Global Warming/Climate Change
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The WHO Farm (The White House Organic Farm)
Imagine a United States President that was aware – aware of Peak Oil (and all that this means for our…
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Trading Places
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins The carbon market, being as bolloxed as every other market, has screwed the price…
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Wake Up, Freak Out, Then Get a Grip
Feedback loops made simple. And if you’re into cool animations, here’s another for good measure:
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Food Miles, or ‘Fair Miles’
When you make your purchases, are you struggling over the decision to ‘shop local’ or ‘support the poor in distant…
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BR-319 – Amazon’s Highway to Hell
An old road through central Amazonia, that became overgrown and impassable in the 1980s, may get reopened and fully paved…
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Skating on Thin Ice
by George Monbiot – journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist I have spent the last two evenings skating.…
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Slip Hazard
With apologies to Robert Newman A percentage of climate scientists expect that climate engineering of some sort will be required…
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Planting Trees and Managing Soils to Sequester Carbon
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute, Washington D.C., U.S.A. As of 2007, the shrinking forests in the tropical regions…
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Veiling Our True Predicament – Global Dimming
Have you heard the expression ‘Global Dimming’ yet? The documentary embedded in this post examines the phenomenon, but, in brief,…
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At Last, a Date
For the first time, the International Energy Agency has produced a date for peak oil. And it’s not reassuring. by…
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No New Coal
Courtesy: Throbgoblins A lone anonymous protestor single handedly shaves 2% off our emissions by temporarily knocking out a turbine at…
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