Boiling frogs — this is the U.S. citizenry today. How did it come about? First off, what do I mean by boiling frogs? If you’re unfamiliar with this apparent truth, … [Read full article]
Tag: society
Climate Voices: People Seeing Global Warming Happening Around the World
From the YouTube page: “The continuation of the GoodPlanet project “6 billion Others” about climate change shown during the Copenhagen Summit in December 2009. A project supported by ADEME, French … [Read full article]
Investing in Bicycling Creates Jobs, Improves Economy
One good way to create jobs, as Obama and his secretary of transportation Ray LaHood know, is to invest in efficient, green transportation, like bicycles. One recent study in Wisconsin … [Read full article]
Is Agriculture the "Demon Engine of Civilization"?
Agriculture, the indispensable basis of civilization, was originally encountered as time, language, number and art won out. As the materialization of alienation, agriculture is the triumph of estrangement and the … [Read full article]
Is Short-Termism Blighting Our Future?
by Rob Butler There’s not much work coming in at the moment. I’m self-employed and I don’t have much in the way of savings. There is a lot of anxiety … [Read full article]
"Time is Running Out" — Chilling and Insightful Comments from Retiring Legend Peter Goldmark
An excellent interview with Peter Goldmark, the director of the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate and Air Program who recently announced that he’d be retiring at the end of the year, and … [Read full article]
EPA’s & Climate Change Indicators in the US report: Issues for Society and Ecosystems
The last major section from the EPA’s new Climate Change Indicators in the US report is society and ecosystems. Below are key summary points. Clear changes in growing seasons, bird migration … [Read full article]
Millennium Group Seeks to Alter Behavior & Halt Global Collapse
“To lead decent lives, at least two billion people are in dire need of more consumption, but extending American consumption patterns to even today’s 6.8 billion people is not only unsustainable but likely a biophysical impossibility.” — Paul R. Ehrlich, Stanford University
How to Help the Environment
If you are reading this article, I think you are probably more concerned about the environment than most others. I assume that you keep up with environmental news a bit, … [Read full article]
Friendship between LION, TIGER and BEAR [VIDEO & PICS]
http://youtu.be/515ejIas544 If we could all just get along like these three unusual friends, we would live in a much different world. In human society, people often do not like others … [Read full article]
Ecological Sustainability Requires a Cultural Revolution, Too
There’s something that’s been made increasingly apparent to me living in an ecovillage for the past year: environmental sustainability requires a change in culture. Society cannot achieve this sustainability through … [Read full article]