Sustainability During the Credit Crisis

With a sudden rash of failures and dirt-cheap buyouts of investment banks and consumer lending institutions, the credit crisis is dominating the mainstream media, and rightly so. Let us consider for a moment, the effect it might have on sustainability.
The old stereotype is that environmentalism is a luxury good, and that if people get poorer [...]

The National Review Does It Again

You may remember our coverage of the National Review’s stunning claim that there is an infinite supply of oil available for drilling. Now, they have outshined themselves in their coverage of the WaMu bank failure. From Mark Krikorian:

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh becomes first “Fair Trade University”

The news from Chancellor Richard H. Wells that UWO would become the nation’s first fair trade university was the only announcement met with applause during Tuesday’s opening day ceremonies, Wells said.
Fair trade certified products – which are produced under sustainable, decent and fair labor conditions – will now be available at university dining establishments, catered [...]