Article 1BV08 Inequality of environmentalism: is green movement exclusionary by nature?

Inequality of environmentalism: is green movement exclusionary by nature?

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Madeleine Somerville
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When it feels like the door's shutting on your face because you can't afford organic food, it's a hard sell to want to identify with a movement

A photo made the rounds recently, inciting the ire of the internet in the way only a simple photo can. It showed pre-peeled oranges neatly packaged in clear plastic boxes, sitting on a shelf at a Whole Foods store.

I'll admit I joined in on the mockery, too. I glanced at the picture when it popped up on my feed and I remember rolling my eyes. I remember being momentarily disheartened by our laziness. And typically, this would have been the extent of my interaction - a brief two-second downvote for humanity.

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