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The Perverse Panic over Plastic
The Daily Planet #9
There's little more cruel than how we treat chickens. About seventy five billion (!!) of them are slaughtered every year, almost every single one of them living short, miserable lives. They are bred to burst out of their biological confines, suffering from torn ligaments and broken bones as a result. Not that the lack of mobility
... See moreOther stories which are starting to breakdown revolve around broader societal assumptions. “All technology is good, and the more technology we develop, the more our society advances” or “bottled water is better for you”. These widely accepted stories don’t make sense anymore when you take into account the mountains of electronic waste in Ghana, or ... See more
Phoebe Tickell • New Deep Narratives: We Need New Stories of What It Means to Be Human
(A few words about corn plastic: its manufacture generates fewer greenhouse gases than plastic made from oil, and yes, corn is a renewable, instead of a fossil, resource. But corn is hardly sustainable,