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Imagine: Prosperity without growth
By Murray Dobbin
June 19, 2009
rabble.ca
It is ironic that homo sapiens, we big-brained and clever species, can trace almost every tragedy and failing to one generic cause: a failure of imagination.
We seem to be an idiot savant species — stunningly clever at so many things, capable of greatness, creativity and sacrifice for others, [...]
UPDATED: Daryl Hannah, Climatologist James Hansen and 94-Year-Old Former Congressman Arrested at Coal River Protest
By Jeff Biggers and Stephanie Pistello, AlterNet. Posted June 23, 2009.
Notables attending a peaceful protest against Big Coal were arrested and two local organizers were attacked by an industry supporter.
Note: This blog will be updated during the day, with dispatches, video [...]
http://www.350.orgOn 24 October, we will stand together as one planet and call for a fair global climate treaty. United by a common call to action, we’ll make it clear: the world needs an international plan that meets the latest science and gets us back to safety.
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A 5-million-year simulation of how the West Antarctic Ice Sheet responds to warming waters shows a slow pace of resulting sea-level rise. Overall, thousands of years are required to completely melt the region’s ice and raise seas 15 feet or more, according to the researchers, publishing in the journal Nature. Visit http://www.nytimes.com/dotearth for more.
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Slide Show for Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/presentation.htm
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At Earth Policy Institute (EPI) we often receive requests for a visual presentation to accompany Lester Brown’s latest book, Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization. The reasons vary widely, from people wanting to spread the word within their communities, to teachers looking to relay [...]
Tony Weis | Author | The Global Economy: The Battle for the Future of Farming
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Previous and ongoing research examines how global agro-production and trade patterns are interacting with the spatial marginality of small [...]
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
CAPE is a group of physicians, allied health care practitioners and citizens committed to a healthy and sustainable environment. As an organization composed mostly of physicians, CAPE brings its health expertise to environmental issues and is an important voice for environmental health in Canada.
John Howard, [...]
Radoslav Dimitrov
Author of Science and International Environmental Policy: Regimes and Nonregimes in Global Governance, Radoslav Dimitrov will share with us his extensive knowledge of Climate change politics; persuasion in international negotiations; international environmental agreements, global governance and institutions, norms in world politics, environmental security; science, knowledge and collective action.
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Slobodan Simonovic
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Western Ontario and Director of Engineering Studies with the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. Slobodan Simonovic has thirty years of research, teaching and consulting experience in water resources systems engineering. He teaches courses in civil engineering systems and water resources systems. He has [...]
Gordon McBean
Climate Change Literacy | Guiding Principles for Informed Climate Decision Making
Recently appointed to the order of Canada by Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, World renowned Dr. McBean is a Professor at the University of Western Ontario, and Chair for Policy in the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. Previously Gordon was the [...]
