Take a look at the highlights from Nourish The Planet and around the web this week:

Continuing with our America Revealed Video Series Wasting Energy gives us vivid images of our own day-to-day energy loss and really speaks to America’s energy addiction.

Congress: Expedite Renewable Energy – Stefanie Penn Spear of EcoWatch makes her plea for a renewable energy bill.

Again, a Glacier Downsizes – An ice chunk twice the size of Manhattan broke loose from Petermann Glacier near Greenland.

The inaugural blog from our very own Anastassiya Zherdeva, Farmers Markets in Kazakhstan give us a bit of global in site on agriculture and differences between our own agricultural products and methods and those in other countries.

Infographic: 56% of US Now in Drought – Worst Since 1950s – June 2012 was quite a month for extreme weather events.

Growing Micro Greens and Organic Produce for Restaurants in Portland – Learn about what exactly is a micro-green and meet a chef who has embraced urban farming and local food community.

Solar powered ice cream cart – So you can have your ice cream and eat it too!

More on Coral Reefs and Resilience or Ruination – Many different views on the state of our world’s reefs.

Check back next week and have a happy Friday from everyone here at Nourish The Planet!

-Savannah Miller