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Idiocracy: A Depraved and Hilarious Tale of Corporate Conspiracy

Jill Ettinger

Mike Judge's film Idiocracy is a hilarious peek at what humans might be like 500 years from now. It's a description that's hauntingly fitting today. (more)

5-16-08

Eco

Cleaning Up Soap: Why The Bronner Family Is Washing Out a Few Mouths

Jill Ettinger

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps recently issued cease and desist letters to top "organic" soap manufacturers in an effort to stabilize an industry bubbling out of control. (more)

3-31-08

Eco

The Wasted Years

Jill Ettinger

The Story of Stuff video has been viewed over 1.5 million times. But is that enough to help America crawl out from under the weight of our material obsessions? (more)

2-18-08

Life

The Ancient Future of Food

Jill Ettinger

Industrialized food is detrimental to both our personal health and the natural world. But history may hold the answer to healing both. (more)

1-4-08

Life

The China Symptom

Jill Ettinger

What does an "organic" label really mean when on a package from the world’s largest exporter of fruits and vegetables? In China, short-term financial gain from selling dangerious products outweighs the long-term benefit of full disclosure. (more)

12-13-07

Life

Freudian Sips: The Last Days of Udder

Jill Ettinger

The story of milk has no beginning. It’s a timeless centerpiece to our existence, our first food. But the days of factory farmed, homoginzed, pasteurized cow milk may have reached their final chapter. (more)

11-19-07