Entries Tagged as 'Living'

Cheap Energy, Growing Gardens, Green Virtue

April 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments

Michael Pollan makes the case that when it comes to climate change, individual choices do matter. But the reasons why might surprise you.
In Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Pollan asks a critical question: does it matter if he changes his life to address climate change by going “green”, given the humble scale of one person’s […]

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Tags: Climate change · Consumption · Food · Living · Sustainability

Oregon’s War on Health Care

March 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Over 45 million Americans don’t have health care, and Oregon’s doing something about it.
Oregon (and Portland) is getting some international press for a Las Vegas-style solution to the worsening health care crisis, especially acute in Oregon: resorting to a lottery to provide health care to a small percentage of those in need.

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Tags: Corporate control · Economics · Living · Politics · Portland