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Ethical Eating -
What is “Ethical Eating?” Religious organizations throughout the world are discussing the production, distribution, and use of food. Some people enjoy many food choices while others remain hungry. The food industry produces wealth, but small farmers and farm workers are often poor. Food production and transportation contribute to many environmental problems, including climate change. We’ll explore many of the issues relating to the food choices we make as individuals and as a society through this book club.
The UU Church of Greater Lynn is focusing on Ethical Eating as part of their Green Book Club and will be reading is “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle,” the popular bestseller by Barbara Kingsolver. (As Rick Bass in the Boston Sunday Globe wrote: “This book will change your life … Perhaps never before has [food] been written about so passionately.”)
Other suggestions ....
The Bridge at the End of the World – Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability by James Gustave Speth
A Greener Faith – Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet’s Future by Roger Gottlieb
Life Abundant – Rethinking Theology and Economy for a Planet in Peril by Sallie McFague
The Great Work – Our Way Into the Future by Thomas Berry
Blessed Unrest – How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being by Paul Hawken
Earth Community, Earth Ethics by Larry Rasmusssen
The Creation – An Appeal to Save Life on Earth by E.O. Wilson
Loving Nature – Ecological Integrity and Christian Responsibility by James A. Nash
Habits of the Heart – Individualism and Commitment in American Life by Bellah, Madsen, Sullivan, Swidler, and Tipton
The Poverty of Affluence: A Psychological Portrait of the American Way of Life by Paul Wachtel
Plan B 3.0 – Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown
Deep Economy – the Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future by Bill McKibben
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