Read what our writers around the world are saying about climate change.
To protect New York City from the increasing number of flooding events expected in the next century—similar to Hurricane Sandy—the city needs to consider a costly and invasive option: permanent evacuation of communities in the lowest-lying areas and massive barriers around the city that will cost billions of ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Infrastructure, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Population, Weather
Climate change could destroy more than half of the habitats of most plants and a third of animals by 2080 unless we take steps to limite greenhouse gases. The study was released the journal Nature Climate Change. The study’s authors looked at 50,000 common species. They found that ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Sustainability
The World Bank ( hardly a radical organisation! ) says climate change is a fundamental threat to sustainable economic development and the fight against poverty. It is concerned that without bold action now, the warming planet threatens to put prosperity out of reach of millions and roll back decades of development. The ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Sustainability
We know quite a lot about which species around the world are most endangered. The Red List of threatened species , developed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), identifies species that are most at risk of extinction. But scientists have become increasingly concerned that the habitats of ... keep reading
Written by David Keith this month, about Conservation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Rainforest, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
http://vimeo.com/62452617 At this year's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival the Audience Award went to the documentary feature "A Will for the Woods". This was a very small budget project from a team of first-time filmmakers, and it looks at the issue of eco-friendly "green burial" practices ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion
Enoughness... it's an interesting concept...an alternative to the Western World View . - 40% of the Earth’s resources owned by 1% of the population.- The combined wealth of the three richest men in the world exceeds the total GDP of the poorest 47 counties.3.5 billion people survive ... keep reading
Written by First Peoples Worldwide this month, about Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Lifestyle & Behavior, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Sustainability (1 comment)
Honey bees around the world are having a tough time of it. And we are totally dependent on them. They have suffered from a number of diseases and Colony Collapse Disorder has wiped out millions in the US. Bees are the essential pollinators of many major US crops, have been ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Food, Politics & Government, Sustainability
Last year when LA Green Grounds sent out a call for volunteer gardeners 5 people responded. Then in early March 2013 a founding member of LAGG, Ron Finley, gave what is arguably one of the best inspirational speeches ever delivered on the famed TED Long Beach stage. He spoke about ... keep reading
Written by Raegan Payne this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Green Spaces, Innovation, Lifestyle & Behavior
The world is definitely a mess, but women aren’t the ones to blame. AAP I mage Without really knowing what he was saying, Alan Jones was right – we are “destroying the joint ”. Any dispassionate assessment of the state of “the joint”, both the corner we occupy and the planet ... keep reading
Written by Carmen Lawrence last month, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution
There’s an old saying, you are what you eat. If you look at the average Australian diet , we’re in trouble. The rise of the 24/7 society, unsocial work hours and an accelerating pace of life have led the consumption of fast food to soar. Nearly one in ... keep reading
Written by Lauren Williams/John Germov last month, about Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Food
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