Sustainability: Thinking Beyond Borders Part Three
Plastic makes up about 90% of the trash found in the ocean, and thanks to Charles Moore, a sailor and environmentalist, we now know that there is quite a lot of trash in our oceans. It is found particularly in and near the North Pacific gyre, which comprises most of the northern Pacific Ocean and is roughly the size of Texas. Read more
The Freegans Among Us
The other day I listened to a customer in the coffee shop where I work complain about the cap Costco put on the amount of rice each customer can buy per visit. It occurred to me that this guy must not have heard about the world’s food crisis. I thought about suggesting to him that he try visiting Haiti, where a farmer can grow rice, but not actually afford to buy it.
The world’s poorest nations have been falling short of what many of us consider a basic right: to produce and reserve enough food to feed their own people. Now that this problem is hitting closer to home, I wonder how Americans will respond. Two recent articles in In These Times caught my attention on this subject. In David Moberg’s piece on the global food crisis he says, Read more
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