Earth Policy News | Learning from Past Civilizations

LEARNING FROM PAST CIVILIZATIONS
http://www.earthpolicy.org/Books/Seg/PB3ch01_ss3.htm
Lester R. Brown
To understand our current environmental dilemma, it helps to look at earlier civilizations that also got into environmental trouble. Our early twenty-first century civilization is not the first to face the prospect of environmentally induced economic decline. The question is how we will respond.
As Jared Diamond points out in his [...]

Kingston to Discourage Drive-thrus | Tim Hortons Threatens Legal Action

Drive-thru provision may drive coffee franchise to sue
Posted By JORDAN PRESS
Posted 1 day ago
Tim Hortons may sue and Lowe’s could find a way to build where it wants to in the wake of the city adopting a new official plan.
The document, which will guide where and how development will take place over the [...]

Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS

Greenpeace activist and organizer Mary Sweeters talking with Bill Moyers about last week’s Mt. Rushmore action and the lack of leadership on global warming from President Obama. After promising to “restore science to its rightful place” in his inaugural address, President Obama is all but ignoring the science and listening to the fossil fuels industries [...]

Worldwatch to launch new subscription service by fall

Announcing Vital Signs Online

From the boardroom to the classroom, Vital Signs Online is an essential tool to bring your research or presentation to the next level.
Good decision making is based on hard data and insightful analysis that helps you minimize risks and maximize success. Vital Signs Online brings this together in one place, providing data [...]

Time to Turn Up the Heat on Climate Change

Well, we are reaching the end of the road. In Worldwatch’s State of the World 2009 report, climate scientist Bill Hare argues that fossil carbon dioxide emissions will need to come close to zero by 2050 – decades earlier than what most governments envision – and that deforestation needs to end well before 2030. The [...]

G8 LEADERS ‘IGNORED’ UN’S SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS OFFICIAL

G8 LEADERS ‘IGNORED’ UN’S SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS OFFICIAL
New York, Jul 20 2009 7:00PM
The world’s largest economies have “clearly ignored” the findings of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning United Nations scientific body that evaluates climate change when formulating their recent proposals on slashing greenhouse gases, a top official said today.
It was a “big step” [...]

Tuvalu sets a goal of a 100 percent shift to renewable energy by 2020

At risk from rising seas, Tuvalu seeks clean power
Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:30am EDT
By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
OSLO (Reuters) – The Pacific island state of Tuvalu set a goal Sunday of a 100 percent shift to renewable energy by 2020, hoping to set an example to industrialized nations to cut greenhouse gases it blames for [...]

The planet’s future: Climate change ‘will cause civilisation to collapse’

The planet’s future: Climate change ‘will cause civilisation to collapse’
Authoritative new study sets out a grim vision of shortages and violence – but amid all the gloom, there is some hope too
By Jonathan Owen
July 2009

reuters
The report praises the web, which it singles out as ‘the most powerful force for globalisation, democratisation, economic growth, and education [...]

Katherine Fulton: You are the future of philanthropy | Video on TED.com

In this uplifting talk, Katherine Fulton sketches the new future of philanthropy — one where collaboration and innovation allow regular people to do big things, even when money is scarce. Giving five practical examples of crowd-driven philanthropy, she calls for a new generation of citizen leaders.

more about "Katherine [...]

Direct Action | Is the Sundance Kid a Criminal?

Civil Resistance: Is the Sundance Kid a Criminal?
Another truth that has become apparent: our climate/environment leaders are not people located in Washington. The leaders are members of the public who understand the situation and
have the courage to act on it. I met a couple of them recently:
Tim DeChristopher, the University of Utah student, who, realizing [...]