Finding the right metaphor to treat climate despair
Category: Climate Change

The Christian Science Monitor

By Moises Velasquez-Manoff | 08.12.09

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that if nothing is done to curb human-emitted carbon dioxide, average temperatures on Earth could increase by up to 6.4 degrees C. (11.5 F.) by century¹s end. Full story...

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Posted on 21 Aug 2009 by Bwana
Ecological Economics - The Best New Idea for 2009
Category: Population

HopeDance

by Rex Weyler

The year 2009 will witness a tsunami of economic appeals to fix, as disgraced Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan put it, the 'flaw' in their thinking. Most will get it wrong. More...

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Posted on 02 Aug 2009 by Bwana
Deep Green: Ecological Trauma and Recovery
Category: Environment

Greenpeace

1 August 2009

As a global community, we often appear as a dysfunctional family. We bicker constantly, the strong abuse the weak, and alleged leaders behave like addicts, unwilling to change the destructive habits that are destroying our home. As in any abusive relationship, the powerful proclaim a taboo against protest and vilify those who cry out as the crazy ones. More...

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Posted on 02 Aug 2009 by Bwana
The Vanishing Tiger
Category: Species Extinction

Wall Street Journal

July 24, 2009

Barely 1,000 tigers are left in India today, down from an estimated 100,000 a century ago. But for the first time in years, the new government's policies toward tigers show promise, he (Valmik Thapa) tells Jyoti Malhotra for The Wall Street Journal. Here are edited excerpts.

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Posted on 29 Jul 2009 by Bwana
Boiling the Frog
Category: Climate Change

New York Time

Published: July 12, 2009
 
Is America on its way to becoming a boiled frog? More...
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Posted on 13 Jul 2009 by Bwana
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