Archive for the 'Environment' Category
Soil Erosion Threatens Land of 100 Million Chinese
November 21st, 2008Via: Guardian: Almost 100 million people in south-west China will lose the land they live on within 35 years if soil erosion continues at its current rate, a nationwide survey has found. Crops and water supplies are suffering serious damage as earth is washed and blown away across a third of the country, according to […]
Dutch Parliament Considering Forced Birth Control for “Unfit” Mothers
November 5th, 2008The shit-for-brains Malthusian mini-Hitlers love this stuff. The shrill “peak everything” people are some of the most deranged statists that I’ve ever come across. They sound like flaky greenies at first, but mention centralized government plans to implement orderly kill off/population reduction programs and pay close attention to their responses. These fascists can’t help it. […]
The GM Genocide
November 4th, 2008Via: Daily Mail: Shankara, like millions of other Indian farmers, had been promised previously unheard of harvests and income if he switched from farming with traditional seeds to planting GM seeds instead. Beguiled by the promise of future riches, he borrowed money in order to buy the GM seeds. But when the harvests failed, he […]
Bill Mollison, 1981: Permaculture Design Course Transcript
September 29th, 2008Interesting, useful, free: Permaculture Design Course Transcript. Research Credit: TF
Lotus Concept Car Body Made Out of Hemp
September 13th, 2008Don’t get me wrong, this is the most absurd clean, green hype piece that you’re likely to read today. It’ll be a big hit with the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf crowd in Santa Monica… However, I found it very fascinating that the body of the vehicle is made out of hemp. We all know […]
And Now: The Clean, Green Ziggurat with Room for One Million People
September 6th, 2008Via: Ecogeek: When it comes to sustainability, there may be lessons to be learned from ancient Mesopotamania. An environmental design company called Timelinks (based in the surprisingly environmentally innovative Dubai) has come up with an idea for a city complex that rivals the pyramids. The ancient ziggurats were towers of receding stories with a temple […]
Berkeley Scientists: World In ‘Mass Extinction Spasm’
August 13th, 2008Via: NBC11: Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just the deaths of frogs and salamanders, University of California, Berkeley scientists said Tuesday. Researchers said substantial die-offs of amphibians and other plant and animal species add up to a new mass extinction facing the planet, […]
China’s Expansion Into Africa
July 20th, 2008I wasn’t aware of the extent of China’s interest in Africa. I thought it was much more piecemeal. Their grand strategy makes perfect sense, given the dire problems China is facing. There are some howlers in this article, though, such as, “Despite Britain’s commendable colonial legacy of a network of roads, railways and schools, the […]
Contaminated U.S. Site Faces ‘Catastrophic’ Nuclear Leak
July 16th, 2008Via: New Scientist: ONE of “the most contaminated places on Earth” will only get dirtier if the US government doesn’t get its act together – clean-up plans are already 19 years behind schedule and not due for completion until 2050. More than 210 million litres of radioactive and chemical waste are stored in 177 underground […]
Smog in Beijing Five Times Over Safety Limit as Olympics Nears
July 7th, 2008Via: Times: Pollution around the Olympic stadium in Beijing could be five times worse than levels deemed safe by the World Health Organisation. Chinese officials admit they can no longer guarantee that the air quality will match international standards as pollution tests by The Sunday Times revealed the full extent of the challenge facing British […]
