Kerry Trueman, Huffington Post. February 14, 2008. We may find the idea of insects as livestock disgusting, but could a bug farm possibly be any more foul than our fetid feedlots?
George Monbiot, Comment Is Free. January 31, 2008. Some blame the poor for growing pressure on the world's resources, but the wealthy West takes the lion's share.
Lakshmi Chaudhry, TheNation.com. November 17, 2007. The crass commodification of Latina traditions and rites of passage is disintegrating the familial and communal relationships they are meant to celebrate.
Clayton Dach, Adbusters. October 3, 2007. Whether by choice or harsh necessity, those who came of age during the Great Depression might have a thing or two to teach us about being green.
David Morris, AlterNet. September 11, 2007. Those who say eating local is not always the best choice for the planet are forgetting one very important part of the equation: community.
Alan Bisbort, Smirking Chimp. June 5, 2007. Americans make the biggest environmental footprint on the planet but we have hundreds of excuses for never changing our behavior. Number one is that we are Americans.
G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Christian Science Monitor. March 7, 2007. Americans have been spending more than they save for nearly two years, and 2006 was the worst year for saving since 1933. To turn it around, experts say, know your weaknesses.
Jason Mark, Kevin Danaher, Grist.org. February 20, 2007. Can Americans retain their bad habits of overconsumption but simply switch to earth-friendly products? In truth, we are not going to spend our way out of a social and ecological crisis 500 years in the making.
Michael T. Klare, Foreign Policy in Focus. December 7, 2006. We're closer than we think to an age when gasoline becomes a luxury and restaurant meals become unattainable.