As someone who lives and breathes food politics, agricultural sustainability and food justice on a daily basis, even I was surprised by some of the things I saw in this film. Food Inc. explosively details exactly how the food system serves the profit motives of just a few mega corporations, while failing to serve eaters, our health, the environment and the animals and workers trapped in the system.

In interviews, the filmmaker has said that he didn’t set out to make such a one-sided film but that the industries …

Tags: activism , Agribusiness , film , Food Inc. , food politics , Michael Pollan , movie , review , sustainability

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Editor’s note: This is a post by Max Gladwell.

Citizen journalism, open government, status updates, community building, information sharing, crowdsourcing, and the election of a President.

Our children will inherit a world profoundly changed by the combination of technology and humanity that is social media. They’ll take for granted that their voices can be heard and that a social movement can be launched from their laptop. They’ll take for granted that they are connected …

Tags: #10Ways , activism , green , guest , max gladwell , social media , web

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Celestial Seasonings has been blending healthy teas with environmental consciousness since 1969. Now, they are expanding their environmental consciousness to the planting of trees in developing countries.

They’ve teamed up with Trees for the Future (a non-profit organization that has planted more 70 million trees in Central America, Africa, and Asia in the past 20 years) and aim to sponsor the planting of one million trees. They’re nearly there, but how about a little love from EcoSalon readers?

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Tags: activism , Celestial Seasonings , non profit , plant a tree , tea , Trees for the Future

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Poor Alice has been getting beaten up regularly these days, particularly after her recent appearance on 60 minutes. On the show, she came off as quite out of touch with how normal people live. In essence, she said that she chooses to spend more money on good food and, well, why shouldn’t other people?

She even made an unfortunate comment about how some people prioritize buying two pairs of Nike sneakers. After mulling over the show, reading the many opinion pieces all over the web, and thinking about what …

Tags: activism , Alice Waters , Edible Schoolyard , food , New York Times , organic , school lunch

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Our delightful friends at PETA have been at it again. Running far over the line between attention-grabbing activism and attention-seeking lunacy, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals show no sign of changing their ways – which might be fun, if sanity weren’t so useful. Here, 5 more ridiculous PETA stunts of late.

Fluff and Nonsense: PETA Denies Fish Exist (October 2008)

Because much of the natural world is generally eww gross and lacking in cuteness, PETA are eager to helpfully rename the birds and the beasts …

Tags: activism , diet , meat , peta , stunts , vegan , vegetarian

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On the high seas around Antarctica, things are getting ugly.

For the crew of the “Steve Irwin”, belonging to the anti-whaling activists Sea Shepherd, this is old news. They’re there to prevent the slaughter of hundreds of minke whales by Japanese sailors on three vessels including the factory ship Nisshin Maru – technically a research vessel, but also involved in whalemeat processing that ends up on Japanese dinner tables. The whales are being hunted legally thanks to a loophole in in the International …

Tags: activism , conservation , protesters , sea , whales

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