“Here’s my bet: the kids are going to win and when they do, it’s going to matter,” prophesized environmentalist Bill McKibben about fossil fuel divestment in 2013.If so, they are going to be led by Quakers, who were among the first to officially say no to fossil fuel stocks. Though Quakers were considered anarchists in the Old World, in America they banned slave ownership way before...
read more“Here’s my bet: the kids are going to win and when they do, it’s going to matter,” prophesized environmentalist Bill McKibben about fossil fuel divestment in 2013.If so, they are going to be led by Quakers, who were among the first to officially say no to fossil fuel stocks. Though Quakers were considered anarchists in the Old World, in America they banned slave ownership way before...
read moreRemember when television was all white people and that was a bad thing? Now it's somewhat difficult to find that sort of 1950s family. White fathers are instead helpless goofs that need to be rescued by wives or kids.And minorities would like a little less representation, at least in food ads. Hispanic and black youth are disproportionate viewers of ads promoting unhealthy savory and sweet...
read moreOrganic food has managed to wrap itself in both a health and ethical halo and a lot of the credit for that has to go to outstanding marketing and the work of trade groups that represent organic farmers. They have turned what was once a niche market focused on a different process into a $100 billion juggernaut where mothers chide other mothers as bad parents if they don't buy organic.That will be...
read moreFormer anti-science activist who became a GMO advocate Mark Lynas notes that two papers denying science are out at the same time - but their audience is diametrically opposed to each other.Two reports deny scientific consensus on same day: Greenpeace on GMOs https://t.co/vra6Cq5Srt&GWPF on climate:...
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