The need for American citizens to become the policy-makers to create a just and sustainable food supply chain is urgent, because in the hands of the US government it has become increasingly unjust and unsustainable.
Tag: government
Transportation Funding for Bicycling: an Economic No-Brainer?
Even the most die-hard supporter of our current personal transportation infrastructure (essentially, roads and bridges designed for cars) will likely admit that bicycling (and walking) has some fundamental benefits: a [ … ]
Energy Executives Support a Greener National Energy Policy
There’s more support than ever before from consumers for environmentally-friendly policy. This can be seen simply from the ever-growing number of news articles about global warming to the amount of [ … ]
Green Government 2.0: Federal Blogs, Environmental Issues
Social media and blogging have caught on like wildfire in political campaigns: over the last few election cycles, we’ve seen candidates for all levels of office taking advantage of web-based [ … ]
Clean Tech Finland: Funding & Support (pt. 1)
Quick: name five Finnish clean tech start-ups. You may have trouble with that one… in fact, you may have trouble naming any Finnish companies beyond Nokia. That doesn’t mean that [ … ]
Morality and Markets: The Depth of our Carbon Footprints
Change your lightbulbs, buy local food, keep your tires properly inflated: all of us in the green publishing space, both online and off, promote such actions as ways for all [ … ]
Chicago Conservation Corps Puts Citizens in the Lead
Chicago has made some big strides in recent years toward becoming a greener city. As I’ve talked about in previous posts, Mayor Richard M. Daley has used his lock on [ … ]
Bali Conference Kicked Off Yesterday… Does It Matter?
If you’re followed the news at all over the last two days, it’s hard to escape that the UN’s Climate Conference in Bali started yesterday… and that there’s already good [ … ]