climate… Biomimicry responses to climate change challenges 3 Sep 20142 Sep 2014 It's always great to see Janine Benyus spiral forth some of the ways that nature can collaborate with us and suggest solutions to our most vexing problems. Learn more about…
climate… California’s Climate Crisis and Carnivory 31 Aug 201431 Aug 2014 So by now you must have seen the headlines. California is in the grips of a devastating drought: And this has some noticeable consequences: What's to be done about it? Well,…
climate… Palm Oil Updates from UCS 25 Aug 2014 Union of Concerned Scientists is starting a new campaign to get McDonald's to "make a firm commitment to use only deforestation-free palm oil." "Tell McDonald's to go deforestation-free!" Act Now »…
climate… In the red again 20 Aug 201421 Aug 2014 As a species, we're into deficit spending for the year on the stuff that really matters, the stuff that keeps us going. Yesterday was estimated to be Earth Overshoot Day 2014: the day…
climate… News from Indonesia’s Forests 14 Aug 201414 Aug 2014 Visiting Mongabay.com/Mongabay.org is always an emotional roller-coaster. The reporting is great, and what they have to say is... often not so great. The latest news out of Indonesia (especially Sumatra) is…
climate… In these times of change… 26 Jun 2014 A fascinating new piece, Want to Change the World? Read This First by Richard Heinberg was published on Resilience.org. He moves through important ideas from anthropologist Marvin Harris's cultural materialism…
climate… Gloom-and-Doom… with Happy Widgets 15 Apr 201415 Apr 2014 So we broke yet another record for CO2 at Mauna Loa, with another daily average over 400ppm. There's the "...ugh, we're in so much trouble" graphic that goes with it:…
climate… It’s Not All Bad: Americans and Palm Oil (Nat Geo) 20 Aug 201320 Aug 2013 Another summary of the palm-oil-climate-change link, and another petition worth signing. So few Americans are even aware of this connection between endangered wildlife and their day-to-day shopping. Promoting sustainable palm oil…
climate… Warmer climate strongly affects human conflict and violence worldwide, says study 13 Aug 201313 Aug 2013 In case you didn't get the memo that climate change is probably the most important, and almost certainly the largest human rights issue facing us today. If you want to…
climate… A Beautiful Action 9 Aug 2013 I spent last Saturday in Richmond, California with a couple thousand amazing people, including Bill McKibben, who had this to say: ... daily life was interrupted dramatically one year ago today…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 