“It is all too possible that we will fail to achieve sustainability, and that the blind watchmaker will once again...reset the balance of a severely diminished living Earth.” That’s the possibility that Tim Flannery hopes we can yet avoid. He makes the statement early in his essay Now ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker this week, about Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Smart Growth, Water, Weather
Can we change fast enough? When thinking about the enormous need for social change as we attempt to move the world economy onto a sustainable path, I find it useful to look at various models of change. Three stand out. One is the catastrophic event model, which I call the ... keep reading
Written by Lester Brown this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Design, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Smart Growth
The Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests, a bipartisan, non-profit group of business, government, and conservation leaders released a report on October 7th asking the United States policymakers to cut emissions from tropical deforestation by half by 2020. The group is co-chaired by Lincoln Chafee, former US senator, Rhode ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell this week, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Logging, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
In a previous post here, I raised the population and water issue in a general way. My point was that ignoring the population component of our resource challenges was a mistake, certainly in the long term and in some places, in the short term. I think this is indisputable — resource ... keep reading
Written by Peter Gleick last month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Food, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather (2 comments)
Population discussions raise lots of hackles. And they bring the crazies out of the woodwork like termites when the Orkin Man appears. But I hope to post a series of pieces on population and water because we must stop ignoring the role of population in our environmental and water problems ... keep reading
Written by Peter Gleick last month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
David de Rothschild has explored both the North and South Pole on foot and holds the record for the fastest trip across the Greenland ice cap. His next exploration– sailing across the Pacific Ocean in a 60-foot catamaran made of 12,500 plastic bottles — is about more than the thrill ... keep reading
Written by Nadya Ivanova last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Art & Culture, Celebrities, Children and Families, Climate Change, Education, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Pollution, Recycling, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Transport, Travel, Water
Jack Sim’s mind is in the toilet. Or rather on the toilet. In face, he thinks that toilets are not only one of the keys to a global economic recovery, but also to empowering the developing world. Perhaps he’s spent too long on the “seat of wisdom”, or ... keep reading
Written by Chris Tobias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water (1 comment)
The Arctic ice caps are melting at a faster rate than scientists had predicted, a rate in which there will be little ice present within the next decade and is expected to melt completely within the next 20 to 30 years, according to expedition leader, Pen Hadow. Hadow lead a ... keep reading
Written by Aaron Kassraie last month, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
“Learning is an active process. We learn by doing…” –author Dale Carnegie For ten days this fall the people behind the scientific amusement park - Danfoss Universe turned school children from 15 countries into scientists. Children from 50 schools measured rainfall across the globe as part of Danfoss’s The Global ... keep reading
Written by Raegan Payne last month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
For years now, many members of Congress have insisted that cutting carbon emissions was difficult, if not impossible. It is not. During the two years since 2007, carbon emissions have dropped 9 percent. While part of this drop is from the recession, part of it is also from efficiency gains ... keep reading
Written by Lester Brown last month, about Air Quality, Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Education, Emissions, Energy Saving, Events, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Smart Growth
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