By Marco Torres Guest writer for Wake Up World The risks of consuming pasteurized cow’s milk are pronounced when consuming in the long term, especially for women. Not only does pasteurized milk...
Category - Sustainability
Most People Consume Plastic on a Daily Basis
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Discarded plastic — both large and microscopic — circles the globe, choking our oceans and harming wildlife...
Top 7 Ways to Support Sustainable Fashion
January 30th, 2019 By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Don’t Buy a Pair of Jeans Before Reading This If you think buying new clothes is a fun activity with few...
Factory Farmed Salmon Full of Disease and Hazardous Chemicals
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Salmon is the second most popular type of seafood in the U.S. (shrimp is the first), with just over 2 pounds consumed annually...
The Most Toxic Retailers on the Planet
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency compile and keep a current list of...
Ecocide: When a Psychological Disorder Becomes Normal
By Steve Taylor, Ph.D. Guest writer for Wake Up World Eco-psychopathy: Our culture’s psychopathic attitude to nature. For me, the most symbolic and significant political...
The Truth About Factory Farming – How Factory Farms Pump, Poison and Pollute the Earth
By Dr. Joseph Mercola Contributing writer for Wake Up World Up to 40 percent of drinking water worldwide comes from underground waterways that make up largely uncharted aquifer systems...
We Subsidize the Wrong Kind of Agriculture
August 1st, 2018 By Brian Wakamo (via Otherwords) Guest writer for Wake Up World We should be supporting the small farmers who sell at farmers markets, not the corporate giants that...
Our Food Industry in 8 Words: “We Think We Can Do Better Than Nature”
By Marco Torres Guest writer for Wake Up World The problem with our food industry and big agriculture goes far beyond foods which are genetically modified, irradiated, pasteurized, homogenized...
Is the World a Better Place Because You Were Born?
May 25th, 2018 By Derrick Jensen B.Sc / Deep Green Resistance I was asked to speak about the state of the planet, and to do it in under five minutes. I can do it in three. The world is...
EU Bans Bee-Killing Pesticides in ‘Huge Win for Pollinators, People, and the Planet’
April 30th, 2018 By Jessica Corbett via Common Dreams The European Union has voted to ban agricultural pesticides that are harmful to bees and which scientists have warned could have a broader...
Choose a Way of Life, Not an Occupation
April 27th, 2018 By Jessie Klassen Contributing writer for Wake Up World “Are you sure you just want to farm? Don’t you want to do something more with your life...