<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Earth Day reflections on food as an environmental issue]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by michaelfox http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-17-earth-day-reflections-food/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:45:29 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-17-earth-day-reflections-food/1 Earth Day is a misplaced, misnamed, and misunderstood holiday. Most people can't understand why someone else doesn't "just do something" about all these problems. Fewer people have at least some level of awareness that something has happened, something is happening, and something continues to happen. And, fewer still are sufficiently motivated to action.

But sometimes, it only takes one person to knock over the first domino. Earth Day is the day we acknowledge that as a society, our first environmental domino fell in 1970. The dominos are continuing to drop to this day, and are even accelerating in many places.

If you look around your little piece of the earth and see no dominos falling — then perhaps it's past time for you to get up and knock one over.

Let's make everyday an Earth Day! - from speed training society





]]> Earth Day is a misplaced, misnamed, and misunderstood holiday. Most people can't understand why someone else doesn't "just do something" about all these problems. Fewer people have at least some level of awareness that something has happened, something is happening, and something continues to happen. And, fewer still are sufficiently motivated to action.

But sometimes, it only takes one person to knock over the first domino. Earth Day is the day we acknowledge that as a society, our first environmental domino fell in 1970. The dominos are continuing to drop to this day, and are even accelerating in many places.

If you look around your little piece of the earth and see no dominos falling — then perhaps it's past time for you to get up and knock one over.

Let's make everyday an Earth Day! - from speed training society





]]> Comment #2 by Chris McMasters http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-17-earth-day-reflections-food/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:33:22 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-04-17-earth-day-reflections-food/2 The effects of our current industrial food system are also negatively impacting our health. Diabetes, obesity, and heart disease are all additional drains on our society. When you consider the failings of our health care system as well, you begin to see just how far reaching this system is. It's too bad Waxman/Markey gave big ag the pass in their bill. To really achieve sustainability, we are going to have to deal with the industrial food system.

]]> The effects of our current industrial food system are also negatively impacting our health. Diabetes, obesity, and heart disease are all additional drains on our society. When you consider the failings of our health care system as well, you begin to see just how far reaching this system is. It's too bad Waxman/Markey gave big ag the pass in their bill. To really achieve sustainability, we are going to have to deal with the industrial food system.

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