“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
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
This post appears courtesy of Circle of Blue, and is part of a series addressing the impacts of water shortages across the United States. Americans have good reason to be concerned about the future of the nation’s supply of clean fresh water, according to state and federal research and ... keep reading
Written by Steve Kellman last month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
Novels aren’t often reviewed on websites like Celsias. But when Doubleday offered a review copy of Margaret Atwood’s latest, The Year of the Flood, it didn’t take long to say yes. Atwood is a celebrated writer, but she’s also a concerned environmentalist and active supporter of ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Celebrities, Children and Families, Design, Education, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Water
Los Angeles architecture firm Morphosis in combination with graduate students from UCLA have unveiled a brilliant solution to the problem of flooding – a house designed to rise with high waters. The aptly named Float House has been developed over the last two years as part of the Make It Right ... keep reading
Written by Scott Lachut last month, about Architecture, Children and Families, Design, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water (1 comment)
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