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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/5915829/Climate-change-to-force-75-million-Pacific-Islanders-from-their-homes.html Climate change to force 75 million Pacific Islanders from their homes More than 75 million people living on Pacific islands will have to relocate by 2050 because of the effects of climate change, Oxfam has warned. By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney Published: 5:48AM BST 27 Jul 2009 A report by the charity said Pacific Islanders were already feeling the effects of global warming, including food and water shortages, rising cases of malaria and more frequent flooding and storms. Some had already been forced from their homes and the number of displaced people was rising, it warned.Tapping Our Future Is Destroying It
Below is my review of an article posted in the Scientific American Magazine, May 2009 and below is a link to the original article.
Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization or Perhaps a Summary of Humanity?
We owe some gratitude to Lester Brown for cleverly tackling such an important issue as food shortage and creating an awareness of this very real threat for our entire planet.
Pick your green battles
The sheer number of "green" choices we can make is astounding. And, since it's totally overwhelming (not to mention impossible) to try to do everything, it makes sense to stop worrying about the stuff that ultimately doesn't matter. Instead focus on the areas where your actions will make the most difference.Did You Know? ........About Rainforests
RAINFORESTS Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth's land surface; now they cover 6%. ** One hundred and thirty seven plant, animal and insect species are being lost every single day due to rainforest deforestation. ** The howler monkey is the loudest animal living in the rainforests of South America.Top Idiots of the Week
http://rightbias.com/Commentaries/120808idiot.aspx AND THE WINNER IS: RightBias regrets to announce that one of our favorite actors is the winner of this weeks' Top Idiot Of The Week award. Harrison Ford has joined the ranks of eco-idiots by shaving off all his lovely chest hair in an effort to raise awareness of the effect of deforestation on 'global warming.' Inquiring minds want to know: How does a hairless chest keep trees from being cut down?Reducing our ecological footprint
Clever tricks to help you reduce your ecological footprint. SAVING ELECTRICITY (and money) Switch over to compact fluorescent light bulbs - those funky spiral-shaped ones. They use only 25% as much energy as incandescents.Green Travel: Trying to Lighten That Carbon Footprint
From the NYTimes: http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/travel/04green.html?th&emc=th Trying to Lighten That Carbon Footprint By JENNIFER CONLIN Published: May 4, 2008 IN February, on a chilly, clear Sunday morning, Sir Richard Branson, president of Virgin Atlantic, along with the co-sponsors Boeing and GE Aviation, lured more than 200 journalists to a hangar at Heathrow Airport near London to witness what they said was airline history. Over flutes of Champagne and plates of mini-bagels filled with salmon, everyone’s eyes were fixed on a 747 as it took off on the world’s first biofuel demonstration flight. Never mind that only one of the plane’s engines used biofuel, and that was about 25 percent mixed with standard kerosene jet fuel.Harrison Ford Waxes His Chest For The Environment
Celebrities have their own quirky ways to convince people to go green, but Harrison Ford's just might go down as the weirdest. The longtime environmental campaigner had his chest waxed to show the pain involved in deforestation. As vice chairman of the group Conservation International, Ford found it fitting to subject himself to the "beauty" treatment to raise awareness about the conversion of global forested areas.Shatner's Kirk Not Aboard for New 'Trek'
The original Capt. Kirk is disheartened he won't get to boldly go anywhere with his old pal Spock in the new "Star Trek" movie. While Leonard Nimoy is reprising his role as the pointy-eared Vulcan in next year's science-fiction flick, William Shatner is not on board as Kirk.Publishers Harper Collins go green with FSC certified paper
HarperCollins - publishers of such literary treats as ‘A Long Way Gone’ by Ishmael Beah and ‘The God of Small Things’ by Arundhati Roy - has announced that it is to use Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper for all its publications. It is estimated that the wood and paper industries are contributing to mass deforestation, where every two seconds sees the loss of ancient forests that can be as big as a football pitch. The Forest Stewardship Council works to reduce this figure by working with local communities to supply sustainable wood from forests that are managed with respect for the environment, wildlife and the local population.
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