When a major company pollutes a city’s water with toxic chemicals and won’t clean up its mess, Nicki Minaj will be there to call them out. Or, at least her songs will be. Minaj’s “Anaconda” was the inspiration for Indian rapper Sofia Ashraf’s video spotlighting Unilever, a consumer products company that polluted…
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Officially labeled as the worst accidental oil spill in history, the Gulf of Mexico disaster continues to find coverage, albeit waning due to media appeal. With the end seeming far away, I am left wondering what I, an ordinary citizen, can do to help against environmental degradation committed by corporations, the government and consumers. I turned to one of my heroes, Dr. Vandana Shiva, for her thoughts. Dr. Shiva is an environmental activist, writer and physicist from India. Her work has inspired many writings and movements. I asked Dr. Shiva about her thoughts on environmentalism, the career challenges she faced being a woman, and what citizens can do to help the cause.
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