tagged w/ Ecology
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It’s been over 18 months since BP and Halliburton presided over the worst environmental catastrophe in the HISTORY of the USofA, and the world watched in dread fascination as the civilization’s heedless need for fuel delivered yet another blow to the global ecology as a whole.It’s been over 18 months since BP and Halliburton presided over the worst... more
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Most people are familiar with the Red Cross and its humanitarian aid efforts, but fewer know that there’s also a Green Cross with a similar emergency response model for ecological issues. Matt Petersen is doing his best to spread the word.Most people are familiar with the Red Cross and its humanitarian aid efforts, but... more
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The South African Civil Society Information Service (www.sacsis.org.za)
Environmental debates never escape the proverbial slip of the tongue about the planet having too many people.The South African Civil Society Information Service (www.sacsis.org.za)
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t – The Big Fix, Josh and Rebecca Tickell’s powerful new film documenting the massive cover-up of the continuing effects from BP’s Blowout at the Macondo site in the Gulf of Mexico, premiered to open the 22nd Annual New Orleans Film Festival Friday night.t – The Big Fix, Josh and Rebecca Tickell’s powerful new film documenting... more
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While living underground is generally fodder for fantasy novels (think the Dwarves of Moria or Jules Verne’s The Underground City), horror films (1984 introduced us to cheesy horror creatures called “Cannibalistic Human Underground Dwellers, also known as C.H.U.D.) or post-apocalyptic disaster stories (Mad Max), underground is a pretty good place to live, when you think about it.While living underground is generally fodder for fantasy novels (think the Dwarves of... more
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A lethal and highly contagious marine virus has been detected for the first time in wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest, researchers in British Columbia said on Monday, stirring concern that it could spread there, as it has in Chile, Scotland and elsewhere.A lethal and highly contagious marine virus has been detected for the first time in... more
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Ten years ago, the phrase “commercial urban farming” might have resulted in furrowed brows and a puzzled “Do you mean commercial rural farming?”Ten years ago, the phrase “commercial urban farming” might have resulted... more
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Salvage crews reboarded a stricken ship at the centre of New Zealand’s worst sea pollution disaster on Thursday as authorities ordered people off oil-blackened beaches.Salvage crews reboarded a stricken ship at the centre of New Zealand’s worst sea... more
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In the beginning… God made the seed bearing plant and gave it to man for food, and saw that it was good. Then, man, thinking he knew more than God, was foolish and made it illegal to grow and use hemp and that was not good. If ever there was a plant that could single handedly save our planet, it is the hemp plant. The hemp plant is not bothered by many pests, and is usually grown without the use of herbicides or insecticides that contribute to polluting our environment, products, and workers. There are so many uses for this plant that it could reduce our use of other resources that are not renewable, or like trees, take years to replenish.In the beginning… God made the seed bearing plant and gave it to man for food,... more
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Earth) – Today San Francisco based Rainforest Action Network (RAN) will throw yet another swanky celebrity filled party to REVEL and congratulate themselves for logging primary forests to protect them, and to raise further money for such “rainforest protection”. RAN continues to hold to the myth that primary rainforests – 500 year old trees in millions of year old ecosystems – should be “sustainably managed” for consumption such as toilet paper and lawn furniture. Noted author Naomi Klein will be RAN’s guest of honor, receive an award, and has been vocal in defending the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) brand of disaster capitalism.Earth) – Today San Francisco based Rainforest Action Network (RAN) will throw... more
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"To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!" - Andre Breton"To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made... more
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Green roofs provide potential for recreational, aesthetic and eco-friendly space, and as the appeal of sustainable roofing grows, Washington area residents continue to find colorful alternatives to just being green.Green roofs provide potential for recreational, aesthetic and eco-friendly space, and... more
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— Anti-whaling group, Sea Shepherd Australia, on Wednesday promised dramatic attacks against Japanese whalers in coming months, with volunteers warning they are ready to die protecting the marine mammals in the Antarctic.— Anti-whaling group, Sea Shepherd Australia, on Wednesday promised dramatic... more
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"Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows something of what has been passing, when in truth he has known nothing but what has passed under his own eye" - Thomas Jefferson"Man is fed with fables through life, and leaves it in the belief he knows... more
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When we think of treehuggers, and people who advocate treeplanting, we think 80s hippie, or Julia Butterfly Hill, the gal who lived in a tree for 2.5 years to fight against deforestation. Or the old-fashioned model of the Jewish National Fund to plant trees everywhere in Israel. But in a new move, a United Nations body urges cities of the world (and the people who live in them – that’s us!) to start planting trees to mitigate climate change. There are a lot of benefits, as many of us know, to trees in the urban space. And the UN organization report will highlight what and how.When we think of treehuggers, and people who advocate treeplanting, we think 80s... more
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It sounds like a horror movie: Biting ants invade by the millions. A camper’s metal walls bulge from the pressure of ants nesting behind them. A circle of poison stops them for only a day, and then a fresh horde shows up, bringing babies. Stand in the yard, and in seconds ants cover your shoes.It sounds like a horror movie: Biting ants invade by the millions. A camper’s... more
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– The 15 mile-per-hour winds that buffeted northern Germany on July 24 caused the nation’s 21,600 windmills to generate so much power that utilities such as EON AG and RWE AG (RWE) had to pay consumers to take it off the grid.– The 15 mile-per-hour winds that buffeted northern Germany on July 24 caused... more
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SAN FRANCISCO–The best route for green technologies to have their own Moore’s Law of rapid technological progress is by harnessing the steady advances in IT and, increasingly, synthetic biology, investors said here today.SAN FRANCISCO–The best route for green technologies to have their own... more
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"The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem... I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." - Marcel Duchamp"The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these... more
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"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." - Albert Einstein"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in... more
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