John Perkins may not know about the Presbyterian doctrine of total depravity, but he sure makes a case for it! If you read Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, I’m guessing you’ll want to read John Perkins’ latest, Hoodwinked. Jill Richardson writes a review on La Vida Locavore starting with these words –
In Hoodwinked, John Perkins exposes the rotten core of a system
that we here on this blog have been chipping away at around the edges.
The manifestations of the problem come in our lack of a health care
system, our unjust, pollution-based food system and its failure to
nourish us…
that we here on this blog have been chipping away at around the edges.
The manifestations of the problem come in our lack of a health care
system, our unjust, pollution-based food system and its failure to
nourish us…
Not for the faint of heart!
For lighter education on another topic related to the food industry, which accounts for a large percentage of carbon emissions, see Annie Leonard’s new stick figure animation – this time about Cap & Trade, the proposed solution to global warming.
And if you missed The Story of Stuff, you are in for a treat.