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Rural Americans Struggle With Access to Fresh Food
By Ryan Schuessler Roger Chilen remembers what Brewster was like before the town largely became a collection of vacant storefronts and crumbling houses. There were businesses and families and crowded town barbecues in front of the bar. For residents, it was … Continue reading
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Tagged elderly, environment, food, food deserts, food insecurity, Grocery store, low income, Midwest, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, rural communities
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Pope Francis Defends Amazon And Environment In Brazil
By Bradley Brooks Pope Francis took on the defense of the Amazon and the environment near the end of his weeklong trip to Brazil, as he donned a colorful Indian headdress Saturday and urged that the rainforest be treated as … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Brazil, environment, Pope, Pope Francis, Rio de Janeiro
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This Week’s Killer Heat Wave Threatens To Cause Earth’s Hottest Temps Ever
By April M. Short If you’re spending this week in California, Nevada, Arizona, or even parts of Wyoming and Idaho, prepare to burn. A potentially historic heat wave is headed your way from Thursday through next week, and experts warn … Continue reading
Sick Neighborhoods Create Barriers to Health for Men of Color
I wholeheartedly believe this. Before, I moved from NYC I had really bad asthma and allergies, splotchy skin and psoriasis, and a nervous muscle twitch in my hands. Needless to say, since I moved the asthma is almost non-existent, my allergies … Continue reading
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Tagged black, environment, health, men, neighborhood
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Renters: Know Your Health Rights
This article by Dr. Marcus is important for anyone and everyone who is living in a rental. This article hit me personally because the last apartment I lived in caused my allergies to flare and irritated me so much I was … Continue reading
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Tagged asthma, disability, environment, health, housing, live, living, renters, safety
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What Ever Happened to Public Transportation?
John Robbins has written a very insightful article. It is so true that public transportation systems will help the environment and by extension our health. I HATE to drive. Now I know why, its my New York City upbringing there’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, environment, General Motors, green, Hong Kong, Kansas City, living, London, Moscow, National Geographic, New York City, Paris, public transportation, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo, transit
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Marvin Gaye-Mercy, Mercy Me (the ecology)
With the oil spill is the gulf and everything else happening to “Mother Earth” around the world, I think this is a good choice for today. Listen to the lyrics. It’s unfortunate that we have not gotten our acts together about … Continue reading
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Tagged environment, Marvin Gaye, Mother Earth, oil spill, r&b, soul, video
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Elysium
Elysium is a film that makes a social statements about immigration, wealth disparity, and the environment. In the future, the super rich (1%) live on a space station named Elysium. The rest of us lives on an overcrowded, environmentally bankrupt … Continue reading →