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CHE Partner Molly Jacobs, MPH: Running Toward a Sustainable Tomorrow
Program Manager Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts--Lowell www.sustainableproduction.org
As told to Shelby Gonzalez, CHE Administrative Coordinator
When I was in second grade, we did a project where we were asked the question "If you found a money tree, what would you do?" My answer, in big block letters: "I would give it to the government so they could help people."
The theme of helping people came up again in a conversation with my father after a high school trip to Washington, D.C. I was completely moved by the passion and energy of those working in the public’s interest. I told him that I wanted to do the same and work on environmental issues.
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11 MayWorld's giants to alter food equation.In India and China, meat is becoming much more likely to be on the menu. Changing diets are creating unprecedented demand for animal feed.Chicago Tribune.
11 MayBehind the food riots: a debate on how best to farm.Around the world, governments are trying to stave off food riots. Many experts call these Band-Aid solutions, saying what's needed is a radical rethink of how the world gets its food. However, they're deeply divided about which way to go.Associated Press.
11 MayThe dangers of the deltas.From the Mekong to the Mississippi, river mouths have long lured farmers, fishers and traders. But the same geography also guarantees they will be periodically inundated.New York Times.
11 MayBurma's survivors 'facing crisis.'Burmese cyclone survivors face a massive crisis unless they are urgently delivered aid, leading aid agencies have warned.BBC.
11 MayIn the black.No other county in Pennsylvania produces more coal than Greene, and few places feel coal's impact like this county, where growing numbers of people thrive on the commodity while the rest struggle in its shadow.Philadelphia Inquirer.
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