Soil Erosion & Contamination
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Rwanda – Emerging in a Changing Climate (video)
Filmmaker and environmentalist, John D. Liu from the Environmental Education Media Project team, takes us to Rwanda again (last time…
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Dust Bowl Revisited
by Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute Credit: Arthur Rothstein, Library of Congress On October 18, 2012, the Associated Press reported…
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Finding Sustainability in Ecosystem Restoration
Before (below) and after (above), Loess Plateau Watershed Rehabiliation Project A Breakthough of Worldwide Importance In 1995, as the Chinese…
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Nature Resilience – Organizing Ecological Restoration by Partners in Business for Next Generations
I was recently invited to contribute to a concept paper (2.2mb PDF) authored and edited by Willem Ferwerda. Mr. Ferwerda,…
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Tony Lovell on Soil Carbon: Putting Carbon Back Where It Belongs – In the Earth (TEDx video)
I love the nice progression of logic in this presentation. Running the numbers like this shows not only how powerful…
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A 50,000-Foot View of the Global Crisis
We are now well into a global crisis that may mark the end of this cycle of human civilization. In…
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Study Confirms GM Crops Lead to Increased Pesticide Use
GM technologies have led to a 7% increase in pesticide use. by Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji A new peer-reviewed study has…
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A Timorese Forest Struggle
Editor’s preamble: Unfortunately, the kind of story told below is being played out on a daily basis, worldwide. Most of…
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Why Glyphosate Should Be Banned – A Review of its Hazards to Health and the Environment
Glyphosate has contaminated land, water, air, and our food supply; the maximum permitted levels are set to rise by100-150 times…
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Bitter Seeds Documentary (video)
This new documentary, with perfect timing for the upcoming Proposition 37 vote on November 6, is a heartbreaking look at…
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Defend Indigenous People and the Amazon from Oil ‘Development’ of 10 Million Acres of Rainforest
I have an urgent message to share — it is extremely important that you all know this. Our brothers and…
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By the Numbers – Data Highlights from Full Planet, Empty Plates
by Earth Policy Institute More than 150 data sets accompany Lester R. Brown’s latest book, Full Planet, Empty Plates: The…
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