Calamitas
We grow food in dirt, devoid of life
“The difference between soil and dirt,” explains Rob Avis on countercurrents.org, is that “soil is alive. Dirt is dead. A single teaspoon of soil can contain billions of microscopic bacteria, fungi, protozoa and nematodes. A handful of the same soil will contain numerous earthworms, arthropods, and other visible crawling creatures. . . . These billions [...]
Time to curb population growth running out
“Earth’s population is approaching seven billion at the same time that resource limits and environmental degradation are becoming more apparent every day,” says Gary Peters on The Oil Drum. “Rich nations have long assured poor nations that they, too, would one day be rich and that their rates of population growth would decline, but it [...]
Earth becoming a smoking, glowing, oily mess
“We . . . are turning our planet into a smoking, glowing, oily mess . . . plundering Mother Earth of her treasures . . . refusing to recognize the growing evidence that our reliance on oil, coal and nuclear threatens our health, our security, our economy, our nation and the world,” said Rep. Dennis [...]
Gulf oil spill a reminder of our limits
“There is only one meaningful response to the horrific oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and that is for America to stop messing around when it comes to designing its energy and environmental future. The only meaningful response to this man-made disaster is a man-made energy bill that would finally put in place an [...]
Earth Day(dreaming)
This 40th annual Earth Day — April 22, 2010 — follows last month’s 4th annual Earth Hour and 12th annual World Water Day. Forgive me, but this blitz of environmental days is leaving me dazed. It’s not that I don’t concur with Earth Day’s high-minded objective “to advance climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and [...]
Peak oil reports ignored by mainstream media
“Recent weeks have seen an explosion of information on peak oil,” writes Matthew Wild on countercurrents.org, “everywhere it seems except in the mainstream media. . . . In February, the UK Industry Task Force on Peak Oil and Energy Security issued a report predicting an ‘oil crunch’ within five years. It was followed in mid-March [...]
Is Earth past the tipping point?
Once a tipping point is passed, a major change occurs, one that may be difficult or impossible to reverse. If a business crosses the tipping point threshold, the worst that can happen is that it goes bankrupt. But what if Earth passes that point with respect to its environment? The April, 2010, issue of Scientific [...]
Earth Hour event sheds light on climate change
“On Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8:30 p.m. local time, Earth Hour will once again cascade around the globe, from New Zealand to Hawaii,” explains the U.S. Earth Hour website. “Hundreds of millions of people around the world will come together to call for action on climate change by doing something quite simple—turning off their [...]
It’s World Water Day–and the tap is running dry
“The harsh fact is that we will probably run out of water long before we run out of fuel,” says Nestle Chairman, Peter Brabeck-Letmanthe on the BBC website. “Agriculture accounts for 70% of global water usage today, and . . . the need to feed the growing population of the world will put an even [...]
Guest essay: Life after growth
Life after growth by Richard Heinberg What if the economy doesn’t recover? In 2008 the U.S. economy tripped down a steep, rocky slope. Employment levels plummeted; so did purchases of autos and other consumer goods. Property values crashed; foreclosure and bankruptcy rates bled. For states, counties, cities, and towns; for manufacturers, retailers, and middle- and [...]
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