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Carbon offsets = good, moral offsets = bad?

Last week Mother Jones brought up a perennial theme in green circles: does buying green products serve as a "get out of jail free" card with the conscience, leading to less responsible behavior overall? So say researchers at the University of Toronto. In the words of the researchers, "people act...

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Tags: Ethic, Green product, Moral, Offset, Twelve steps
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Faith Communities, the Environment, and Tales of Responsibility

New Dream receives comments from the perspective of faith now and then. From pastors passing along environmental messages like reducing meat consumption to their congregations, to reflections on water and Ramadan. It's something I think we don't talk about enough in discussions about the earth. ...

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Tags: Emerson, Faith, Moral, Religion, Spirit, Thoreau, Transcendentalist
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