With the United States of America's ever-mounting trade and budget deficits, unemployment above 10 percent (and, dependent on counting, un- and under-employment above 20 percent), looming peak oil and other resource (water, for example) limitations, environmental challenges, and ever-mounting climate chaos , America faces a very serious situation. In fact ... keep reading
Written by A. Siegel yesterday, about Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Design, Economics, Electric vehicles, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Smart Growth, Transport, Travel (2 comments)
The defective Chinese drywall situation in the United States first came to light in November of 2008, when the Herald Tribune reported that homeowners in the Sarasota-Bradenton area of Florida were discovering that their homes’ sheetrock walls were eating away the wiring. In fact, the problem may predate 2008, as ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this week, about Architecture, Children and Families, Design, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Pollution, Recycling, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water
Speakers at the opening session of the World Summit on Food Security, hosted by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, called for increased investment in agriculture and emphasized the role climate change is playing in agricultural production. “There can be no food security without climate security,” said Ban Ki-moon ... keep reading
Written by Brett Walton this week, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
We sped along the asphalt, cocooned in our little white hatchback, chasing the ever-retreating heat haze mirage. I don’t want to talk to a pig farmer, I thought, defensively. I felt dread rise up from my gut. My dad chattered happily. I had been an animal lover since childhood ... keep reading
Written by Kristy Arbon this week, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution (1 comment)
A recent event sponsored by the British High Commission on climate change and low-carbon business drew out into the open a serious issue. As many are aware, should the temperature rise as much as 4 degrees Celsius (or about 7 degrees Fahrenheit) due to climate change, some serious problems for ... keep reading
Written by Chris Tobias this week, about Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Education, Emissions, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution, Smart Growth
Al Gore hasn’t been resting on his laurels since An Inconvenient Truth. His substantial new book Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis has grown out of the more than 30 lengthy and intensive “Solution Summits” he has organised to enable leading experts from round the world ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Celebrities, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government
The upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen have highlighted an interesting dilemma. Nations worldwide are trying to shirk their responsibilities around emissions and their economies. So called “developed” nations like the U.S., U.K., and Australia are having a difficult political time getting industries to swallow the fact that big ... keep reading
Written by Chris Tobias this week, about Climate Change, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development
Some very good news on the international front, as the UK Guardian reports today: During a hastily convened breakfast meeting in Singapore, the US president supported a Danish plan to salvage something from the moribund negotiations by aiming for a broad political agreement and postponing contentious decisions on emissions targets ... keep reading
Written by Joe Romm this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Design, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development
Money-Changers in Democracy’s Temple: There is a scene in the New Testament (Matthew 21:12) where Jesus throws the money-changers out of the temple. We could use some of that in the halls of Congress. While the U.S. Capitol is not the National Cathedral, members of Congress are ... keep reading
Written by Bill Becker this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development
In a warming world, dominated by excessive rain in some areas and drought in others, arcology designers propose a Nevada city that would rely on landscapes right out of Frank Herbert’s classic novel, Dune (which was made an equally classic film of the same name). The Sietch, Nevada urban ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this month, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Population, Recycling, Smart Growth, Water, Weather
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