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Shopping Detox
Adbusters Media Foundation population is
No Purchase Necessary on
Buy Nothing Day— Nov. 28
launched the annual celebration in consuming
1992 as an escape from the frantic con- 80 percent of
Americans can participate by not
sumerism and marketing mind games Earth’s natural
participating, in a global move to tune
that characterize modern life. Since resources.
out from shopping and tune into life.
then, the focus has shifted to highlight Imagina-
Buy Nothing Day here, is the day after
the environmental and ethical conse- tive activists
Thanksgiving, November 28, tradition-
quences of a consumer culture and our make their
ally one of the biggest shopping days of
commitment to recycling more and point with
the year. As many as 65 other countries
buying less stuff. credit-card cut-ups, shopaholic clinics
will fast from unrestrained consumption
Currently,
BuyNothingDay.co.uk in malls and zombie shoppers shuffling
the following Saturday.
reports that 20 percent of the world’s among stores chanting, “Buy, Buy, Buy.”
Cuban Connection
Caribbean Neighbor Shows Environmental Promise
A mere 90 miles from Florida’s Key forest, the largest fish new environmental laws,
West, Cuba is still a world away, envi- nursery of its kind in the laying the foundation for
ronmentally speaking. With more than Caribbean. Its coral reefs conservation. Already,
4,200 islets and keys, the country teems are among the most intact Cuba is one of the few
with marine and terrestrial treasures. in the region. Caribbean countries to re-
Half of its southern coast is mangrove Politics have insulated verse deforestation. “Cuba
Cuba from development has excellent laws in
and the environmental de- place,” says EDF attorney
struction that so often ac- Dan Whittle. “The chal-
companies it, reports the lenge is implementation.”
Environmental Defense
Valle De Vinales
Still, “The Cubans
Fund (EDF). But pressures from hotels are motivated to protect their environ-
and offshore oil interests are mounting. ment,” observes Scott Edwards, EDF’s
Over the past eight years, with Caribbean oceans director. “Cuba
U.S. government permission, the fund could become a model for marine and
has helped Cuban scientists implement coastal stewardship.”
Factory Farms
Government Study Questions Pending
EPA Rules
A new study by the Government raised on large farms simultaneously
Accountability Office (GAO) confirms climbed from 257 million to 890 million.
the dangerous levels of airborne and Twenty-seven other studies directly
waterborne pollutants emanating from or indirectly link pollution from CAFOs
factory farms, known as Concentrated with impacts on public health or the
Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). environment, especially in communi-
Researchers found that some of these ties near these facilities. The GAO study
operations annually produce more raw questions the Environmental Protec-
waste than is generated by residents of tion Agency’s proposed rule to exempt
major U.S. cities. CAFOs from reporting certain toxic gas
Compounding the problem, the num- emissions above 100 pounds a day.
ber of CAFOs has multiplied over the past
20 years, from 3,600 in 1982 to nearly Source: News from Congress
12,000 by 2002. The number of animals media release
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