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Headline	Author	Published	Section
School-lunch crunch Higher food prices mean crappier cafeteria fare for kids	Tom Philpott	16 Apr 2008	Gristmill
As food prices rise, who gets hit first and hardest? Clearly, urban dwellers in the global south, where people spend upwards of half of their incomes on food. According to the Wall Street Journal, here's the ever-growing list of nations that have experienced food-price riots:Rioting in response to soaring food prices recently has broken out in Egypt, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Ethiopia. In Pakistan and Thailand, army troops have been deployed to ...
Topics: agriculture, education, food, green living, health, parenting (all these topics)

From Treehugger to Kidhugger Reflections on protecting your offspring without losing your sanity	Amy Linn	17 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Kidhuggers. It's a gag-me kind of word, too precious to be catchy. And it certainly won't ever replace the slur-cum-badge-of-honor for enviros -- treehuggers. But maybe it should. Illustration: Keri Rosebraugh The green movement has never been about people with an overfondness for bark and flora. Instead, it's based on a natural protectiveness, an urge to defend all the vulner ...
Topics: education, green living, health, parenting (all these topics)

Brood Awakenings A Grist special series on parenting and health		17 Sep 2007	Grist Feature
Got kids? Got thoughts on kids? Come on over to our parenting blog to chat. Among environmentalists, a common rallying cry is to protect the planet "for our grandchildren." It's a lovely sentiment, and a powerful notion -- that the choices you make today affect generations yet to come. But what about the generation spattering spaghetti sauce on your walls right now? In this special series, Grist turns its fo ...
Topics: education, green living, health, parenting, special series (all these topics)

Schoolhouse Walks Municipalities try to encourage students to walk to school		11 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 4:21 PM on 11 Sep 2007 Cities across the U.S. are turning their attention not only to green education, but to how students get to school. Forty years ago, half of all students walked or bicycled to the schoolhouse. Today, that number has dropped to 15 percent, while 60 percent of youths are toted in a car. The shift, brought on by fears of traffic hazards and stranger danger, has contributed to increases in o ...
Topics: education, green living, health, news, parenting (all these topics)

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