At this point it’s widely acknowledged that biofuels made with corn and soybeans are not the solution to our addiction to oil. Farmers clear huge tracts of land to grow monocrops destined for biofuel production where once natural ecosystems thrived, or where they had grown food for their families. Multinational biotech corporations like Monsanto and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Climate’
The Wrong Research
Posted in Berkeley, Spring 08, tagged biodiversity, Climate, research on February 8, 2008 |
Like Ballrooms, These Battlefields
Posted in Berkeley, Spring 08, tagged Climate, place, policy on February 4, 2008 |
Moving across the country during the election year might have required me to forsake much exploration, and strike out instead for more immediate community interaction and political participation. My “mental map” of the Bay Area last week was a list of words: of sidewalk chalk, beards, murals, speeches shouted from VWs, black panthers, and protested [...]