The state that stands to suffer the most from human-caused climate change has elected leaders who want to stop efforts to avoid its inundation (see “Sea levels may rise 3 times faster than IPCC estimated, could hit 6 feet by 2100“). That’s true of the Governor and presidential hopeful (see “Jindal tries to block [...]
So far, the San Francisco Giants are pounding the Texas Rangers in the World Series. As a Yankee fan — there, I said it, but I was born and raised in a small town in New York — I wouldn’t normally care much who wins.
But there is a delicious coincidence in this series that might [...]
Well, we’ve managed to stimulate quite a lively conversation after dropping the Open Letter about Scientific Credibility and the Conservation of Tropical Forests regarding the questionable tactics employed by Alan Oxley and his industrial lobbyist organisations. Mr. Oxley has responded with vitriol, hand-waving, red herrings and straw men, and failed to address even a [...]
Editor’s note: Not sure why this post got pulled back into the pending queue yesterday… apologies if you clicked through and got an error page.
In light of mid-October’s Solar Power International Conference, there is some great news about the industry. The Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) is reporting that solar power in the US will [...]
As of this morning, a group of distinguished scientists (which I have had the honour of being invited to join) has released an Open Letter to be published in various media outlets worldwide. The letter addresses some of our major concerns over the misinterpretation of facts, and openly misleading statements, by proponents of [...]
Apologies for the silence over the last week – I’ve been a little preoccupied with some business in China. I’ll devote an entire post to my recent trip there (actually, I’m still there – Beijing to be precise), but I thought I’d just explain my absence and provide a little post to sate [...]
Moving by Bike is Contagious
Inspired by this video of a Portland, OR bike move, Nicholas Whitaker decided to help his girlfriend, Jes Schultz move her apartment by bike. Taking only two trips and about three hours, they successfully relocated her 1 bedroom apartment including futon, dresser and numerous odds and ends. This was all done using [...]
Editor’s note: This post is sustainablog’s contribution to Blog Action Day 2010; this year’s topic is water.
When island nations experience disaster (think the Haitian earthquake), the victims are often faced with a cruel irony summed up (in a different context) by the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge: “Water, water, everywhere,/Nor any drop to drink.” Sure, aid [...]
In my little bid to participate in Change.org’s Blog Action Day 2010 – Water, I’ve re-hashed a post from 2008 on ‘water neutrality’. This will also benefit my recently joined readers, and re-invigorate a concept I don’t think has received nearly enough attention globally (or even in parched Australia where I live). So here we [...]
Conservation Letters‘ fifth issue (September) of Volume 3 is now out. Some good ones here. A mismatch of scales: challenges in planning for implementation of marine protected areas in the Coral Triangle (Mills et al.) Climate change: helping nature survive the human response (Turner et al.) Protecting degraded rainforests: enhancement of forest carbon stocks under [...]
Last November I wrote about an exciting conservation research endeavour (see ‘How to restore a tropical rain forest‘) in which I am involved called the Thiaki Rain Forest Regeneration Project taking place as we speak in the hinterland of north Queensland’s Atherton Tableland. I personally have done next to nothing on the project yet (UQ’s [...]
Pineapples are nutritious and popular. But the cheap fruit comes at a high cost. Health and environmental degradation has affected both workers and local communities. Price cuts in European supermarkets has led to wage cuts for workers already earning very little.
This new article looks at some of these issues further, including a video documentary from Consumers International the followed pineapple production in Costa Rica, a major exporter.
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