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Eliot Coleman on The Problem With Local Food (www.chelseagreen.com) TMC

There’s a conference in Maine aimed at tackling the economics of local food. It’s more expensive than the cheap eats trucked in from California, for one thing. But according to Mainer Eliot... More

Tags: tmc,chelsea green,food,local food,local,organic,main,economics,farmers,farm,money

Submitted 6 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |

Meat: carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, ethics, economics. (chelseagreen.com) TMC

Ezra Klein's column yesterday, partially cross-posted on his blog (wherein lie the comments), is on the issue of meat: that the production of meat is a very large contributor to global warming and... More

Tags: tmc,chelsea green,meat,carbon,emissions,economics,fossil fuel

Submitted 7 months ago by saramediaconsortium | 0 Comments |

Be Happy Anyway (www.yesmagazine.org) TMC

“The pursuit of happiness.” It’s so American that it’s in our Declaration of Independence, where it’s listed alongside life and liberty as an inalienable right. But how successful have we... More

Tags: tmc,yes magazine,sustainability,economics,environment,global economy,finances,financial system

Submitted about 1 year ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |

The First Death Rattle of Our Unsustainable Economy (www.chelseagreen.com) TMC

f the collapse of Wall Street these past few days has proven anything, it’s that our economic system is unsustainable—the philosophical underpinnings of capitalism (Never-ending growth! Infinite... More

Tags: tmc,chelsea green,wall street,economics,unsustainable,capitalism

Submitted about 1 year ago by klarajo | 0 Comments |

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