Peter Gleick is one of the World’s most outspoken critics of bottled water yet, there on his table sat a bottle of Poland Springs water, standard fare for guest lecturers at Columbia University. What better symbol of how, in just a very short time, bottled water has become insidiously ubiquitous in our lives.
Robin Madel
Peter Gleick and the Bottled Water Bottleneck at Columbia University
March 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments
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All’s Fair (Trade) in Love and Chocolate!
February 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment
When I buy chocolate, I’m supporting a whole system of politics and people behind that chocolate. I want part of the pleasure I derive from eating chocolate to be the knowledge that I’m not adding to someone else’s abuse. Buying Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance Certified chocolates is an easy way to ensure that your purchasing power supports chocolate growers with sound human rights policies. From now on it will be Green & Black’s Milk Chocolate for me.
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Water On The Moon? When Do We Move?
January 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments
In the United States we are blessed to have fresh water that meets many of our needs. If we want to continue to enjoy all the benefits of that water, we have no choice but to take steps to protect and properly treat it. Otherwise we can keep our heads in the sand and wait for someone else to fix the problem. But hey, there’s water on the moon, right? I’ll start packing.
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Water Privatization is No Deal
December 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Public control of water utilities is crucial to our ability to face environmental challenges and create sustainable societies. The time to act on this is now, before we are face-to-face with the realities of impending fresh water shortages.
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No Impact Week: Free to Be Plastic Free
October 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Think you’re sustainable in your plastic use? You use cloth shopping bags and recycle all the plastic you can, so you’regood right?
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Blog Action Day: Looking For Green in All the Wrong Places
October 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Global warming almost cost me a relationship. It did. Here’s the story.
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