Media Construction

of Sustainability:

Food, Water & Agriculture

PowerPoint Slide Show, Lesson 6

Voices Role Play

Food Crop PreservationAdvocate Voices:

Wes JacksonMonsanto

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.”

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Local FoodsAdvocate Voices:

Stephen BudianskyBill 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.”

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Farming PracticesAdvocate Voices:

Kip CullersWendell 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.

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Urban AgricultureAdvocate Voices:

Erika AllenJohn 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.

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Organic FoodsAdvocate Voices:

Bob GoldbergSandra 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.

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Food SecurityAdvocate Voices:

Malik YakiniConAgra 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.

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Water privatizationAdvocate Voices:

United WaterVandana 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.

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Reference ListL6, Slides 2-3Next 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 http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/06/perennial-grains-are-set-to-transform.html

L6, Slides 4-5(2007, Spring). Combat climate change. Permaculture.

L6, Slides 6-7Underwood, K. (2009, March 6). Organic vs. Local? Who Cares. Neither is Sustainable. TreeHugger. Retrieved from: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/organic-vs-local-who-cares-neither-is-sustainable.php

L6, Slides 8-9DetroitAgriculture.com. (2010). Garden resource program collaborative. Retrieved from http://www.detroitagriculture.com/GRP_Website/About_Us.html

L6, Slides 10-11SAAFON. (2010). Featured Farmers for 2010. Retrieved from: http://www.saafon.org/farmers.php?id=featuredfarmer

L6, Slides 12-13Food Export Association of the Midwest USA. (2006). Food Export Association of the Midwest USA: 2006 Annual Report, Navigating Export Success. Retrieved from: http://www.foodexport.org/files/AnnualReports/FoodEx%20Midwest%202006%20FINAL.pdf

L6, Slides 14-15American Water. (2011). Environmental Sustainability. Retrieved from: http://www.amwater.com/corporate-responsibility/Environmental-Sustainability/