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Every Friday we provide a bunch of links to make sure your weekend food-for-thought nutrient requirements are well catered for - covering three main categories: the good, the bad, and the ugly downright interesting (interesting posts from around the world).

Here goes:

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Good News Paul Hawken gives encouraging evidence of the rapid growth of grassroots environmental and social justice groups around the world. More than that, he explains why what is happening underfoot, as it were, is unlike any movement that's gone before. Read 'To Remake the World', and, how about we do just that!? Although massive centralised supermarkets are not sketched into most eco-activist's idea of a sustainable world, we must start somewhere. Building local economies is where it's at. Waitrose is the first UK supermarket to actually define what 'local' means - deciding it's products sourced from within a 30 mile radius. It has made a small beginning with apple juice. Let's hope this is the thin end of a very big wedge. City-wide changes are on the agenda in some quarters.... ... and zero emissions commuting is becoming a realistic option. Bad News Global warming is accelerating - the rapid growth of developing nations is fueling the biggest current increases, and they're only at the beginning of their growth curve. Meanwhile, the U.S. has been working behind the scenes to pressure the upcoming G8 summit to play down the importance of taking action against global warming. Some of the largest creatures in the world may be the first to be affected by global warming - our ocean-going mammalian friends in particular. Things are getting so bad for Australian farmers, people are beginning unofficial suicide watches. It's looking a lot like Exxon-Mobil's promised turnaround in attitude is merely rhetoric. Go figure. Still, this predictable piece is tempered with the news that some Exxon investors may be getting as tired of this as we are (see also). Do you suffer from hay fever? Hate ticks and mosquitoes, and the diseases they bring? Help us fight global warming, because all this and more is on its way (also see this, this and this). Cherry Picking from Around the Blogosphere & MSM The carnivores amongst you may watch your grocery bill climb this season - as the competition between feeding cars, animals, and - oh, yes - people too I guess, starts to heat up. This competition is also seeing some unusual and alarming trends - pigs and cattle with acne perhaps? Higher than normal hurricane risks are prompting concern over the safety of U.S. oil stockpiles in the gulf. Some are urging that stockpiles should be kept out of the area. Brazil is significant not just because of its latino dancing and the Rio de Janeiro carnival - but also its possession of the world's largest rainforest. The editor of the Temas Blog has given those of us that can't read Portuguese the rare privilege of getting the skinny on a major Brazil-centric climate change report. The New York times reports that "Emissions of carbon dioxide from fuel burned in the United States dropped 1.3 percent in 2006 compared with an all-time peak reached the year before..." But, this may just be figure-fudging by Mr. Bush, to appease an increasingly disgruntled citizenry. The UN has just released a 'comprehensive survey' on the potential social and environmental impacts of biofuels.The political and corporate world doesn't wait for such surveys, of course, before 'rushing in where angels fear to tread', as regular Celsias readers know well. If you're a power-reader, and have energy for more - check out the results of Shea Gunther's stumbling around the web.

And, finally, here's a good business idea for the over-worked entrepreneur:

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