Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Majora Carter video link

This is a link to a speech by Majora Carter - Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx - who has been brought up several times in discussions in recent weeks.

It is very interesting and inspiring.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/53

City of Chicago Proposing Special Tax on Bottled Water

I thought this might be of interest to the class. A proposal has been made in Chicago to institute a special tax on bottled water, largely due to environmental concerns. Below is a link to an op-ed piece in today's Chicago Tribune about the proposal.

http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2007/11/bottled.html

It would be great to hear what people in the class think about this.