Archive for May, 2008
Ramsay’s rant
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9 May 2008Gordon Ramsay, probably Britain’s most annoying celebrity chef, has spoken to the prime minister about fining restaurants which serve out of season produce. There are at least two things wrong with Ramsay’s proposal. First, why shouldn’t people be able to eat out of season food if they want to? If I want Kenyan strawberries in […]
- Tags: celebrities, consumption, food, trade
Food wastage hysteria
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8 May 2008The lead story of today’s Independent (London) is a hysterical rant about food wastage in Britain. It notes that: “Each day, according to the government-backed report, Britons throw away 4.4 million apples, 1.6 million bananas, 1.3 million yoghurt pots, 660,000 eggs, 550,000 chickens, 300,000 packs of crisps and 440,000 ready meals.” But to me the […]
- Tags: consumption, ethics, food
Globalisation and anti-globalisation
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6 May 2008A column by Lawrence Summers, a former US treasury secretary, in today’s Financial Times shows how far the mainstream has gone in taking on “anti-globalisation” arguments. Tackling inequality and raising labour standards are integral to the conventional wisdom: “The domestic component of a strategy to promote healthy globalisation must rely on strengthening efforts to reduce […]
- Tags: corporations, globalisation, inequality
Catch-up
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4 May 2008I have been sidetracked for the past week so no time for blogging. Hopefully this will now change. However, two things worth catching up on: – Attended the launch of the Prix Pictet photographic competition last Tuesday (29 April). It is a new photographic awarded focusing on sustainability with Kofi Annan, a former UN secretary […]
- Tags: consumption, development, environment, happiness, sustainability
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