Ethics

World Environment Day India 2011 – Forests: Nature at your Service

Indo-Asian News Service Wednesday, Jun 01, 2011 by Staff World Environment Day (WED) is an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. WED celebration began in 1972 and has grown to become the one of the main vehicles through which the UN stimulates […]

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Brazilian activist shot dead in Amazon

By TALES AZZONI The Associated Press SAO PAULO — An activist fighting to protect the Amazon rain forest from loggers was shot and killed with his wife, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday. The killings occurred just hours before Brazil’s lower house of Congress passed legislation environmentalists warned will increase deforestation in the region. Rubber tapper Jose

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Battle Over Lagoon Cleanup Divides a Surfing Haven

Some surfers worry that a $7 million plan to dredge the Malibu Lagoon could affect the sand flow to the beach, destroying what many call the perfect wave. The New York Times By ADAM NAGOURNEY Published: May 25, 2011 MALIBU, Calif. — It was a cool weekday afternoon, but dozens of surfers were bobbing in

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Sharing Lake Okeechobee’s declining water supply stresses environment

Lake Okeechobee water levels are dropping to nearly 10.5 feet above sea level – the point where gravity would no longer move water to drainage canals that send the water south. By Andy Reid Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL 8:05 a.m. EDT, May 19, 2011 Lake Okeechobee’s declining water level strains urban and environmental water

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Government neglects environment protection

The Korea Times By Lee Hyo-sik The government rejected only one of every 100 construction and other development projects through an environment review system last year, data showed Sunday, drawing criticism that it puts higher priorities on construction at the expense of the environment. Under the review system, the government examines whether or not development

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Why do Earth Ethics matter?

The purpose of this Earth Ethics Discussion Forum is to promote the discussion of what Earth Ethics are and how to use them in our everyday life. Although not limited to high school and college students, this “open source” project to help create and define Earth Ethics and it’s implementation, is primarily driven these young

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