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TEDx: Stephen Ritz’s Green Bronx Machine
On January 12, 2012, New York City hosted an independently organized TED event called Changing the Way We Eat. Stephen Ritz, a teacher from the South Bronx gave one of the most inspiring talks that concluded in a resounding ovation. He spoke about creating active learning experiences with his students through engaging them in urban [...]
Slow Food meets Food Justice
Tom Philpott, a writer for Mother Jones, brings together two opposite voices of the food movement. Nikki Henderson is the executive director of People’s Grocery, an “anti-poverty nonprofit in low-income West Oakland,” and Alice Waters runs Chez Panisse, a white-tablecloth Berkeley restaurant dedicated to The Slow Food Movement, serving local, sustainable and organic food. In [...]
UN urges global move to meat and dairy free diet
Back in 2010, the Guardian covered the release of a UN report that stated, “a global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change.” This UN report wasn’t covered by the US media, which I found quite disconcerting. The United Nations [...]
