Environment
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The Collapse Of Human Civilization As We Know It -- Scenarios And Potential Solutions (Dale Tavris)
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Dale Tavris, M.D.Dale Tavris -- World News Trust Dec. 1, 2010 -- Human civilization as we know it will come to an end in the foreseeable future. We don’t know exactly when or how. It may be soon. It ...
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What Lies At The Core of Pattern Language, and Why Should We Care? (Carolyn Baker)
Read more...Dec. 28, 2010 (CarolynBaker.net) -- Many individuals involved with Transition, including Rob Hopkins, have become fascinated with the work of Christopher Alexander and his development of pattern lang ...
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The United States of War Criminals (Mickey Z.)
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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust "People from poorer places and poorer countries have to call upon their compassion not to be angry with ordinary people in America." --Arundhati Roy Dec. 14, 2010 -- Mor ...
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Crop Failures and Drought Within Our Children's Lifetimes (Steve Connor)
Read more...Nov. 30, 2010 (The Independent/UK) -- Children today are likely to reach old age in a world that is 4C warmer, where the 10,000-year certainties of the global climate can no longer be relied on, and ...
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US Designates 'Critical' Polar Bear Habitat in Arctic (Agence France Presse)
Read more...Nov. 24, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (Agence France Presse) -- The U.S. government Wednesday designated "critical habitat" for polar bears who live on Alaska's disappearing sea ice, a move that could impact n ...
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Fighting Doom: The New Politics of Climate Change (Brendan Smith)
Read more...Nov. 23, 2010 (Common Dreams) -- I am not an environmentalist. But all I think about these days is the climate crisis. I admit I have arrived late to the party. Only recently have I begun to realize ...
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The Evolution of Transition In The U.S. (Michael Brownlee)
Read more...The Backstory Nov. 26, 2010 (Transition Times) -- The emergence of the Transition movement in the last four years or so is one of the most hopeful signs in the early 21st century, and Transition may ...
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Peak Energy, Climate Change, and the Collapse of Global Civilization (Tariel Mórrígan)
Read more...Global Climate Change, Human Security & Democracy -- Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies University of California, Santa Barbara -- October 2010 Nov. 21, 2010 -- This is the final chapt ...
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The Really Strange Story Behind Sunday's Blue Moon (Joe Rao)
Read more...A "blue moon" isn't really blue, as this artist rendering suggests. The moon can appear somewhat blue if there's been a major volcanic eruption that put tons of particles in the air, but otherwise bl ...
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Food prices may rise by up to 20%, warns UN (John Vidal)
Read more...Prices of wheat, maize and many other foods traded internationally have risen by up to 40% in just a few months. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images Poor harvests put global food reserves under ...
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None Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: A World Without Birds (Kate Ravilious)
Read more...A wing and a prayer: starlings congregate over Gretna on the Scottish Borders (PA) Nov. 15, 2010 (The Independent/UK) -- Scanning the sky with his binoculars, he searches carefully for any sign of mo ...
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