It’s nice to have parks in otherwise densely packed cities, but their absence isn’t ruining the planet. What is causing environmental collapse is shown below.
Tag: deforestation
Deforestation
Wow. Has anyone every seen anything remotely like this sculpture? I certainly haven’t. Such pathos, artistry, power, and meaning. Let’s heed the call while there is still time.
Tagged with: deforestation
Protecting the Amazon
From The Economist: Brazilian businesses rarely preach greenery. Yet last July, 20 months after Jair Bolsonaro was elected president, rampant deforestation in the Amazon roused 38 CEOs to speak up. Foreign investment was falling and trade talks were stalled. This …
Land Management and Climate Change
When a friend reminded me of ecologist Allan Savory’s Ted Talk (below) it occurred to me how few people are talking about desertification and what our civilization should be doing about it.
Getting To the Meat of the Matter
Earlier this week, Missouri became the first state in the U.S. to criminalize certain uses of the word “meat.” From EcoWatch:
From Guest Blogger Rebecca Vaxon: Environmental Issues–Main Problems and Modern Solutions
The world that we live in is being stripped of its treasured components day by day. It faces multiple issues that lead to environmental problems which cause long-term destruction. The lifestyle of man plays a significant role in how the …
Eco-Threats To Our Civilization’s Food Supplies
According to The Writer’s Almanac, it’s the anniversary of “Black Sunday” in 1935, the day on which the Great Plains region experienced one of the largest dust storms in American history. It’s an important reminder of what happens when farm …
Tagged with: algal blooms, bioaccumulate, Chemical fertilizer run-off, Climate Change, dead zones, deforestation, desertification, drought conditions, Eco-Threats To Our Civilization’s Food Supplies, environmental issues, fungicides, herbicides, Insecticides, melting of the ice sheets in Greenland the Antarctic, monocropping, Pesticide residues, sea level rise
Our Burgeoning Interest in Flying Cars
When I read my colleague Jon LeSage’s piece on the development of flying cars in his Green Auto Digest this morning, I had the same reaction that anybody would: How feasible is this? How far in the future does this …
Oxygen Levels Are Falling
Everyone’s aware of the greenhouse gas emission issue, but no one’s talking about the fact that the oxygen levels in our atmosphere are declining faster than the CO2 is rising. The culprits: desertification, deforestation, and pollution of our oceans. This …
Renewable Energy in the Developing World
Here’s an article that echoes a point I make often: bringing renewable energy to the developing world represents arguably the biggest bang for our philanthropic buck. Here, you’ll learn about the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) and why its executive …
