Produce Less – Exploring Degrowth

Tiny bits of plastic pollution are found all across the natural environment from the deep ocean to Arctic ice. This widespread contamination comes from the manufacture and overuse of plastics which degrade over time and leach toxic chemicals into the environment and the food system. The chemicals in micro-and nano plastics (MNPs) cause a plethora of health impacts including harming people’s hormonal systems leading to infertility, and neurological and behavior disorders among other issues, says a new review which unpacks the mechanisms of how plastics harm health.

The battery fire that should change the world—and could affect people who eat lettuce or strawberries

Many have expressed astonishment at how readily universities, law firms and state governments capitulated to the Trump administration. We believe that not only did these entities surrender because they are highly dependent on federal funds, but they are all, at heart, defenders of capitalism – even if said to be liberal. The trajectory has many similarities to that in Europe in the 1930s.

At least 232 journalists have been killed amid the genocide, a new Costs of War report finds.

Eco-localists argue that globalization is authoritarian by nature: increasingly, multinational corporations rule the world. Individuals and communities are powerless by comparison. Eco-localists make the following recommendations to governments and communities: Incentivize cooperative, worker-owned businesses. Promote the meeting of human needs through non-market means—i.e., the sharing economy. Focus on the well-being of people and nature instead of simply aiming to grow GDP. Tax the rich and provide more economic security (including education and healthcare) for lower-income people. Re-localize production by regulating big corporations so that smaller, local producers and sellers can remain competitive. Strengthen the rights of communities (including the rights of nature) and the fabric of democracy.

The country is facing an extraordinary situation. The capital (and some provinces) are under siege by heavily armed paramilitary forces. They are responsible for an untold number of killings, kidnapping, rapes, acts of arson and pillage. Entire swaths of the city have been abandoned. Hospitals, schools, businesses destroyed. Families displaced from homes, living in makeshift settlements. A total upending of everyday life. Food production has plummeted, while blocked roads prevent agricultural products from making it to markets. Prices of basic staples have more than quadrupled. Alarming signs that hunger and famine are rising. Access to basic services like education, healthcare, sanitation – fragile in better times – are non-existent now in a growing number of areas. Cases of cholera are increasing. And, given the uncertainty surrounding the fate of hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in the US – whose remittances home are a lifeline – the situation looks to worsen.

NATO was never a good idea gone wrong. It was founded to crush communist, socialist, and anti-colonial movements in Europe and around the world. The organization was born on April 4, 1949, when foreign ministers from 12 nations came together in Washington, D.C. to sign the 1100-page North Atlantic Treaty. Its original members were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The treaty proclaimed its commitment to peace and the principles of the UN Charter, but “the real glue that brought NATO countries together was opposition to communism and socialism.”

Several new national and international research surveys have warned that hazardous microplastics are present in our breath, drinking water, and crops. While foreign markets and businesses may have their own motives behind certain conclusions, the fact remains that in developing countries, governments are preoccupied with addressing fundamental needs such as food, clothing, and shelter, along with fighting poverty. As a result, they often fail to prioritize high health standards set by international norms.

Black students are losing classrooms, homes, and support systems after climate events.