SUSTAINABILITY NEWS OF THE WEEK:
POSITIVE SOLUTIONS-- FROM PANIC TO ORGANIC
While consumers struggle to fuel their cars and put food on the table, oil
companies (like ExxonMobil, BP and ConocoPhillips) and seed companies
(like
Monsanto, Cargill and ADM) are raking in record profits. In a fiery essay
posted on the Common Dreams website and circulated widely on the internet,
The
Organic Consumers Association's National Director, Ronnie ***mins, shows
how
the food, climate and energy crisis are connected and how the time for
positive change is now:
"Fortunately, there are hopeful signs that we can move beyond crisis to
positive solutions. Connecting the dots in our food-climate-energy crisis,
millions of green consumers are voting with their dollars for foods and
products that are healthy, locally produced, energy efficient, and
eco-friendly. A growing number of politicians, mainly at local and state
levels, are also waking up. Organic food and farmers markets are booming.
Chemical-free lawns and gardens, green buildings, solar panels, wind
generators, "buy local" networks, and bike paths are sprouting. A
critical
mass of organic-minded Americans are waking up to the fact that we must
green
the economy, drastically reduce petroleum use and greenhouse gas
pollution,
re-stabilize the climate, and heal ourselves, before it's too late."
Read the full essay here:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_12893.cfm
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