Stephen Brooks
Latest Stories from Stephen Brooks
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Sustainable Dreaming (and Eating) in the Jungles of Costa Rica
One afternoon in March of 1995, I was on a family vacation in Costa Rica and witnessed something that changed my life forever. As I drove through the Southern Caribbean coast I witnessed a playground full of indigenous children getting sprayed by a
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An Environmental Bailout: Where is the Real Urgency?
I am honestly tired of hearing about the bailout of our financial system. Maybe the very best thing for the environment would be a complete collapse and restructuring of the way our government
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Beyond the Supermarket: Incredible herbs and spices!!
Fresh herbs and spices are crucial! Cooking with fresh herbs and spices will always brighten up any meal and certainly are better than what you may pull out of your spice rack. We have a plethora of incredible spices and flavors and nearly every meal is
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Ecological Daydreams: Our Veggie Oil powered caravan to Costa Rica
Our crew at the Huehuecoyotl Ecovillage, Tepoztlan, Mexico On November 10, 2003 twenty-six of us aboard two school buses and a pickup truck all running on recycled vegetable oil departed Berkeley, California on a journey through Mexico and Central
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Edible Journey: The roots of my love for food
I grew up in North Miami, Florida in a Jewish family that is obsessed with food. A deep relationship with food began at a very young age and anytime my entire family was together,
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Burning Man: Is There Anything Green About It?
Here I am with the Tuna Crew in the desert at Burning Man 2005. Burning Man 2008 So another year passes in the Black Rock desert, in ultra rural Nevada, where the infamous yearly Burning Man event takes place. It is the most far out city in the world
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It's so Hip to be Green: What will the next trend be?
It absolutely blows my mind how cool it is to be green these days. Was it Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth?
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Beyond the Supermarket: A Global Tour of Exotic Fruits and Vegetables
Now why do some foods become popular and others just don't ever make it to the shelves of your market. Some of the worlds greatest foods are barely eaten outside of their area of origin. How did
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Permaculture: Spreading the Green Gospel
Stephen Brooks is the co-founder of Kopali Organics and a correspondent for Planet Green's G Word . Combine the words "permanent" and "culture," subtract a few unnecessary letters and you end up with one amazingly efficient term -
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Beyond the Supermarket: A Global Food Exploration
Have you ever wondered why the foods that you find in your grocery store have become so popular? Like, why are those foods, of all the tens of thousands of edible plants, so massed produced that they can now be found in supermarkets throughout the
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The Diaspora of Food
Isn't it crazy to think that everything we eat or use that comes from plants at one time grew completely wild? That's right, rice, corn, beans,
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The "Real" Cost of Bananas: Crop Dusting and Toxic Fungicides in Costa Rica
A common topic when discussing environmental issues is the acronym "NIMBY," meaning "Not in My Backyard." This simple phrase refers to the
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Ethical Eating: Our Endangered Food Supply Chain
In this day and age we try and consider all of the certifications and seals on the packages of
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TreeHugger Welcomes Stephen Brooks!
Stephen Brooks grew up in North Miami, Florida and has been living in Punta Mona, Costa Rica since 1995. After an eye opening trip to Costa Rica, Stephen was inspired to make a positive impact on the planet and started Costa Rican Adventures,
