Journalist and science writer Eric Roston’s book The Carbon Age, highly praised when it was first published last year, is now available in paperback. It’s about carbon in the universe and the essential part it plays in life on Earth. It’s also about climate change, as its ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker this month, about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Finance & Money, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution
From our friends at Media Matters: Conservatives in the media have continued to cite the findings of a widely disputed study by a Spanish economist to assert or suggest that the United States will lose two jobs for every one green job created if the American Clean Energy and Security ... keep reading
Written by Media Matters this month, about Economics, Finance & Money, Media (1 comment)
[This continues Economy Too Big for Its Biosphere] If the world’s economy is already “full” and further growth is actually uneconomic, then we need to transform to a sustainable “steady-state” system as soon as possible. But what are the parameters, and how do we go about it? University of ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset this month, about Children and Families, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
From Off-Grid.net: Mercedes, Porsche, Audi, BMW, VW. The auto lies at the heart of the German economy and culture. But one small corner has taken a stand against the tyranny of four wheels by creating an entire car-free community. If you want a car in Vauban, you must buy ... keep reading
Written by Alex Benady this month, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Children and Families, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Emissions, Finance & Money, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population, Poverty & Development, Transport
Continued economic growth is a recipe for disaster because the world’s economy is already “full” and the world’s resources are finite, so consumption cannot be sustained even at its present level for more than a few decades. Therefore the only way to preserve even a reasonable level of ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset last month, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Consumerism, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population (1 comment)
Recently, Oxfam published its proposals on how the burden of reducing carbon emissions should be shared between countries, both rich and poor. What struck me was the contrast with the stance Oxfam and other NGOs have taken in their advocacy on trade at the WTO and numerous other trade agreements ... keep reading
Written by Duncan Green last month, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development (2 comments)
It will kill us all. More accurately, it is killing us all. The dearth of wisdom at the top is leading us toward the abyss. From peak oil to climate change to criminal economic practices to pollution to simply favouring ideology and cronies over reality and evidence in critical cases ... keep reading
Written by Brian Gordon last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution
Today we are an oil-based civilization, one that is totally dependent on are source whose production will soon be falling. Since 1981, the quantity of oil extracted has exceeded new discoveries by an ever-widening margin. In 2008, the world pumped 31 billion barrels of oil but discovered fewer than 9 ... keep reading
Written by Lester Brown last month, about Agriculture & Food, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Energy Saving, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Transport (1 comment)
In the United States, small businesses employ more than half the private workforce. They provide 80 percent of inner city jobs and 66 percent of rural jobs, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. (Photo courtesy NREL)As the United States debates how it should tackle climate change, "Big ... keep reading
Written by Ben Block last month, about Climate Change, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government
There’s no question that China is a force to be reckoned with in the solar industry. The country is the largest silicon-based solar-cell producer in the world, with Chinese and Taiwanese production accounting for 39 percent of global production last year, compared with 28 percent from Europe, according to ... keep reading
Written by Jennifer Kho last month, about Clean Technologies, Economics, Green energy, Industry & Business, Solar
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