More on microbeads. They point out that it’s not enough to just not buy them, we need to take action to get these toxins out…
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Bill McKibben | Rolling Stone
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe – and that make clear who the real enemy is: via…
The New Abolitionism | The Nation
According to calculations made by economic historian Gavin Wright, slaves represented nearly half the total wealth of the South on the eve of secession. “In…
The surprisingly complex truth about planes and climate change | Duncan Clark | Environment | The Guardian
In order to tot up these differently paced warming impacts into a single carbon footprint number for a flight or any other activity, it’s necessary…
Psychologist Mary Pipher on America’s Biggest Social Taboo | Psychology Today
This is a GREAT interview with Mary Pipher about what she describes as America’s biggest social taboo: Climate change. Here is just a taste:…
Humans – the real threat to life on Earth | Environment | The Observer
This is a very eye opening article about population and climate. What I find most arresting is the part about “hidden water”. Let’s take one…
FRESH – World’s Wildest Supermarket Permaculture Research Institute
— Kenneth Gronbjerg November 17, 2011 A holistic and most outrageous concept being turned into reality in Denmark. From: Sepp Holzer’s Permakultur,…
Seeing the Light on Darkness: Studies Link Light Pollution and Cancer
During a power outage in California in the 1990s, alarmed residents reportedly called in to report a strange, cloudy shape in the nighttime sky….
Light Pollution :: National Geographic Magazine
Ecological Light Pollution By Brad Scriber ver. 3 – Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:36:26 PM Humans have been aggressively lighting up the night for…
30 Year Study debunks myths on organic farms:: Rodale Institute
The results are in from a 30-year side-by-side trial of conventional and organic farming methods at Pennsylvanias Rodale Institute. Contrary to conventional wisdom, organic…