life to ...

The importance of biodiversity in what you eat

Ecosystems

by OpenMint.net | on January 11th, 2012 | 0 comments

Today we will give you some insight on an issue that we don’t think too much when shopping for food: biodiversity! If we stop thinking about it, the variety of food products on our table is slightly scarse. I know what you are thinking! Of course we have an unseen before abundance of tropical fruit and out of season food and vegetables that we couldn’t even think of 20 years before. But that doesn’t mean we have the right gradient of ...

Vegetarian pasta recipe

Food

by OpenMint.net | on January 10th, 2012 | 0 comments

This recipe will give you some insight on an issue that we don’t think too much when shopping for food: biodiversity! So in our recipe of today, we won’t be using just pasta, but spelt pasta which is basically a different kind of wheat. Here is the recipe: Spelt pasta with savoy cabbage. Ingredients for 4 people: - 300g of penne pasta - 1 small savoy cabbage - 4 carrots - 1 garlic wedge - 1 zucchini - 1 scallion - 1 table spoon of cumin seeds - 1/2 white ...

Dubai is going green

Technology

by OpenMint.net | on January 10th, 2012 | 0 comments

The Emirate of Dubai has started 2012 by planning a multimillion green energy project. On the 31st of December 2011 officials had in fact announced a solar energy park to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels and start decreasing their carbon footprint as well. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park, as it as been named, has the ambitious goal to reach a capacity in output of 1,000 megawatts (MW) by 2030 and will be built in phases ...