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Down To Earth archive for Sept. 16, 2009

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16, 2009

Green report card

In keeping with our back to school theme for the week, we want to re-direct readers to the Sierra magazine list of “the most-eco-enlightened U.S. colleges” because two-thirds of applicants say a school’s green record would influence their enrollment decision. On the list, University of…

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A call for food system reform

Always one to up the intelligence level on an issue, Michael Pollan, famed author of Omnivore's Dilemma, recently wrote a New York Times editorial about the current health care problems in America and how it's less about a broken health care system but more about…

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