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Designing Peace Through Transportation — The Context of Rio+20
By Marcus Nobel UnitedEarth.us Feb 2, 2012 Forum on Peace through Transportation A Joint Project of the WPI (Wholistic Peace Institute) and KOTI (Korea Transport Institute) So what exactly does Peace have to do with transportation? (Fights on the Max … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Business & Finance, Community, Conseravtion, Education, Energy, Politics, Pollution, Religion & Spirituality, Science
Tagged bicycle, bike, Earth Ethics, Korea. Portland, Korean Transport Institute, KOTI, Peace, Rio 2012, Rio+20, sustainable, Transportation, Urban Design, Wholistic Peace Institute, WPI
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Is Organic Agriculture Bad for the Environment? Another Reason to Eat Locally
Written by Rachel Cernansky www.care2.com January 4, 2012 The New York Times ran an important story about a growing shift in the organic agriculture industry away from sustainable practices. There are still no synthetic chemicals, but large farms growing organic … Continue reading
Posted in Business & Finance, Conseravtion, Pollution
Tagged agriculture, Mexico, monocrops, organic, sustainable
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RIO+20: Toward a new green economy—or a green-washed old economy?
By JIM THOMAS grist.org 24 MAR 2011 I’ve got good news and bad news about the future of the planet. Good news first. Next year, a honking big global Earth Summit is coming our way — one with a proud … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Business & Finance, Community, Conseravtion, Education, Energy, Peace & Security, Politics, Pollution, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Sex & Population
Tagged biodiversity, business as usual, Earth Ethics, Earth Summit, green wash, politics, Ri0+20, Rio20122, Stockholm Convention on the Environment and Human Development, sustainability
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Transit as Catalyst for Improved Quality of Life
By Marcus Nobel unitedearth.us Jan. 4, 2012 This video shows how transit is a catalyst for positive change in the community, creating walkable mixed-use neighborhoods around station locations. It was created for Kansas City Public Television as part of their … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Education, Energy, Pollution
Tagged bicycle, bike, City Planning, community, Kansas City Public Television, Mass Transit, quality of life, Transit, Transporation, Urban
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OCEAN CACOPHONY A TORMENT FOR SEA MAMMALS
By Staff AFP Dec 7, 2011 The constant thump of oil and gas exploration and military testing has made ocean noise levels unbearable for some sea mammals. With the constant churn of freighter propellers, the percussive thump of oil and … Continue reading
Styrofoam ban: one side claims jobs; the other, the environment
By Nannette Miranda abclocal.go.com/kabc Monday, August 29, 2011 SACRAMENTO (KABC) — Styrofoam food take-out containers may become a thing of the past. California lawmakers are considering such a ban, the first-ever such ban in the country. Supporters say the containers … Continue reading
Posted in Business & Finance, Education, Politics, Pollution, Science
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THE STICKY PROBLEMS WITH TAR SANDS
By Cristen Conger news.discovery.com Sep 2, 2011 Actress Darryl Hannah and NASA scientist James Hansen are just two of the more than 800 environmental protesters that have been arrested in front of the White House this week. The crowd has … Continue reading
Raising Awareness of Plastic Waste
By BETTINA WASSENER New York Times August 14, 2011 HONG KONG — Most people are familiar with the concept of a carbon footprint. Many may also know there is such a thing as a water footprint. But whoever heard of … Continue reading
US hog farm pollution threatens human health and the environment
By John McCabe thescavenger.net 14 August 2011 When pigs live in a natural, wild environment they walk and explore many miles a day, and sleep with other pigs in a bed of twigs and/or grass. They are clean, smart, and … Continue reading
Posted in Business & Finance, Pollution, Religion & Spirituality
Tagged and the Call to Mercy, Boss Hog Series, cesspools, Dominion: The Power of Man, empathy for animals, factory farming, hog farms, hormones, Human Health, Matthew Scully, methemoglobinemia, New River, North Carolina, the Suffering of Animals
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Climate scientist willing to face arrest at tar sands pipeline protest
Climate scientist Jason Box says oil sands are a moral issue that he feels compelled to address at Keystone XL pipeline protests By Elizabeth McGowan guardian.co.uk August 2011 His climatology career at Ohio State University is advancing swimmingly. He’s never … Continue reading