Jerry Nicolas. Currently live in Vienna, Austria. I am from Boston U.S. but was born in the Caribbean. For income, I work at a Bank. I have major problems with the organic industry so Diplomatic Goods became the product of my findings. I have huge problems with other things but we'll save those for later.
I am a bright greenest, a Gen Y and an avid language learner but I just don't like Spanish. My two favorite websites are TED and We Feel. Here is my blog and I think I have found a universal theory that describes all of Superman's powers. Here is my Linkedin and that Twitter thing. Best way to reach me is either through Wave or Facebook but I still have an archaic address for electronic mails.
Aisle be Damned
If a 'natural and organic' supermarket such as Whole Foods sells the same junk as everyone else, then what's the point? Not long ago I made one of my periodic forays to Whole ...
Farmland Reinvented
In an unusual yet stimulating proposition, The L.A Times recently covered an interesting tale of Hantz Farms buying abandoned properties in the city of Detroit with the plans of turning ...
Organic Cigarettes
Oxymoronic as it may sound, I can imagine plans are seriously being drawn by a major cigarette company to introduce a new line of 'organic' cigarettes brand in order to partake in ...
Can ecological farms feed the world?
This question must definitely be rephrased. It is not a matter of whether or not sustainable farms can feed the world, it is rather more of a question of how soon ...
Open Source Sourcing
The idea is simple. Create a platform where one can track where all the materials and parts in a good come from. A product of a research project at MIT labs, ...
The Revolution Will Not Be Hand-Made
We're nearing an inflection point in our discussions about sustainability and building a bright green future. Mainly, this is because we're realizing that our task is larger and more pressing than we thought ...
The underlying notion of an Open Standard
In recent years, due to the advent of Linux, Wikipedia and alike, the term 'open', as it relates to royalty-free, has gained more popularity and is rapidly becoming an household term. ...
Diplomatic Goods is proudly powered by Google Wave
The new peerless tool in communication. What will make the model envisioned by Diplomatic Goods possible will inherently rely in the way we choose to collaboratively work. It is our vision that our ...
The illusionary promises of organic food
I'm sure at least you have once purchased something that had the label organic on it. Did you remember why? What did you think of it when you brought it home and ...
The organic certification process is a monopoly
Say you are a small farmer with a descent sized plot of about 11 football fields, just under 20 acres. With that, you and your family are trying to ...