Carbon offsets reflect the tendency of environmentalism to act like a new religion. Remember European history about the buying and selling of indulgences? But there can be good sense in donating to atone for our offenses against the environment. By Anthony B. Robinson | Crosscut.com | February 5, 2010 The other day I, half-joking, told [...]
by DARBY MINOW SMITH | grist | January 31, 2010 Growing up in small-town Montana, two things just made no sense: vegetarians and sushi. Why eat tofu, or raw fish, when you could just as easily have a big juicy steak? Coming from generations of cattle rancher stock, I read Jonathan Safran Foer’s ringing defense [...]