Brenda Platt
@zerowastequeen.bsky.social
Localist. Zero waster. Composter. Starve the landfill & trash burner. Feed the soil. Feed the community. Ownership matters. Size matters. More fun! Less stuff.
Director, Composting for Community, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Washington DC region
Director, Composting for Community, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, Washington DC region
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1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM
1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
Reposted by Brenda Platt
Imagine a future without utility companies that prioritize their shareholders over customers. If that's hard, try this podcast to get some inspiration for strategies to put people and communities first in our electricity system: ilsr.org/articles/a-f... 🔌💡
Envisioning a Future Without Investor-Owned Utilities - Episode 222 of Local Energy Rules - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
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ilsr.org
November 19, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Imagine a future without utility companies that prioritize their shareholders over customers. If that's hard, try this podcast to get some inspiration for strategies to put people and communities first in our electricity system: ilsr.org/articles/a-f... 🔌💡
Reposted by Brenda Platt
Leading up to Christmas is a time that indie businesses make the majority of their income for the whole year
If you want to support indie bookshops there's a growing list/directory at www.indiebookshops.com
If you want to support indie bookshops there's a growing list/directory at www.indiebookshops.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Leading up to Christmas is a time that indie businesses make the majority of their income for the whole year
If you want to support indie bookshops there's a growing list/directory at www.indiebookshops.com
If you want to support indie bookshops there's a growing list/directory at www.indiebookshops.com
Union organizers challenge joint forces of structural racism and corporate power. Tune into the latest episode of ILSR's Building Local Power podcast to hear how systemic racism is deeply intertwined with the labor struggles at Amazon’s warehouses.
Amazon, Labor, and Race - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Reverend Ryan Brown and Adam Stromme discuss their efforts to unionize a North Carolina Amazon warehouse and the role racism plays in the warehouse's story.
ilsr.org
November 19, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Union organizers challenge joint forces of structural racism and corporate power. Tune into the latest episode of ILSR's Building Local Power podcast to hear how systemic racism is deeply intertwined with the labor struggles at Amazon’s warehouses.