Its not just transport and packaging that are destroying the natural world, but our waste of food. An extensive UK study by WRAP analysed garbage of over 2,000 households to identify the food we waste. The results are revealing. The sheer volume of food thrown away by all types of people is embarrassing: over £ …
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The Day After Tomorrow, today
These pictures show the disintegration of an Antarctic ice shelf in the middle of (southern hemisphere) winter. This is exactly the kind of sensational news that the melodramatic movie “The Day After Tomorrow” portrayed. Another signal from nature to change our behaviour. Come on – eat less, travel less, slow down – help the world …
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Eat now for tomorrow there will be nothing
Alarming reports from the Rights and Resources Initiative show that an escalation in land acquisition and deforestation is underway. The cause underpinning this land grab is increasing demand for crop land upon which to grow food and biofuel. The consequence of this deforestation will be an acceleration of the destruction of nature and humanity’s home. …
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Nitrogen is destroying the biosphere as much as carbon.
It is rarely mentioned in the media yet, but production of reactive nitrogen is already at catastrophic levels. Its main contributors are vehicles and farming for the gross quantities of fuel they consume. The consequence of emitting massive excesses is destruction of habitats and food chains. As with other identifiable culprits of planetary destruction, the …
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A very worrying World Oil Outlook 2008
OPEC’s World Oil Outlook 2008 is a realistic but very worrying analysis of the global energy picture. It discusses the recent gyrations of the price of oil and its underlying drivers, in particular the growth of speculation, and outlines demand and supply parameters. While it projects a sufficient supply for the coming decades, whether or …
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Humanity pushes another mammal off the planet.
Last year it was the baiji dolphin of China which became extinct – the first mammal for 50 years to do so. Now it seems that another dolphin is being pushed off the planet by humans – the Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin, principally found in Cambodia. This may seem to be far from you, but the …
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G8 co2 goals – a lot of hot air?
So the G8 is talking about the cost of food and oil. And they’ve proclaimed that they will cut carbon emissions in half. This is a good start and if nothing else the propaganda will encourage people, businesses and politics to accelerate conversion to low energy-high value technology. Its good to see the US beginning …
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California burning
Fire season in California is of to a hot start. Since June 20 over half a million acres have been consumed. The news hasn’t been as prevalent as last year because residential areas have not been so affected … yet – though 40 residences have been destroyed already. It is still early in the season …
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The 11th Hour
The documentary sponsored by Leonardo Di Caprio which seeks to raise awareness of the human footprint on our biosphere. It is worth watching and will likely stimulate some new thinking even in experienced environmentalists. It consists of many statements by a range of experts on the behaviour and consequences of humanity interwoven with striking …
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Can we help stop amphibians croaking …?
Scientists have discovered that a bacteria, which naturally exists on the skin of frogs and other amphibians, serves to protect them from the diseases which have been decimating their populations. That is good news. However, it begs the question of how to apply or encourage this bacteria, without letting it get out of hand. That …
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