Stainless steel water bottle, solar recharging path light, hand and solar powered radio, bookcase from sustainably harvested trees, non-toxic paint and stain, biodegradable laundry detergent, compost bin, florescent light, recycled paper, shopping bag made from recycled fabric -
all of these things are manufactured. And all production, green or otherwise, must utilize energy and new resources...
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I used to think an open global economy was not such a bad idea – cheaper goods, and people who had fewer work opportunities, at least had work. And workers’ rights issues would work themselves out, hopefully. Anyway that’s one way of rationalizing freedom in...
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Saving for some, cost increase for others. But simple.
Require an easy-to-obtain physician’s prescription (infinitely renewable) in order to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products.
Require all tobacco product sales outlets to sell only to prescription holders.
Adjust prescription holders’ health care premiums to reflect their smoking habits.
End.
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Like fish? Like filet of Sole? Know what that is? And where it comes from?
A good resource for fish information is the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and they state the following:
“Some Atlantic flounder species are sold as sole; however, “true” sole only occur in the Pacific...
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“A Friend Of The Earth”
by T.C.Boyle
Futuristic funny, fantasy, realistic, amusing, and a little scary. Great writing. From the jacket:
“It is the year 2025. Global warming is a reality. The biosphere has collapsed and most mammals — not to mention fish, birds, and frogs —...
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No one really knows how and when these things will affect us, but, major events are on the horizon: peak oil, global warming, national debt, population growth, resource collapse (and as if we needed more – pandemics, nuclear proliferation, terrorism). Those affected will likely...
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Gracie is her name, and she loves going out for walks, not with the harness and leash I use, but she has no choice.
Actually it’s a foot that’s missing, her right rear, and when Gracie walks she relies on three legs, unless the floor is carpeted....
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Lately I am bothering myself thinking about two ideas – one is called “peak oil,” the other concerns microwave ovens and firewood.
When you’re down, it’s down, and when it’s up, you’re up.
I’ve yet to read or hear an explanation of peak oil I can...
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Follow this, if you will.
1. The incentive for globalization of manufacturing and finance, was/is to enable greater efficiencies and profit through scale of production and the use of cheaper human and material resources.
2. What was sacrificed were small, independently owned, locally managed businesses, from...
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A lot of people can describe it, so I won’t – see below:
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. In his Pulitzer Prize–winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, geographer Diamond laid out a grand view of the organic roots of human civilizations in flora, fauna, climate and...
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Washington, D.C.
Stollen from the Olympic training center, this photo represents a similar memorial (not unlike the Licoln Memorial), dedicated to sustainability.
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Book by James Gustave Speth, reviewed by Alan Pakaln.
This book should be called, “A Review of Current Literature Regarding Sustainability.” With the alluring subtitle, “Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability,” Speth’s work has little in the way of original thought. It...
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