Posted September 17, 2009 Earth Policy Institute Plan B 4.0 Data Sneak Peak – Designing Cities for People Lester Brown’s new book, Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, will be released on September 30, 2009. Behind the scenes supporting the book’s text are hundreds of datasets, studies, and reports.
Climate Change – UNEP Points to Accelerated Opportunities for Action
Significant Cuts in Carbon Dioxide Along With Cuts in Black Carbon and Other Greenhouse Gases Offer Big Boost for Climate, Crops and Human Health Geneva/Nairobi, 4 September 2009 – Faster action on climate change may be possible if nations combine substantial cuts of carbon dioxide emissions alongside accelerated moves across …
Privatisation in the Enemy of Sustainable Agriculture
Posted September 1, 2009 By Vandana Shiva (*) NEW DELHI, Aug (IPS) The privatisation of the earth’s resources is a recipe for famine and desertification, violence against women, hunger, and, as happens in India, the suicide of farmers.
“Global Commons Rising,” distributed to the G-20 Summit, Pittsburgh, Sept. 24-15, 2009, by the Commons Governance Research Group
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The Biochar Promise: Sacred Shrines and Skinny Chickens — by Albert Bates
Posted August 28, 2009 Editor’s note: Albert Bates’ ongoing research and networking around the world have resulted in an optimistic message. He agrees there’s no way that collapse of suburbia and business-as-usual can be avoided. But with ecovillages, permaculture, biochar and all manner of caring for the Earth, he knows …