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The Days, Years After: Recovering from Bigger, Badder Disasters

Posted on August 31, 2011 by J.A. Ginsburg

Link suite overview: on recovering from disasters; the lessons of Irene, Joplin, Fukushima, Pakistan flood, Queensland flood, Christchurch quakes, Haiti quakes, Katrina; collateral damage and eco-smart design as insurance It has been a banner year for disasters in the US with a record-breaking 10 “billion-dollar-plus” knock-out punches, and still four months to go. So far: [...]

Filed under: Diaster relief, earthquake, energy, famine, floods, Haiti, hurricanes, maps, philanthropy, social networks, technology, TrackerBlog, TrackerNews, Uncategorized, water | Tagged: Christchurch earthquakes, economics, Fukushima, green energy, Haiti earthquakes, hurricane irene, hurricane katrina, Joplin tornado, Pakistan floods, Queensland floods, resilience | 1 Comment »

The Nuke Factor: How to Make Disasters Worse and the Implications for Humanitarian Aid

Posted on March 21, 2011 by J.A. Ginsburg

On 400+ aging nuclear reactors, quake-prone countries, food chains, trade networks and what this means for first responders and social entrepreneurs Let’s get right to the point: What happens the next time a nuclear reactor goes rogue in the wake of a natural disaster? Japan is a worst case scenario in a best case place. [...]

Filed under: agriculture, air pollution, Diaster relief, disease surveillance, earthquake, energy, epidemiology, food, nuclear, soil health, water, water pollution | Tagged: Amory Lovns, Chernobyl, China, food, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor, Iran, Italy, Japan, milk, nuclear contamination, nuclear meltdown, Pakistan, radiation, radioactive, Three Mile Island, Turkey, water | 2 Comments »

Japan: The Big One

Posted on March 14, 2011 by J.A. Ginsburg

On primal forces and perspective, how climate change may make nuclear an even more dicey option and better, smarter search & rescue bots (background and link suite-story overview) The March 11 earthquake off the east coast of Japan was one for the record books. Now rated a 9.0 on the Richter scale by the Japanese [...]

Filed under: climate change, earthquake, floods | Tagged: Chernobyl, climate change, Disaster City, earthquake, Hiroshima, Japan, kinect, lithosphere, nuclear plant explosion, radiation, search and rescue robots, survivor buddy, tectonic plates, tsunami, volcanos | 2 Comments »

Frack, Baby, Frack: The Insti-Environmental Nightmare

Posted on August 8, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg

How scheme sold as pro-energy independence & climate-friendly unleashed environmental disaster in 5 years; From U.S. to Australia, Poland & India; Clean water as legal casualty; Green lesson from Bangladesh The devil really is in the details: Fine print can kill. In 2005, as part of Bush/Cheney Energy Bill, a then obscure natural gas mining [...]

Filed under: climate change, earthquake, energy, InSTEDD, natural gas, water, water pollution | Tagged: alternative energy, Bangladesh, Bush/Cheney Energy bill, cancer, carcinogens, Ed Jezierski, Eduardo Jezierski, flammable water, fracking, Gasland, Grameen Shakti, Halliburton loophole, Hydraulic fracturing, hydro-fracking, Josh Fox, natural gas, Safe Drinking Water Act, solar power, The Space Show, water pollution | 1 Comment »

Rebuilding Haiti: On Trees, Charcoal, Compost and Why Low Tech, Low Cost Answers Could Make the Biggest Difference (& How High-Tech Can Help)

Posted on February 10, 2010 by J.A. Ginsburg

On the link between environmental health & public health; Rebuilding Haiti from the soil microbes up; A humanitarian aid petri dish; Jared Diamond’s checklist for collapse & Haiti as vision what could be in store for the rest of us; Charcoal cartels, Amy Smith’s better answer & Nicholas Kristof’s compost toilet tour Five [...]

Filed under: agriculture, charcoal, Diaster relief, earthquake, forests, Haiti, innovation, reforestation, soil health | Tagged: "Haiti Timber Re-Introduction Project", "Hopital Albert Schweitzer", charcoal, compost toilets, Crisis Commons, CrisisMappers, deforestation, Haiti, Haiti Rewired, HTRIP, Jared Diamond, reforestation, SOIL, urban farming, Will Allen | 2 Comments »

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The Nuke Factor: How to Make Disasters Worse and the Implications for Humanitarian Aid

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Frack, Baby, Frack: The Insti-Environmental Nightmare

Rebuilding Haiti: On Trees, Charcoal, Compost and Why Low Tech, Low Cost Answers Could Make the Biggest Difference (& How High-Tech Can Help)

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