Meeting local needs in a movement for global change

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

In addressing far-reaching global issues like public health, nutrition, social justice and the environment, the road to creating positive change in these areas often begins in our own neighborhood.
Baltimore City, home to the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future and the School of Public Health, suffers from stark disparities in access to healthy [...]

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Where’s the Grain?

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Note: This is a response to an editorial posted in the New York Times.
Thursday’s Editorial (”The World Food Crisis,” New York Times, April 10, 2008) questioned the environmental and ethical impact of corn ethanol production. The question is: With more people and less grain, should we put the food in our gas tanks or in [...]

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