“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
Doing the Climate Shuffle: There’s a familiar dance being performed on the world stage. It’s called the Climate Shuffle. It has been going on for decades, but more people are watching now and every nation is practicing the steps. The dance is not complicated. The goal is to ... keep reading
Written by Bill Becker this week, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development, 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
Autumn in the mountains of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona is traditionally heralded by aspen stands aflame with heart-shaped golden leaves that shake in the cool breeze. Unfortunately, due to a rapid die-off of aspens across the American West, appropriately named SAD for Sudden Aspen Decline, aspen groves are disappearing ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell last month, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Weather
Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and property owners can pursue oil, chemical and coal companies for allegedly contributing to global warming that lead to the enormous power and destruction of Hurricane Katrina in that region, according to a court decision issued Oct. 16. In 2006, these plaintiffs filed a class action ... keep reading
Written by Vivi Gorman last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Education, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Weather
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
Even weeks later, the world is still reeling at the devastation caused to Indonesia and the South Pacific by a series of deadly earthquakes and tsunamis that killed and injured hundreds. The epicenter of the first 7.6 magnitude quake was located 30 miles off the coast of the island ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell last month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, 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
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