Posted on June 20, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg
Despite my general rule that once a day is designated for a cause, the cause is likely lost (or at least in serious trouble), I found myself rooting mightily last Saturday for Solarday. Missed it? It is only in its second year, but with global aspirations and the power of the sun on its side. [...]
Filed under: agriculture, air pollution, climate change, energy, food, innovation, natural gas, oil, oil spill, solar, transportation, water | Tagged: Amory Lovins, Willie Smits, Will Allen, urban agriculture, Daniel Nocera, Gulf coast oil spill, oil spill, BP, Reinventing Fire, contraception, Solarday, wind power, microwind, wave power, Bill Gates, nuclear, Catalytix, Rocky Mountain Institute, negawatts, efficiency, small people, sugar palms, Nigeria, TEDxOilSpill | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 21, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
If no other statistic about climate change gives you pause, this one should: 1/4 of the world’s population – an estimated 1.4 billion people – rely on water from rivers that source in the Himalayas. As glaciers retreat, snow packs shrink and spring thaws occur earlier and earlier, the precious gift of a well-timed water [...]
Filed under: agriculture, air pollution, climate change, drought, forests, reforestation, soil health, water | Tagged: aquifers, biotic pumps, climate change, COP-10, Copenhagen, deforestation, Extreme Ice Survey, Glacial Lake Outburst Floods, GLOF, hippos, IPCC, James Balog, Kenya, melting glaciers, Mexico, Nepal, nomads, Sharon Begley, TED, The Age of Stupid, urban heat islands | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 26, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
Making a right from two wrongs; For the love of a park; Inspiration from Aldo Leopold, MLB-branded grass & Neopets; Cyber-seedlings & fundraising; “You had me at orangutan” By all accounts the storm that hit New York’s Central Park last week didn’t last very long, but the devastation was breathtaking. In a matter of minutes, [...]
Filed under: air pollution, climate change, drought, forests, rain forests, reforestation, soil health, water | Tagged: Aldo Leopold, Borneo, Central Park, cyber-trees, deforestation, Neopets, Orangutans, rain forest, reforestation, The Aldo Leopold Foundation, trees, urban forest, Willie Smits | 3 Comments »
Posted on July 23, 2009 by J.A. Ginsburg
The swine flu genie, now officially out of the bottle as a WHO-certified global pandemic, has left a trail of mostly non-lethal misery (so far) stretching across 145-and-counting countries. In the U.K., experts predict there could be as many as a 100,000 cases per day by August – which would also dash hopes for an [...]
Filed under: CAFOs, TrackerBlog, TrackerNews, agriculture, air pollution, disease surveillance, epidemiology, maps, swine flu | Tagged: swine flu, factory farms, CDC, H1N1 pandemic influenza, underlying conditions, Reston ebolavirus, obesity, pregnancy, immune system, cytokine storm, Frog & Peach, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Joel Salatin, Polyface farms, Russ Kremer, MRSA, tamiflu | Leave a Comment »
