Ocean conditions are ripe for mass extinction

As the government of the richest country in the world bickers over whether or not to give basic healthcare to poor people, the world is dying. The International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) warns of  multiple threats the oceans are facing.  Overfishing.  Too much CO2.  Fertiliser run-off coming from rivers. Basically too …
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We need more trees. Many more.

Interpretation of empirical data connecting weather patterns with forests has been met with scepticism and been largely ignored by meteorologists, climate change scientists and the media, but we ought to consider the proposal. Dr Anastassia Makarieva and Professor Victor Gorshkov of the St Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute have proposed that it is not temperature differences …
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Genuine Progress Indicator etc vs GDP, and the outlook for society.

Economic statistics are a critical tool for managing the complex world we live in.  The principal indicator has been a measure of national income, “Gross Domestic Product” or “Gross National Product”, and both are reported as  aggregate and per person data.   There are complexities to GDP calculation, but it is the number politicians, investors and …
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Roundup (glyphosate) is a broad based biocide

Here’s just one reason Monsanto is in the hot seat. According to Green Medical News: “ . . . “within the scientific community and educated public alike, there is a growing awareness that Roundup herbicide, and its primary ingredient glyphosate, is actually a broad spectrum biocide, in the etymological sense of the word: “bio” (life) …
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Why tell lies in reports?

It’s not news that there are false claims in sustainability reports.  Nevertheless, a recent post caught my eye.  A post on SustainableBusinessForum.com by Elaine Curtis noted that the lying can be huge. Labor Indicators: 86% of companies claim they report and only 11% actually do. Human Rights Indicators: 62% of companies claim they report and only …
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Yes, the world IS melting.

Melting of polar ice sheets has added 11mm to global sea levels over the past two decades, according to the most definitive assessment so far.  More than 20 polar research teams combined forces to produce estimates of the state of the ice in Greenland and Antarctica in a paper in Science. The study’s headline conclusion …
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Be persuasive. Be brave. Be arrested (if necessary)

It’s not often that you hear a conservative, traditional, esteemed financial guru advocating civil disobedience.  So it is fair to let you read why they advocate an energetic voice of change.  The summary is: Times are far more desperate than we think and we need to change the system to become sustainable with the utmost …
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Outlook 2013: If you haven’t found the answer yet, read this.

If you see some question about what the future holds the ideas outlined in the WFS Outlook 2013 will stimulate.  Even if you have found teh answer it will still feed you brain.  Enjoy it. http://www.wfs.org/futurist/november-december-2012-vol-46-no-6/outlook-2013   Outlook 2013 INTRODUCTION Human actions could become more accurately predictable, thanks to neuroscience. Nano-sized robots will deliver cancer-fighting …
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Antarctic sea ice grows … good news?

The Earth Observatory reports that Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches New Maximum Extent.  Yes, more rather than less. A recent study suggests: “The strong pattern of decreasing ice coverage in the Bellingshausen/Amundsen Seas region and increasing ice coverage in the Ross Sea region is suggestive of changes in atmospheric circulation,” they noted. “The year 2012 continues …
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