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Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic
by Liz Armstrong, Guy Dauncey, and Anne WordsworthNew Society Publishers, 2007, 317 pages, $27.95ISBN: 9780865715424
Friends who found me reading Cancer over the past week were all equally shocked and vocal: "Why are you reading such a depressing book?" they asked. Falling on deaf ears, my replies became increasingly forceful. "It's a preventive approach! Not depressing but solution-based!"
I repeated my tired defence enough times to glimpse fi rst-hand the daunting task undertaken by Cancer's trio of capable researcher-writers. With each page, Armstrong, Dauncey, and Wordsworth are fi ghting an uphill battle to instill optimistic pragmatism where medicine, media, and most folks know only fear and hopelessness.
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Going Carless
The love of my life is the 1969 Toyota Corolla that I bought in high school and have driven ever since. For 16 years Putt-Putt has served me faithfully through life's triumphs and disappointments. Finally, though, he needs a serious fix-up and we're facing a sobering question.
Is It Time to Break Up?
Five years ago, I wouldn't have considered becoming a member of Generation C-C for carless-who rely on public transit, pedal power, rides from friends, or borrowed cars. But global warming can't be denied, and Canada's emissions are almost 33 percent above our Kyoto Protocol commitment.
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Making Sense of Soy
Soy is the Jekyll and Hyde of the plant world. With reported benefi ts often contradicted by accounts of negative effects, confusion about soy's true nature abounds.
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Coffee with a Cause
Enlightened coffee drinkers know that their buying choices can make a difference to the lives and health of the workers who tend and harvest coffee.
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The Curse That ain't
By the time you read this magazine, the birth control pill Seasonale will have Health Canada's approval and be available to consumers.
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Organic Bounty
How can organic agriculture help feed the world's growing population? This highly debated question was discussed by 350 participants from 80 countries at a United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference in Rome in May 2007.
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Corn Kernels of Truth
Dare to start a conversation about bean sprouts or broccoli at a party and watch those around you drift off toward the punchbowl.
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Coffee Confidential
Coffee is bad for you!
No, wait. Coffee is good for you!
Better hurry up and enjoy drinking that steamy hot cuppa joe before the experts change their minds-again.
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Modern Mud Huts
It's no wonder straw bale, rammed earth, and hempcrete homes are getting more popular: they're low maintenance, rodent-proof, fire-resistant, eco-friendly, and healthier than conventional houses.
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