- Paper-thin reality. Using just glue, scissors, and craft paper, artist Thomas Demand constructs life-size sets, documents them as full-color photographs, then destroys the sets.
- Public-health advocate Richard Jackson: Our car-dependent suburban environment is killing us. “The modern America of obesity, inactivity, depression, and loss of community has not ‘happened’ to us. We legislated, subsidized, and planned it this way.”
- Get vegan food delivered in the LA area, via the new Vegin’ Out service. (via Treehugger)
- The fair trade coffee buying co-op Cooperative Coffees puts all its contracts and invoices online providing consumers a clear and transparant look at their biz practices.
Hi,
I come by your blog regularly and reall like it. I’m a Brit and live in Thailand at the moment, looking after my daughter while the wife concentrates on her career. I’m new to this blogging thing.
Would you mind if I added your blog to my blogroll [www.lifeouteast.blogspot.com]. We have similar interests: I’m vegetarian and have strong feelings about the enivirnment.
If the answer is yes is there any chance of a reciprocal link?
Many thanks,
Max
Comment by Max — November 2, 2006 @ 12:57 am
happy b-day!
since you have become very pro-active in voting recently maybe this little thing by the good ppl in the ruckus society could be of interest:
http://www.ruckus.org/electionprotection
Comment by Johan — November 2, 2006 @ 3:07 am
our car-dependent suburban environment is killing us.
There is many well planned cities with great public transport that have obesity problems. The problem is societies wealth not suburban planning. Look at poor countries (not very poor I mean countries that are poor but have enough food) around the world in Eastern Europe for instance. People are thin because they can’t afford to buy fatty foods in the west you can. So people do and get fat. And yes you can eat healthy on a low wage. (all be it not organic) It has been shown many times that buying fresh ingredients is cheaper then pre packaged foods
Comment by simon — November 3, 2006 @ 3:40 am
Simon,
Not exactly true about people in poorer countries not having enough cash for fatty foods. I’m living in Thailand at the moment and they’re really starting to develop an obesity problem. People just prefer eating junk and generally it is cheaper. Nearly everything these guys cook is deep fried and contains MSG.
The kids gorge on dirt cheap sweet, sickly cereal and sweets because ther’s a perception it is the way forward.
They also have a seriously damaging obsession with cars!
Comment by Max — November 3, 2006 @ 5:52 am
Hey Max! I don’t do link exchanges, but I’ve added you to my bloglines and will add you if I think the blog’ll be of interest to readers here :)
Thanks, Johan, for the bday wishes and the link :)
Maybe we can agree that obesity is a complex issue that’s affected by both urban planning and unhealthy diet?
Comment by Siel — November 3, 2006 @ 10:28 am