Monthly Archive: March 2012

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Why Environmentalism Is Not A Religion

  • March 24th, 2012

I have a confession. It really bugs me when people say environmentalism is “just a religion”. I mean, it really really bugs me. The veins pop out on my neck and my teeth clench so tight my jaw hurts and I have to try really hard not to scream. So I guess it’s about time I figure out why. First, let’s review the “arguments” for eco-theology: Rick Santorum’s barely coherent position Michael Crichton getting things backwards – he claims that environmentalism mimics the Garden of Eden story, but it seems much more likely that the Eden story was inspired by early environmentalists, doesn’t it? This New Atlantic article…

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Should I Eat This? Part One: Fast Food

  • March 10th, 2012

What you eat is up to you; it’s a personal thing. But what you eat has consequences that reach across the earth, out into our atmosphere, and right back down into your own neighborhood. This series should help you think a little more deeply about what you eat and how it affects not only your health, but the health of the people and the planet around you. Fast Food = Bad It’s a pretty obvious equation, right? It’s kind of like saying war is bad or racism is bad. Everybody knows it; we shouldn’t even need to talk about it anymore. But the average American eats fast food…

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Leaves On Patio

How A $40 Gadget Costs A Whole Lot More

  • March 3rd, 2012

Right now I’m working on a post about environmentalism as religion (and why it isn’t). It’s turning into a monster two-parter that I’m just not happy with yet. And next week is the first installment of Should I Eat This? A Guide To Food In The 21st Century. So this week I thought it best to leave you with something short and sweet: We have a Chinese Elm in our back garden. My husband calls it “that fucking Chinese Elm” because it’s ugly as sin and it dumps leaves all over the place. We have gravel mulch between our paving stones, so picking up those leaves is a…

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