Southwestern Ontario
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Environment concepts hidden in the economic crisis
Thursday December 4 2008

Tamara Harbar
Going Green 

Like most people, I never imagined the economic tumble that started in September would still be in free-fall months later. But those sub-prime mortgages kick-started a chain reaction that’s still going.

I’m amazed that what began in real estate and banking has affected so many other areas, including sports and the media. General Motors has dropped its sponsorship of the Toronto Blue Jays. CTV has lost advertising dollars and laid off over 100 employees.

So what does this have to do with the environment? Something felt familiar to me about the way the economy was unraveling, the way one falling domino knocked over the next one. And it wasn’t an economic concept, because I know zip about those. But an environmental concept seems to apply – interconnectedness.

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