From Conducive Mag- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010Arrested by Haitian authorities for trying to cross illegally into the Dominican Republic with 33 so-called orphaned children, whose parents were later found to be alive, U.S. citizens and Idaho Baptist missionaries Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter remain imprisoned in Port-au-Prince pending investigation of alleged child trafficking. Seeking to save... […]
- Stressed Graduate Student March 8, 2010Dr. Mai Kieu-Loan offers relationship advice to a female law student and highlights the differences in how men and women handle dating in graduate school. […]
- Preserving Relationship with Parents Despite Their Disapproval Over New Job March 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on preserving the relationship with one's parents despite tension over a new do-gooder job. […]
- FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 February 25, 2010ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2010 […]
- A Bronx Girl Goes Home February 5, 2010The murder of a cousin takes Conducive editor Heather Tirado Gilligan back to her home in the Bronx, and back to the childhood and experiences that continue to shape her. […]
- Using Anger Constructively February 4, 2010Conducive advice columnist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on using anger constructively. […]
- Looking Back to the Future? January 30, 2010Humankind, both collectively and individually, has a strange little quirk. We ignore the past when it holds valuable lessons that go against what we want to hear or believe. Our insistence in doing this has negatively affected our future many times, both as individuals and as a society. We give... […]
- Campaigns Take Individual Involvement To New Level January 28, 2010The production and consumption of bottled water contributes to waste, pollution, toxins, and the bottled water industry’s interest in controlling our water resources. As a result of these negative impacts, many people have vowed to stop buying bottled water. If you have successfully ditched bottled water, and want to stay... […]
- REDUCING THE SUICIDE STIGMA Suresh Unni's Story January 21, 2010There are many ways of coping with the loss of a loved one. For Suresh Unni, solace is found in sharing his brother's experience with depression and eventual demise from suicide. Through his work as a clinical social worker and therapist and participation on the board of directors of the... […]
- Dating a Separated Person January 18, 2010Conducive advice columunist, Dr. Kathy Hahner, gives advice on dating a separated person. […]
- Korea to Haiti: Lessons in Overseas Adoption Corruption March 8, 2010
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Get Your Gen Mo Out of My Food Yo: Part V – Some kernels that may be of interest
This is Part V of a seven-part post that reviews genetically modified foods, the Agrochemical companies that produce GMOs, and the impact they have on your health and the earth.
Posted in Environment, Food & Drink, Mind & Body Also tagged Climate Change, ETC, Forbes, Fortune 500, Genetically Modified Food, GM Watch, GMOs, Michael Taylor, Syngenta 9 Comments
Get Your Gen Mo Out of My Food Yo: Part IV – Farmers who save seeds are soon sued
This post is a continuation from Part III that outlines some of the numerous problems and concerns with GMOs including bovine growth hormone.
Get Your Gen Mo Out of My Food Yo: Part III – What you don’t know about your GMO won’t hurt you
This post will begin to identify some of the numerous issues and concerns with genetically modified foods.
Get Your Gen Mo Out of My Food Yo: Part II – Those who grow a GMO
Who grows GMOs?
The U.S. accounts for about two-thirds of all the GM crops planted throughout the universe, which as far as I know is just the earth but may include other planets given the surreptitiousness of this industry. Since the mid 1990’s the U.S. has increasingly planted more GM crops than any other planet or [...]
Posted in Environment, Food & Drink, Mind & Body Also tagged canola oil, FDA, Genetically Modified Food, gluconsinolates, GMOs, high risk foods, Quest cigarettes, rapeseed 17 Comments
Get Your Gen Mo Out of My Food Yo: Part I – The spoof’s in the genetically modified pudding
This seven-part post reviews genetically modified foods and the impact they have on your health and the earth.
Posted in Environment, Food & Drink, Literature, Media & Entertainment Also tagged corporate social responsibility, Genetically Modified Food, GMO 8 Comments
Supreme Court Helps Make Elections Better
We the corporations of the United States of America, in order to create a more favorable investment climate, evade regulation, and increase quarterly earnings, do declare these truths to be self evident…
Thank you, Supreme Court, for staying true to the glorious principles upon which this country was founded. Primarily among them: the untrammeled right of [...]
Rethinking Grain
Our current production of corn, wheat, and other grains is a mess. Farming these crops is very petroleum and energy intensive and leads to incredible levels of fertilizer, sediment, pesticides, and other pollutants entering our environment. Things have gotten so out of hand that many farmers aren’t legally allowed to replant seeds gathered from their [...]
Posted in Environment, Food & Drink, Mind & Body Also tagged farming, food, GMO, grain, Green, land, research, sustainability, water pollution, water quality 4 Comments
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Get Your Gen Mo Out of My Food Yo: Part VI – Banning together