Read what the world's best writers are saying about climate change.
A report released in February revealed that the Royal Scottish Bank (RSB ), along with other UK banks, has been providing loans worth billons of dollars over the past three years to companies that are involved in tar sands mining in Canada. The report, compiled by several environmental organizations including the ... keep reading
Written by Julie M. this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Economics, Education, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
The name of Bill Bryson attracted me and I obtained through the library a copy of his new book Seeing Further: The Story of Science & the Royal Society, only to find that he is the editor, not the author. But he has done a splendid job as editor, collecting contributions ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker this week, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Art & Culture, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Education, Events, Industry & Business, Media
Iconic landmarks around the world will switch off their lights for Earth Hour 2010, joining hundreds of millions of people across every continent committed to resolving the issue of global warming. At 8.30pm on Saturday, March 27 some of the world’s most recognised symbols of hope, peace, human ... keep reading
Written by WWF last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media
The wife of Peter Bethune is repeating her call to the NZ government for intervention regarding her husband's well being aboard a whaling ship on route to Japan. Bethune, an anti-whaling activist, boarded the Japanese vessel Shonan Maru 2 earlier in the week in order to make a citizen ... keep reading
Written by Kate R. last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Media, Politics & Government
“A mad woman,” said Kenyan President Arap Moi in 1992, “a threat to the order and security of the country.” He spoke of Wangari Maathai . A few years before he had suggested in a public speech that she learn to be a proper woman in the African tradition and respect ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Deforestation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
When James Lovelock, Edward O. Wilson and Ian McEwan jostle to praise a book I assume it will be worth attention. Stewart Brand’s Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto doesn’t disappoint. The title echoes the Whole Earth Catalogue which he founded over forty years ago as an ambitious ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Design, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Water, Weather
As a new badger cull shows, we revert to irrational destruction as soon as our economic interests are threatened. There’s a story which almost all of us believe: that beyond a certain state of development, we re-learn a respect for nature. It is true that some of the excesses ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in January, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
One of the most promising, yet also most frustrating, aspects of dealing with climate change is how the noise (the static) of the debate makes it difficult for the majority of people to understand the power of the "No Regrets" strategy opportunity and promise. The concept of a "No Regrets ... keep reading
Written by A. Siegel in January, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Design, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Events
Yolette Etienne, the Oxfam GB country director in Haiti, in an extraordinary interview with Jon Snow of Channel 4 News, matter of factly discusses burying her mother in her garden before rejoining the relief effort. For regular updates (audio, video, text), links etc from the relief effort, go to this ... keep reading
Written by Duncan Green in January, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Poverty & Development
David Archer and Stefan Rahmstorf are notable climate scientists. They are also excellent communicators of the science to the general reader, as is apparent in their new book The Climate Crisis: An Introductory Guide to Climate Change. The authors seek to provide an accessible and readable account of the “treasure ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker in January, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Economics, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development, Water, Weather
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