"Climate change is an opportunity. ... Lappé is a big-time environmentalist, who many food activists credit with launching the local food movement in the 1970s. Her book, Diet for a Small Planet, sold millions of copies.
"She clearly doesn’t mean “opportunity” in the Stephen Harper we-can-drill-the-Arctic way. She means climate change is a challenge that could inspire a shift in our world view.
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"Lappé ... puts it this way: “The real crisis is we feel powerless.”"
Full article: Toronto News: Porter: Frances Moore Lappé’s environmental insights intoxicate the mind.
See also Biography of Frances Moore Lappé.