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Micah Leinbach

Another Food Issue - Food Safety - 0 views

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    Not totally environmental, but it definitely relates to the symposium. I feel like we talked about ethics and economics a lot more than safety, but here is a compelling look at another issue in today's food system. Complete with photo gallery: http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/From-Field-to-Fork-The-foreign-and-domestic-food-chain
Jack Andreoni

The oil we eat: Following the food chain back to Iraq-By Richard Manning (Harper's Maga... - 0 views

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    an examination of the issue of resource overconsumption in our modern agrifood system
Zach Holz

"Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things" by Jane Bennett - 2 views

This books states that it is a philosophical and political meditation on how to better incorporate the power of "things" into our ways-of-seeing. The author, Jane Bennet, argues that there is an "a...

started by Zach Holz on 16 Mar 12 no follow-up yet
Julia Huggins

Livable Communities - 0 views

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    Progress in the DOT leads to more biking and public transportation = more livable communities. This is an interview with Ray LaHood about the recent advances and obstacles in improving our public and alternative transportation systems. Portland is mentioned a few times for being great.
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    I think that progress in this area is crucial if we are ever going to solve our long term consumption problems. So much of they way we act is caused by how our communities are built. Urban compactness contributes to a more minimalist lifestyle because you don't need a car, and because you have access to so many different public services, you don't need to buy private ones for yourself. The whole reason we have an absurd overconsumption problem is because we have people living in the cheap, crappy sprawl we've built, all driving cars everywhere to the box stores and restaurant chains that sell them a whole bunch of shit that is poorly made and terrible for them and the environment. City dwellers aren't all models for how to live or how much to consume, but you make it easy for people to lead better lives when there are options for them to bike or take public transit to work as well as to secondhand clothing stores and good, healthy, bulk food markets. James Howard Kunstler's book The Geography of Nowhere is a great read on this topic, and his TED talk on the subject is great as well.
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