The Environmental News Network (ENN) reported yesterday on a study that found consumers are willing to pay more for locally produced foods. The same day, Air America Radio’s Thom Hartmann argued on his program that consumer choice is inadequate to achieve a transformation of our economy to responsible forms of production.
Can these contentions be reconciled?

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Recently, the NBC station in San Francisco briefly mentioned an intriguing new organization called Carrotmob and showed a clip that appeared to be from the video below. What makes Carrotmob so intriguing is its community-based approach to promoting environmentally responsible actions by businesses. As the video below demonstrates, it does this by building a network [...]