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- Curtis White - the Barbaric He...
Bank of Illinois, Top Floor, 200 W ...
Thursday, November 12 at 7:00pm
Ecology Action Center Charlie Schlenker of WGLT interviews Curtis White about "the Barbaric Heart" in prepartion for next Thursday's book signing event at the Bank of Illinois benefitting the EAC.
Ecology Action Center Growing the Greenways Plan Conference tomorrow at Davis Lodge!
Source: www.ecologyactioncenter.org
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Consumer Reports' latest tests of canned foods, including soups, juice, tuna, and green beans, have found that almost all of the 19 name-brand foods tested contain measurable levels of Bisphenol A (BPA).
Source: www.nytimes.com
Singling out meat-eating as harmful to the environment is overly simplistic. Encouraging judicious choices for all types of food is a better approach.
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
The Obama administration has chosen someone from an organization dedicated at all costs to chemical-based agriculture to represent our trade interests abroad.
Doreen Abubakar Love what your doing. Alot of positive things going on. keep up the good work!
Ecology Action Center Don't miss Green Drinks tomorrow evening at Medici! Good green conversations!
Ecology Action Center Curtis White's new book "the Barbaric Heart - Faith, Money, and the Crisis of Nature" is now available for sale at the EAC for $10 each. Mr. White is donating 100% of the proceeds of our sales to benefit the EAC!
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Thirsty? So is everyone else. We're headed for a water shortage. Here's how simple daily choices can reduce your water use. A GOOD Transparency video. Direction and Design by Fogelson-Lubliner Music by Dim Dim
Ecology Action Center Michael Pollan in Omnivore's Dilemma, "Our ignorance of the teeming wilderness that is the soil is no impediment to nurturing it. To the contrary, a healthy sense of all we don't know-even a sense of mystery-keeps us from reaching for oversimplifications and technological silver bullets."
Ecology Action Center
Local author, ISU professor, and frequent contributor to Orion Magazine Curtis White will read from his newest release, the Barbaric Heart, followed by a book signing. Copies will be available for $10 each, with all proceeds benefiting the Ecology Action Center.
Smart, funny, and fresh, The Barbaric Heart argues that t...he present environmental crisis will not be resolved by the same forms of crony capitalism and managerial technocracy that created the crisis in the first place. With his trademark wit, White argues that the solution might very well come from an unexpected quarter: the arts, religion, and the realm of the moral imagination.Read More
Smart, funny, and fresh, The Barbaric Heart argues that t...he present environmental crisis will not be resolved by the same forms of crony capitalism and managerial technocracy that created the crisis in the first place. With his trademark wit, White argues that the solution might very well come from an unexpected quarter: the arts, religion, and the realm of the moral imagination.Read More
Time:7:00PM Thursday, November 12th
Location:Bank of Illinois, Top Floor, 200 W College Ave., Normal
Ecology Action Center The Sustainable Gourmet was a success! Thanks to everyone who came out to support the Ecology Action Center at this great organic wine tasting event! See pictures from the event just posted - and don't forget to tag yourself!
