Posted on January 19, 2008 by onestraw
Inconvienent Truth and other studies from the past decade drew the publics attention to the ever rising amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere, and most recent numbers put The Limit of catastrophic CO2 concentrations at the 400ppm level. But this recent (ok its 3 weeks old) column in the Washington Post drops that number significantly.
Research [...]
Filed under: Doom and Gloom, global warming | Tagged: Environment, global warming | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 14, 2008 by onestraw
While the story of a completely Green City in the heart of the Persian Gulf has been surfacing periodically over the past several years, the release of much more concrete plans is a great sign that significant steps are being made. According to the article on ENN today, the government of Abu Dhabi is hoping [...]
Filed under: Sustainable Development, The Natural Step | Tagged: global warming, Sustainable Development | 2 Comments »
Posted on December 24, 2007 by onestraw
Last year when I was reading through the Scientific Amercian Articles about Climate Change Solutions, and again in Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth, I was stunned by the carbon emissions from agriculture. I understood the simple logic of the implications with cutting/burning trees for ag land, but they were referring to regular existing Ag Land. [...]
Filed under: Doom and Gloom, Permaculture, global warming, sustainable agriculture | Tagged: global warming, sustainable agriculture | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 19, 2007 by onestraw
Whew! Looking at the comment storm from today, apparently I need to get internet access at work!
First off, thanks for keeping the discussion from becoming an argument, which is very, very easy when discussing core values.
Allot of good points were made. Personally, I side much more with E4 and Matt, but that is [...]
Filed under: Counting our Blessings, Sustainable Development, The Natural Step | Tagged: Ethics, global warming, Sustainable Development | No Comments »
Posted on December 18, 2007 by onestraw
Following the Bali Meetings this week has been tough-mostly because no major news source is giving it the time of day in America, when there are soooo many absolutely vital news stories to be covered here in the US.
Which is why we have Blog Rolls. Strategies for Sustainability is written by Georges, a graduate of [...]
Filed under: Politics, global warming | Tagged: global warming | 15 Comments »