Slow Food
Good, Clean, and Fair Food
Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world. Today, we have over 80,000 members a ...learn more
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Created: Nov 30, 2007
Updated: Nov 19, 2009
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Invest in Energy Independence, Increase Energy Security:
Investing in solar power increases our nation's energy independence and energy security. California's energy crisis was just the latest in a long cycle of price fluctuations.
Clean the Air, Fight Global Warming:
Global warming is the greatest environmental threat facing the planet today. The evidence is in and the debate about whether it is happening is over. As just one piece of evidence, Frank Nutter, President of the Reinsurance Association of America, recently was quoted saying that because of the high property losses due to extreme weather during the past two decades, climate change "could bankrupt the industry."
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Renewable energy technologies create jobs and generate income. A number of recent state and national studies have found positive net job impacts from increasing renewable energy use. For every million dollars invested in solar electricity, between 5 and 15 jobs are created. For every million dollars invested in oil and gas exploration, only 1.5 jobs are created.
Finally, renewable energy offers a cost-saving alternative to fossil fuel plants that create neighborhood eyesores, foul the air and can increase health care costs.
