A striking article in this week’s Guardian: The environmental damage caused to developing nations by the world’s richest countries amounts to more than the entire third world debt of $1.8 trillion, according to the first systematic global analysis of the ecological damage imposed by rich countries. The study found that there are huge disparities in [...]
The restriction of long-distance organic trade would damage African farmers while having minimal effects on the environment, argue Stephen Browne & Alexander Kasterine. A rising concern with personal and environmental health in the world’s richer countries is influencing lifestyles and public debate alike. One significant trend is the increase in the consumption of organically grown [...]
In september last year, the journal Ecological Economics published a paper on “Measuring sustainable development — Nation by nation.” The researchers came up with a way to normalize and measure the progress of sustainable development, no matter where it was taking place: [W]e use the UN Human Development Index (HDI) as an indicator of development [...]
Normally, I’m not very much in favor of contributing to an already over-dosed blogosphere of the US presidential campaign, but I can’t spare you this item. It’s a well-written essay by Andrew Sullivan about what Barack Obama could be the just the essential man for: first and foremost, bridging the widening gap of the cultural [...]
These days I’m playing around with some different new themes to clean up my cluttered blog. The current one - Sandpress - is just a step on the way to go. I love the cleanliness and the simplicity. Thanks to Arpit Jacob (Clazh.com) . It will take some days before all is up and running again, customized and [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2008