Dan Susman and Andrew Monbouquette saw that, despite the growth of urban agriculture around the United States, there wasn't much going on in their home town of Omaha, Nebraska on this front... so they decided to strike out on a road trip to see what was happening in other cities. Growing Cities, a feature-length documentary, is the result of that road trip.
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You may find the following video, produced from an excerpt of Carl Sagan’s book, Pale Blue Dot, of interest. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86BPM1GV8M
Want to grow your own Stevia? It's not the easiest herb to grow, but these tips will help you cultivate your own source of this natural sweetener.
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A new national survey confirms strong public support for funding renewable energy research, regulating carbon pollution, and signing a global treaty to slash emissions. The study, conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication, found a remarkable 75% of Americans support “regulating carbon dioxide (the [...]
Royal Dutch Shell’s profits rose 15.9 percent in the first quarter of 2012, netting $7.3 billion. Shell’s CEO Peter Voser attributed the increase in part to “strong oil prices,” which rose to over $100 a barrel this quarter. In 2011, Shell’s profits soared 54 percent to $3.5 million every hour, despite producing 3 percent less [...]
Last year, ExxonMobil, one of the world’s most profitable companies, earned $1,300 in profits per second. As consumers paid record-high springtime gas prices, Exxon posted first quarter profits of $9.45 billion. This is down slightly from the first quarter of 2011, when Exxon posted $10.65 billion in profits. Exxon benefited from the high price of [...]
The race to go green has driven the construction of several enormous projects around the world. These three ambitious green buildings are on a scale that could change the lives of perhaps hundreds of thousands of people.
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A round-up of the top climate and energy stories. Please post more links below. At their annual retreat Tuesday morning, Aspen Chamber Resort Association board members voted 11-1 to cut ties with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of a disagreement over the national organization’s policy of disregarding man’s effect on climate change. [Aspen Times] [...]
… not centuries. Here’s a little video production The Environment Institute put together that explains some of our lab‘s work and future directions. – – CJA Bradshaw Filed under: anthropocene, Australia, biodiversity, climate change, conservation, ecosystem, ecosystem services, environmental science, extinction, modelling
The Strip, by Brian McFadden, from the NY Times [click to enlarge]
by Daniel J. Weiss On April 13, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed the first carbon dioxide pollution limits for new coal fired power plants. This action launched a sixty day public comment period for the public to let EPA know that it supported the proposal. Just ten days later, on April 24th, a broad coalition [...]
Many are predicting that China’s economy is set to take over the world. According to the IMF China will overtake America as the world’s largest economy in 2017. However, before we start looking to China as the next world superpower, the country’s dire demographic outlook needs to be taken account of. It will almost certainly hold the country back. Yet, despite this, unnatural government restrictions on childbirth persist. Read more...
A round-up of the top climate and energy news. Please post additional links below. Governments are falling badly behind on low-carbon energy, putting carbon reduction targets out of reach and pushing the world to the brink of catastrophic climate change, the world’s leading independent energy authority will warn on Wednesday. “The world’s energy system is [...]
My family and I live an ecological lifestyle on one part-time income. To me, living out my values means living simply, living debt free, and living in a way that honors the earth. The primary way I do this is through frugality. The same skills and values that allow me to be resourceful with money also allow me to be a good steward of natural resources.
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Read more...ENERGY STAR is celebrating 20 years of empowering Americans to save energy with its "Change the World" campaign. Take a look at how you can share your own efforts to use energy more efficiently with others.
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Calculating your water footprint will show you exactly how your choices, in your home and with your purchases, are so very important and the impact we have on world freshwater resources.
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The 42nd anniversary of Earth Day, April 22, is Sunday, and everyone ages zero to 100 can show their appreciation to Mother Nature and the planet. Here are five ideas for some Earth Day family fun
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To honor this year’s Earth Day, SnagFilms has brought to you a collection of excellent films that speak towards our need to protect our planet.
No related posts.Traveling long distances for fresh water is common in the developing world; now imagine throwing some mountains into the scenario. In places like Nepal, that's the reality. Fortunately, that reality comes with ample fog... and even the world's poorest people can harvest that fog with simple technology.
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Just a quick one rehashing today’s media release on the iREDD paper I blogged about a while back. The full, online version is available upon request. Stay tuned for media coverage. – A group of environmental scientists say a problem-ridden economic model designed to slow deforestation can be improved by applying key concepts from the [...]
France looks set to overtake Germany's population by 2050 Read more...
It makes sense that with an aging baby boomer population the effects of aging will also increase over the coming decades. So it doesn’t come as too much of a surprise that the World Health Organisation (“WHO”) expects cases of people living with dementia to triple worldwide by 2050. The WHO report has has brought renewed support for euthanasia from some. Read more...
Here’s another great post from Salvador Herrando-Pérez. It is interesting that he’s chosen an example species that was once (a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away) of great interest to me (caribou – see ancient papers a, b, c, d). But that is another story. Take it away, Salva. – –Figure 1. [...]
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This last post before Easter is something I’ve thought more and more about over the last few years. I wouldn’t have given it much time in the past, but I’m now convinced roads are one of the humanity’s most destructive devices. Let me explain. Before I had a good grasp of extinction dynamics, I wouldn’t [...]