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Rebel Without a Pause

jeremy wrote 1 month ago: Image source: robertlpeters.com There was a nice piece in Planet Green last week on one of my intell … more →

Tags: international political economy, Sustainable Development, Noam Chomsky

Political tipping points or natural tipping points?

jeremy wrote 2 months ago: ngopost.org Lester Brown’s book, Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, asks whether we … more →

Tags: Books, Climate, Energy, water, China, India, Lester Brown, Saudi Arabia

6 billion others

jeremy wrote 2 months ago: A brilliant TED talk from Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The English version of Home (with sub-titles) is ava … more →

Tags: Climate, international political economy, Pollution, Home, Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Dolphin slaughter at The Cove

jeremy wrote 3 months ago: So often the symbol of new ageism, showing a concern for the welfare of the dolphin might be conside … more →

Tags: Food, Materialism, Sustainable Development, Dolphin, Fast Food Nation, Japan, Super-Size Me, The Cove

The future of farming

egitman wrote 4 months ago: I found the following article quite interesting for 8 separate solutions it offers in that some of t … more →

Tags: Food, Sustainable living, Environmental Sustainability

A good example of SD1 comment

rmr1 wrote 4 months ago: I have seen a documentary in the past 2 months that was talking off the restoration of the mining wa … more →

Tags: Sustainable Development, Mining industry, revegetation, tailing

Carbon Foot Print of Nations1 comment

jfdeschamps1 wrote 4 months ago: The Norwegian University of  Science and Technology has published a Carbon Footprint for Nations.  I … more →

Tags: climate change, ecological footprint, Carbon Footprint for Nations, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

How long will we continue to undervalue resources1 comment

cobus204 wrote 4 months ago: Ecosystem services are the basis for our economic system,  yet we continue to not account for them i … more →

Tags: market-based solutions, ecosystem services

Hydro projects and methane generation1 comment

empetersson wrote 4 months ago: Some detail on why hydro is not as clean as it seems. Sure, hydro burns no fossil fuels, but the dam … more →

Tags: climate change, Energy, hydro power generation

trees1 comment

bobbywalnuts wrote 4 months ago: Many people have been writing about various things that are happening in the world, and I enjoy read … more →

Tags: Sustainable living, Sustainable Development, Trees, Clear Cutting, Harvesting

Modern Day China: The price of economic growth and the globalization of the supply chain1 comment

sandybeyko wrote 4 months ago: The days, whereby it was believed that pollution was just the price we had to pay for economic growt … more →

Environmental Challenges in South Africa2 comments

cobus204 wrote 4 months ago: I thought it would be useful to outline some of the environmental challenges in my country. The para … more →

Tags: Environmental Sustainability

Bio-fuels and Natural Capital Depletion1 comment

davhorgan wrote 4 months ago: Many Latin American countries have well established bio-fuel industries for the past thirty years. T … more →

Tags: Energy, biofuels

Food Vs. Fuel Debate3 comments

davhorgan wrote 4 months ago: Bio-fuel Global Trends In an article published in the Irish Examiner, on November 22nd 2007, a senio … more →

Tags: Energy, Food, Sustainable Development, Sustainable technologies, bio-diesel, bio-ethanol, Bio-fuel, food price

Manufactured Landscape1 comment

jacksonhamilton wrote 4 months ago: Thinking of sustainable development, I recall an exhibit of a famous canadian photographer.  Edward … more →

Tags: Economic Development, China, Coal

Where did swine flu come from?1 comment

jeremy wrote 5 months ago: Image source: thinkingfinance.net It occurred to me the other day that despite the huge publicity su … more →

Tags: Food, Pollution, Sustainable Development, h1n1, Meat, swine flu, Vegetarianism

The Ecology of Leaving Your Cell Phone2 comments

ocvoice wrote 7 months ago: By Sarah Mosko OC Voice It’s not much of a stretch to liken America’s relationship with … more →

Tags: Environment, Green Living, batteries, Cell Phones, ceramics, Consumers, Energy, Green, Handsets

Biosphere 2 not such a flop after all

jeremy wrote 7 months ago: Image source: flickr.com/photos/cadams7216 There is an interesting piece in Wired today on Biosphere … more →

Tags: Climate, Biodiversity, Biosphere2

The Exxon Valdez oil spill 20 years on

jeremy wrote 8 months ago: Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/CBSNewsOnline; 02-02-09 It is 20 years ago today that the tanker … more →

Tags: Oil, Pollution, US Politics, Alaska, Exxon, Valdez


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