Media Construction of Sustainability: Food, Water & Agriculture PowerPoint Slide Show, Lesson 6 Voices Role Play

Food Crop Preservation Advocate Voices: Wes Jackson Monsanto Web page from November 2010 This web page is from the website of the Lifeboat Foundation, a nonprofit nongovernmental organization dedicated “to encouraging scientific advancements while helping humanity survive existential risks and possible misuse of increasingly powerful technologies.” L6, Slide 2

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Local Foods Advocate Voices: Stephen Budiansky Bill McKibben Cover from Spring 2007 This British magazine by Permanent Publications promises to keep readers “in touch with the cutting edge of the sustainability movement.” L6, Slide 4

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Farming Practices Advocate Voices: Kip Cullers Wendell Berry Web page from March 2009 This web page is from the website TreeHugger which describes itself as “a leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream” using blogs, newsletters, radio interviews and twitter and facebook pages. L6, Slide 6

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Urban Agriculture Advocate Voices: Erika Allen John Hantz Web page from March 2010 This web page is from the website detroitagriculture.org, which highlights the work of the Garden Resource Program Collaborative and its partners, Earth Works, Urban Farm, Detroit Agriculture Network and Michigan State University. L6, Slide 8

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Organic Foods Advocate Voices: Bob Goldberg Sandra Steingraber Web page from January 2011 This web page is from the website of the Southeastern African-American Farmers Organic Network (SAAFON), a network of farmers using sustainable growing methods. L6, Slide 10

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Food Security Advocate Voices: Malik Yakini ConAgra Foundation Web page from December 2010 This web page is from the website of the Food Export Association of the Midwest USA which has a mission of increasing food and agricultural exports. L6, Slide 12

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Water privatization Advocate Voices: United Water Vandana Shiva Web page from January 2011 This web page is produced by American Water, one of the largest private water companies in the U.S. American Water is owned by the German energy conglomerate RWE. L6, Slide 14

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Reference List L6, Slides 2-3 Next Big Future. (2010, June 25). Perennial grains are set to transform farming but need resources equal to bioful effort to accelerate development and global deployment. Retrieved from L6, Slides 4-5 (2007, Spring). Combat climate change. Permaculture. L6, Slides 6-7 Underwood, K. (2009, March 6). Organic vs. Local? Who Cares. Neither is Sustainable. TreeHugger. Retrieved from: sustainable.php L6, Slides 8-9 DetroitAgriculture.com. (2010). Garden resource program collaborative. Retrieved from L6, Slides SAAFON. (2010). Featured Farmers for Retrieved from: L6, Slides Food Export Association of the Midwest USA. (2006). Food Export Association of the Midwest USA: 2006 Annual Report, Navigating Export Success. Retrieved from: L6, Slides American Water. (2011). Environmental Sustainability. Retrieved from: