Tag Archives: labour-abuse

So Many Special Days To Celebrate This Month

On Thursday night, Americans are thankful for what they have, and on Friday morning, many will go out and get more of it. It’s crazy, especially in these economic times, to be shovelling money into big box stores. Kalle Lasn of Adbusters thought so, and explains the logic behind Buy Nothing Day : Our headlong plunge into ecological collapse requires a profound shift in the way we see things. Driving hybrid cars and limiting industrial emissions is great, but they are band-aid solutions if we don’t address the core problem: we have to consume less. This is the message of Buy Nothing D… Read the full story on TreeHugger

See the original post:
So Many Special Days To Celebrate This Month

The Hidden Cost of Cheap Shrimp: Coral Reef Damage, Mangrove Destruction, Labour Abuse and Health Problems

Cheap Shrimp: Hidden Costs (Introduction) from UBCjournalism on Vimeo . Shrimp used to be a delicacy; now they are ubiquitous and cheap. TreeHugger has noted that farmed shrimp are “one of the most destructive means by which humans produce food.” Now a new investigative report by the University of British Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism looks at the shrimp industry in Thailand in terms of coral reef damage, mangrove destruction… Read the full story on TreeHugger

The rest is here:
The Hidden Cost of Cheap Shrimp: Coral Reef Damage, Mangrove Destruction, Labour Abuse and Health Problems