The disastrous effect of social inequality on health and social stability

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Eli Scheetz

Richard Wilkinson, Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham, presented huge amounts of evidence in his book The Spirit Level (co-authored with Kate Pickett) about the disastrous effect of social inequality on health and social stability. This video of his TED Talk gives a summary of some of that research.

What’s Wrong With Our Food System

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Eli Scheetz

Here’s a great TEDxNextGenerationAsheville Video I found on YouTube of a kid named Birke Baehr telling us “What’s Wrong With Our Food System”.

Go Birke Baehr!

[youtube]F7Id9caYw-Y[/youtube]

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