• ‘No Touching, Only Seeing, Okay?’

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  • ‘Meet Once Lover, Who Are Ditched By Each Other’

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  • Wheelbarrow

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  • Vishwa Bandhu Gupta and Cloud Computing

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  • Lady Gaga vs Anna Hazare

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  • From 6 Billion to 7 Billion: How Population Growth is Changing and Challenging our World

    Updated: 2011-09-30 14:37:57
    Bob Walker of the Population Institute has compiled a landmark report on how the world of 7 billion is dramatically different from the world of 6 billion only 12 years ago.  It’s one of the most important population reports I have seen in a long time.  In it, Bob outlines how various trends in food [...]

  • Global Warming May Cause Higher Loss of Biodiversity Than Previously Thought

    Updated: 2011-09-29 14:17:40
    Thanks to Madeline Weld for this article from Science Daily. See: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110824091146.htm Global Warming May Cause Higher Loss of Biodiversity Than Previously Thought ScienceDaily (Aug. 24, 2011) – If global warming continues as expected, it is estimated that almost a third of all flora and fauna species worldwide could become extinct. Scientists from the Biodiversity [...]

  • Homo sapiens are wise in name only

    Updated: 2011-09-28 14:30:12
    Thanks to Jenny Goldie of Sustainable Population Australia for this article from the Canberra Times.  See http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/opinion/editorial/general/homo-sapiens-are-wise-in-name-only/2263875.aspx.  Be sure to read Jenny’s letter to the editor that follows the article. Homo sapiens are wise in name only BY JULIAN CRIBB 19 Aug, 2011 04:00 AM Humans can no longer lay claim to be ‘Homo sapiens’. [...]

  • Expanding Deserts, Falling Water Tables, and Toxic Pollutants Driving People from Their Homes

    Updated: 2011-09-27 14:28:22
    Thanks to Fred Stanback for this article. See: http://www.earth-policy.org/book_bytes/2011/wotech6_ss2 Expanding Deserts, Falling Water Tables, and Toxic Pollutants Driving People from Their Homes By Lester R. Brown People do not normally leave their homes, their families, and their communities unless they have no other option. Yet as environmental stresses mount, we can expect to see a [...]

  • The End of Growth

    Updated: 2011-09-26 14:51:07
    Bestselling author Richard Heinberg has a new book, “The End of Growth.” Richard Heinberg, one of the world’s foremost Peak Oil educators and best-selling authors, has just published his latest book, The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality (New Society Publishers, August 2011).  To obtain the book or for more information, visit http://richardheinberg.com/bookshelf/the-end-of-growth-book.  Here’s [...]

  • Countries Slow to Use Global Fund Grants to Fund Contraceptives: A Call-to-Action for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Advocates

    Updated: 2011-09-26 14:48:52
    Thanks to Suzy Sacher of JSI for this article regarding the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. Countries Slow to Use Global Fund Grants to Fund Contraceptives: A Call-to-Action for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Advocates Family planning programs are often chronically underfunded, and countries should take advantage of Global Fund grants to procure not only [...]

  • Water crisis, population surge prompt rethink on food: UN

    Updated: 2011-09-26 14:28:00
    Interesting that reducing population growth does not enter the discussion: Water crisis, population surge prompt rethink on food: UN Date: Monday, August 22, 2011 Source: Agence France Presse Population growth and water stress are driving Earth to a food and environmental crunch that only better farming techniques and smarter use of the ecosystem will avert, [...]

  • GROWTH OF URBAN AREAS POSES LONG-TERM THREATS

    Updated: 2011-09-23 14:17:19
    Thanks to Nick Rust for this article. Please see: http://e360.yale.edu/digest/growth_of_urban_areas_poses_long-term_threats_study_says/3095/ e360 digest 22 Aug 2011 Growth of Urban Areas Poses Long-Term Threats, Study Says A new study says the explosive growth of urban areas worldwide over the next two decades poses significant risks to human populations and the global environment, from the loss of agricultural [...]

  • Post Growth Institute’s Submission to the Australian government for a Sustainable Population Policy

    Updated: 2011-09-22 14:20:04
    Thanks to Dave Gardner for this link to the Post Growth Institute’s submission to the Australian government when it was formulating its new population “policy.” It’s a thorough collection of reasons to stop pursuing both population and economic growth. http://www.environment.gov.au/sustainability/population/consultation/submissions/pubs/0194.pdf

  • Book: Seeds of Destruction

    Updated: 2011-09-21 14:08:05
    Thanks to Allan Hendry for this information about his new book. Seeds of Destruction This new eco-thriller, although a page-turning read aimed at the popular market, nevertheless carries powerful messages about ecology and population. Very readable, complex, high in action and set internationally, it still manages to present stark facts to those who might have [...]

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