For the past year, President Bharrat Jagdeo of Guyana has traveled the world offering to place his nation's forests under international supervision if other countries paid his citizens not to deforest the tropical landscapes. The campaign received major support last week when Norway announced a $30 million commitment on ... keep reading
Written by Ben Block - Worldwatch Institute yesterday, about Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Logging, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
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)
In order to generate excitement around humble dirt - the star of a new movie bearing its name - people are being encouraged to visit the official site and share their own soil stories. Dirt! The Movie, due out in December, tells the amazing story of humans and our relationship with the ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. this week, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Permaculture, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development, Weather
When the world thinks of forests and their value to offset global warming, tropical forests come to mind. A report released last week shows that the global impact of Canada’s boreal forest, which stores nearly twice as much carbon per hectare as tropical forests, has been vastly underestimated. The ... keep reading
Written by Canadian Boreal Iniative this month, about Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Weather
New report paints the human race’s picture as grim and unstable if more action isn’t taken against climate change to protect the “building blocks” of large populations. In the run-up to historic climate talks in Copenhagen, a new report by the Worldwatch Institute and United Nations Foundation (U ... keep reading
Written by Steve Kellman this month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather (1 comment)
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
Why the sudden surge in climate change denial? Could it be about something else altogether? There is no point in denying it: we’re losing. Climate change denial is spreading like a contagious disease. It exists in a sphere which cannot be reached by evidence or reasoned argument; any attempt ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot this month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Emissions, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government
Oxfam’s messages on the battering effects of climate change on poorer countries continue with the publication this week of their report Bolivia: Climate Change, Poverty and Adaptation. Poverty and injustice in many countries of the world is what Oxfam works on, and this focus has inevitably led to concern ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development
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