Earth Day
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Al Gore: New thinking on the climate crisis
In Al Gore’s brand-new slideshow (premiering exclusively on TED.com), he presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting, and challenges us to act with a sense of “generational mission” — the kind of feeling that brought forth the civil rights movement — to set it right....
125 million people could face displacement in South Asia
Kolkata, INDIA: Greenpeace alerted the Indian government and people of the subcontinent to the massive humanitarian crisis the South Asian region could face if global warming was not kept below the 2 degree tipping point. Blue Alert – Climate Migrants in South Asia: Estimates and Solutions, a paper authored by Dr Sudhir Chella Rajan, professor...
There’s a Problem up Ahead but We Don’t Change Anything
 Is global warming now irreversible? Climate science maverick James Lovelock believes it is and that catastrophe is inevitable. His reason, (in The Guardian) ‘I see it with everybody. People just want to go on doing what they’re doing. They want business as usual. They say, ‘Oh yes, there’s going to be a problem up...
Maude Barlow: The Growing Battle for the Right to Water
Maude Barlow’s new book about the water crisis is a call to arms to protect a fundamental human right. From Chile to the Philippines to South Africa to her home country of Canada, Maude Barlow is one of a few people who truly understands the scope of the world’s water woes. Her newest book, Blue...
Cycling for Nature Conservation
A couple of friends of mine will start their 6000 km cycle tour through 12 different European countries, soon, from the North Cape to Athens. Their cycle tour is part of a campaign to raise awareness (and funds…) for Eastern European nature conservation projects (WWF, Avalon). Read more on their website (in Dutch) Related items...
Virtual Water
Here’s another great website which shows you the ‘virtual amount of water’ used to produce certain foods. Check it out. Theory behind the concept of »virtual water content« [excerpt from waterfootprint.org] Virtual water content – The virtual-water content of a product (a commodity, good or service) is the volume of freshwater used to produce the...
A Bright Green Future?
Green recovery isn’t a dream — it’s already begun. The U.S. has committed to invest almost 1% of its economic output in sustainable recovery programmes. China is racing ahead, putting over a third of its big stimulus package into green investments, while South Korea investing two-thirds of its package in energy efficiency, green jobs, public...
Rich countries owe poor a huge environmental debt
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...
A green wall? Kenya, organics, and food miles
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...
How Can Sustainable Development Be Measured?
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...
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Climate War
Britain’s International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) warned last month that fears about stability — once hidden by smoke from the debate over the scientific evidence for global warming — are bound to rise to the top of the agenda. “The security dimension will come increasingly to the forefront as countries begin to see falls...
