• Environment, Ethical Issues, Featured

    Posted on December 26th, 2011

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    Hope springs eternal

    Hope springs eternal

    Fast away the old year passes. 2012 is almost here. And the coming of the New Year is often an occasion for resolutions, for lifestyles altered, for changes made. Perhaps you’ve resolved to join the gym and exercise regularly each week. Perhaps you’ve resolved to control your spending and reduce your debt. Or perhaps you’ve [...]

  • Environment, Ethical Issues, Featured

    Posted on December 12th, 2011

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    Food ethics: from soup to…NUTS!

    Food ethics: from soup to…NUTS!

    These days food ethics is mushrooming. A quick visit to your local bookstore’s Lifestyle section will yield numerous and varied volumes on the subject. I can just imagine going through all the helpful guides to eating well that litter those shelves… Let’s see. First I find out that I should eat in-season and locally produced [...]

  • Ethical Issues, Fair Trade, Featured

    Posted on November 22nd, 2011

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    Going cold turkey before Christmas

    Going cold turkey before Christmas

    How are you going to celebrate Buy Nothing Day? Just a reminder – this Friday, November 25th is Buy Nothing Day. It’s a day promoted by the team at Canada’s own Adbusters magazine. Like everything else done by this team, this day is plugged using striking graphics and remarkable pithiness: “Participate by not participating,” the [...]

  • Environment, Global Social Justice

    Posted on December 27th, 2010

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    New Year’s Resolution #1: Save the Planet

    Rochelle McAlister I’m the type of person who makes New Year’s resolutions. I think about them, write them down and pray about them. Whether you label me an “overachiever” “goal-oriented” or “highly self-critical” I can always see room for improvement in my life and consider the New Year a great time to commit to getting [...]

  • Uncategorized

    Posted on June 15th, 2009

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    Group Studies – Environment

      Prepared for group study.  To view or download materials click here.                                                                                       [...]