Second Event in Soda Series: Soda & Kids, 9/13/14

Second Event in Soda Series: Soda & Kids, 9/13/14
Participants left our first Soda Series event last night with tons of information about the unique ways sugary drinks are absorbed by our bodies. Panelists also shared why we need to take action: sugar sweetened beverages are contributing to an expensive and harmful diabetes epidemic sweeping through this generation. Our next event focuses on the… Read more »

New Video – “Food Mythbusters: Do We Really Need Industrial Agriculture to Feed the World?”

New Video - "Food Mythbusters: Do We Really Need Industrial Agriculture to Feed the World?"
Ecology Center member Anna Lappé has created a great new video in the vein of the Story of Stuff. This is the first in a series to bust the myths and tell the real stories behind the food we eat. Check it out, and for more on this project, head to www.foodmyths.org. And spread the… Read more »

Exposing Dow Chemical’s Greenwashing

Exposing Dow Chemical's Greenwashing
Recently, the Ecology Center held a Regenerating Solutions Salon on the topic of greenwashing. Here’s an example of a company’s greenwashing attempt, and a great response to counter it! When a PR firm working for Dow Chemical contacted Anna Lappé, author of Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Read more »