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Bottled & Sold: The story behind our obsession with bottled water

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Amanda Shaffer — No Comments ↓

The Edgerton Lecture Series in collaboration with the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute are pleased to present: Peter H. Gleick Tuesday, March 1, 2011 6:00pm – Talk 7:00pm – Reception Johnson Hall Room 200, Occidental College Peter Gleick knows drinking…

Tagged with: bottled water
Posted in Globalization, Sustainable Oxy, Urban Environment

Wal-Mart must prove its commitment to healthy food

Posted on January 31, 2011 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

This column by Bob ran in the San Francisco Chronicle this morning, addressing Wal-Mart’s recent announcement that it will reduce the amount of sugar and salt in their processed foods. Read the column from the Chronicle here, or go to…

Tagged with: Food Justice, WalMart
Posted in Globalization, Grocery Accountability Project, Labor

Honey, China and the Declining Bumble Bee

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

A series of recent studies, news articles, and legal actions involving honey provide a cautionary story about what can be considered the underside of the global food industry. This includes why honey is becoming an increasingly popular product; where the…

Tagged with: bees, china, food system, honey
Posted in Global Trade and Freight Transport, Globalization

The Pepsi Offensive

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

PepsiCo –one of the leading companies transforming global diets and contributing to the globesity epidemic – is on the offensive to convince folks of its public health mission. This, of course, despite PepsiCo’s well deserved reputation as the high fructose…

Tagged with: health, pepsi, soda
Posted in Globalization

22 green resolutions for 2011

Posted on January 4, 2011 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

Over the holiday break I posted two sets of environmental resolutions for 2011. One group of resolutions concerned ways to make Eagle Rock greener. The other set, inspired by shopping fun & guilt, were ‘green consumer’ ideas. happy 2011!

Tagged with: Eagle Rock, green consumer, resolutions
Posted in Environment, Globalization, Labor

L.A. Times article featuring Food Justice book

Posted on November 16, 2010 by UEPI Occidental College — No Comments ↓

Check out the L.A. Times post in the Greenspace blog featuring authors Gottlieb and Joshi and highlighting the “Food Justice” Book! “‘Food Justice’: A playbook for the future of food” Lori Kozlowski, Nov. 15, 2010 The Los Angeles riots in…

Food Justice, Immigration Issues and the 2010 Election

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Robert Gottlieb — No Comments ↓

Nov. 3, 2010 The right wing backlash in the 2010 election has raised comparisons with the Republican victories in the 1994 mid-term elections. Here are two outcomes often not associated with how the 1994 results have been interpreted but that…

Tagged with: Food Justice, migration
Posted in Globalization, Migration Policy and Research

too big to miss (tackling the global freight industry)

Posted on October 28, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

Streetsblog Los Angeles posted some reflections I had on the Moving Forward Together conference that THE Impact Project held last weekend.

Tagged with: freight, globalization, goods movement, logistics, moving forward together
Posted in Global Trade and Freight Transport, Globalization

Moving forward Together Conference tomorrow and saturday!

Posted on October 21, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

In yesterday’s Los Angeles Times my colleague Robert Gottlieb wrote about garlic & globalization: the environmental, economic and cultural costs of an international food system replacing locally grown food. Tomorrow and Saturday (October 22nd and 23rd, 2010), join UEPI, our…

If L.A. is the nation’s trade gateway, “Sprawl is Inevitable”

Posted on October 11, 2010 by markvallianatos — No Comments ↓

Last week I wrote about how a fixation on traffic congestion (vs. time or distance) promoted sprawling transportation investments. Here’s another sprawl-promoting obsession that deserves a stake in the heart: the idea that greater Los Angeles’ economic future is to…