Civics

This alert about food monopolies crossed my desk recently.

Monsanto, Cargill and Smithfield…Oh My

Did you know that despite endless aisles of food in the grocery store, just a handful of companies decide what kind of food you can buy and how farmers can produce it? It’s true. Decades of bad farm policy and unchecked corporate mergers have driven out independent players, creating powerful agribusiness giants who control much of what ends up on our plate. Can you sign our petition to break the monopolies in the food system?

Polluted water carries many health risks.  As legal protections erode in America, pollution increases.  This article examines the problems.

I was pleased to see this article about a charity that builds accessible houses for disabled veterans.  This is a wonderful way of thanking people for service to their country, when it has cost them so much.  It also helps them live productive and independent lives instead of becoming a burden on society. Community support can make such a big difference!

Sign a petition to protect arctic refuge territory forever.

The following article does a good job of reminding people that everything happening in politics is a CHOICE.  Some person or people MADE that choice. If you dislike the choices being made, working on putting different people in charge.

… in which America is trying to catch up to Bhutan.  Good luck with that.

The movie Avatar has been a huge hit.  It’s full of messages about beauty, belonging, and balance — which are in short supply on Earth.  People are enchanted.  There are a lot of underlying messages that are getting missed, however.  Let’s take a look…

Today is International Women’s Day.  If you are a human being, then you arrived on this Earth through a woman’s body.  Therefore, it is important to respect women and their roles in society, providing them with the full complement of human rights.  You can read more about this holiday on the Bloggers Unite event page.

International Women

Remember that the economy is a subset of the environment, because the environment contains all life on Earth.  Without a healthy environment, the economy cannot be healthy either.  Conversely, when people’s needs are met, they have more ability to protect the environment, whereas hungry people tend to ravage it.