Human civilization is reaching the limits of the traditional linear economic model which supposes the planet to be an infinite source for industrial raw materials and an infinite sink for industrial waste. Fortunately for us, much of this waste never left the planet and can...
As the US Northeast experiences record snowfalls during this winter, Vice President Al Gore has been the butt of jokes from those who argue that Climate Change or rather, Global Warming, isn't happening.
...Here's my (personal) beef with meat
By James E. McWilliams
I gave a talk in South Texas recently on the environmental virtues of a vegetarian diet.
http://www.earthpolicy.org/index.php?/plan_b_updates/2009/update84
By Lester R. Brown
For the 193 national delegations gathering in Copenhagen for the U.N. Climate Change Conference in December, the reasons for concern about climate change vary widely.
What are your views on India's role and contribution at the Copenhagen conference?
India has a unique global role straddling the industrialized nations and the developing world and could potentially be the bridge builder between these two groups at Copenhagen.
Dairy consumption is a sleeper item in the whole diet issue and hasn't received much attention in environmental circles. Of the 1.3 billion heads of cattle worldwide, 320 million are in India where cows are mostly allowed to live out their natural lives and beef...
Climate change is not a problem because of temperature increases, or weather changes or melting sea ice in the Arctic. It is a problem because it impacts Life.
...Day by day, Americans have been getting fatter and sicker. This works out great for the food industry as the demand for their products increases with American appetites. It works out equally great for the Pharmaceutical industry as sicker Americans pop more pills daily. Unfortunately,...
A Civilizational Tipping Point
http://www.earthpolicy.org/Books/Seg/PB3ch01_ss5.htm
Lester R. Brown
...On the Dutch Postcode Lottery challenge website, Sir Richard Branson states in a video that "if we are not going consume less, we should consume differently." While, at first glance, this may appear to be an excuse to continue his flamboyant,...
This is surely the most exciting time to be alive, for this generation will be viewed in history as either the Greatest Generation that ever existed on earth for having taken steps to overcome all these crises or it will be vilified as the Worst...
Peace, Ethics, Occams Razor and India’s Gift of Ahimsa.
by Philip Wollen