You can measure a government by the people they ban:US just kicked out the UK’s most effective environmentalist http://t.co/bjV96YNY
Great take-down of the World B…
Great take-down of the World Bank’s latest World Development Report http://t.co/GCpp78rU No, gender isn’t just ‘smart econoomics’.
Biopiracy! India accuses Monsa…
Biopiracy! India accuses Monsanto for stealing aubergine/eggplant/brinjal genetic material – http://t.co/NRe3R24x
The $136bn bet on food specula…
The $136bn bet on food speculation this year is 20x the total world aid budget for agriculture. http://t.co/F8WEbli6
Berkeley, CA
Climate Justice, Green Conservatives, and the Story the Airlines Don’t Want You to Hear
When aviation lobbyists wanted to expand London’s Heathrow airport, an unlikely coalition of neighbors, climate justice / direct action groups, and fiscal conservatives banded together to defeat the industry responsible for 11% of national greenhouse gases.
Oop – tUSPIRG on junk food sub…
Oop – tUSPIRG on junk food subsidies – taxpayers support 19 Twinkies and a quarter of an apple per US citizen – http://t.co/EVh5JPrL
Nanny State vs Daddy Market
(A shorter version of this piece appeared on Marketplace today)
Bigger isn’t always better. By 2030, half of Americans won’t just be overweight, but obese. By then, nearly a fifth of our healthcare dollars will be spent treating the diseases that come with being bigger. Our lifestyles, rich in fat, sugar and inactivity, are creating a debt that’ll become the planet’s most expensive public health issue.
Pessimism of the intellect and…
Pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will in the Nation Food Issue – http://t.co/sW1OJKz1
Yet more reasons to #OccupyWal…
Yet more reasons to #OccupyWallStreet today- Wall St drives global hunger http://t.co/bbHuC58d
Head still spinning from Detro…
Head still spinning from Detroit’s incredible activism – thank u Black Community Food Security Network and Malik Yakini http://t.co/7ZDLkZ5