The Problem: examples
In Memphis they're pressing hard against their food problems.
At least 30 percent of adults were obese in thirteen states including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. The same...
Climate Central study links powerful storms to power outages
At the same time, the same state is being plagued by power outages. A recent study by Climate Central says that 80% of the outages in the last ten...
cont’d from: Nutrition
Grinding poverty is a fact of life in the Mid-South leading to a variety of health problems from obesity to diabetes. "When you have a limited income, you have...
Cont’d from: Energy extraction and transportation
Energy extraction and transportation
• The Mid-South is where the energy funnel to coastal refineries and export terminals begins to narrow. The region is a web of pipelines, heavy rail and...
Cont’d from: How will it work?
A fuller explanation of the details:
-- The Green Co-Op is the community space designed to tap into local networks of members, community groups, churches and schools across the region....
cont’d from: The Problem
Examples of news coverage erosion:
-- When a recently repurposed, sixty-year-old, pipeline ruptured in Mayflower, Arkansas, it spilled thousands of barrels of diluted bitumen (tar sands oil) into a stream...
Sustainable Living
Poor nutrition is a fact of life in the Mid-South leading to a variety of health problems from obesity to diabetes. "When you have a limited income, you have...
Market Research
"Green consumers lack knowledge about environmental issues . . . At the same time they are eager to learn . . . consumer education is one of the most...
Are fish legal on Meatless Mondays?
COMMENTARY
We say yes. Let's just move onto which fishes are best for us" and sustainable at the same time. Wild caught salmon are near the top of the list...
Global Cooling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW5CNeyTzqw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
The snowmen are shivering!