by John Cronin | Nov 27, 2015 | Economics, Health, Human Sustainability, Poverty, Sustainability
Last year, hunger and food insecurity increased America’s health costs by $160 billion, more than 1/3 the U.S. deficit, and 48 million Americans, one in seven, lived in food insecure households in 2014, according to the global 2016 Hunger Report by Bread for the World Institute.
by John Cronin | Aug 20, 2015 | Health, Law & Policy, Pollution, Water
Legislator Patrick B. Burke: “I knew I had to do something.” MICROBEADS are spherical particles of polyethylene present in thousands of personal care products — toothpastes, shampoos, lotions, exfoliating skin scrubs and more. Some products proudly...
by John Cronin | Mar 20, 2015 | Health, Homelessness, Human Sustainability, Law & Policy, Poverty
What’s wrong with this public bench? It prevents this: The internationally famous, 87-year old Strand Bookstore in New York City’s Greenwich Village calls itself “a community bookstore first and foremost.” In 2013, it installed a sprinkler system that...
by John Cronin | Feb 27, 2015 | Animal Welfare, Corporate Responsibility, Health, Law & Policy
One of the Hudson Valley’s bragging rights is that the name “Hudson” sells. It attracts tourism. Recreational outfitters tag it to their names. There are books about Hudson Valley cuisine. Businesses proudly carry the descriptors Hudson, Hudson...
by John Cronin | Nov 28, 2014 | Animal Welfare, Corporate Responsibility, Health, Law & Policy
On November 28, Governor Chris Christie vetoed New Jersey Senate bill S998 that would have banned the use of pig gestation crates in New Jersey, calling the proposed law “a solution in search of a problem.” Undercover at Smithfield via the Humane Society. A gestation...
by John Cronin | Oct 8, 2014 | General, Health, Human Sustainability, International, Law & Policy
The Ebola story has much in common with global environmental catastrophes such as the water crisis, food insecurity, and deforestation — “the terrorism of poverty,” is how Harvard Professor Paul Farmer characterized the crisis in a recent Washington...
