• DAY of SEVEN BILLION

    Updated: 2011-10-31 13:24:23
    On this day of 7 billion, I send greetings to all on this list and thanks to Kathleene Parker for this OpEd.  See: http://www.canyoncountryzephyr.com/2011/10/02/day-of-seven-billion-by-kathleene-parker/ October 2, 2011 DAY of SEVEN BILLION by Kathleene Parker The United Nation’s choice of October 31, 2011, as the “Day of Seven Billion”-the day when Earth will attain a population [...]

  • 67 - Time to Retire?

    Updated: 2011-10-30 22:59:29
    The New Zealand opposition party has announced plans to raise the pension age to 67 by 2033. Read more...

  • What If Experts Are Wrong On World Population Growth?

    Updated: 2011-10-30 13:23:37
    Thanks to George Plumb for this article. Please see: http://e360.yale.edu/feature/what_if_experts_are_wrong_on_world_population_growth/2444/ 19 Sep 2011: Analysis What If Experts Are Wrong On World Population Growth? A central tenet of demography is that global population will peak at 9 to 10 billion this century and then gradually decline as poorer countries develop. But that assumption may be overly [...]

  • Jane Fonda says TOO MANY PEOPLE

    Updated: 2011-10-30 13:20:58
    Thanks to Leon Kolankiewicz for this item from Jane Fonda’s blog, which you can see at http://janefonda.com/too-many-people/ TOO MANY PEOPLE May 07.11 There’s lots to worry about these days but you know what worries me most: the news I read day before yesterday that by something like 2045 there will be 10 billion people on [...]

  • Map Shows Who Gets Screwed by Climate Change, Who Doesn’t

    Updated: 2011-10-28 21:38:40
    , Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Science Map Shows Who Gets Screwed by Climate Change , Who Doesn’t Map Shows Who Gets Screwed by Climate Change , Who Doesn’t October 28, 2011 By ziggy 2 Comments Hello there If

  • Chevron Announces $7.8 Billion in Q3 Profits, 2011 Profits for Big-Five Oil Companies Hit a Staggering $101 Billion

    Updated: 2011-10-28 16:48:37
    by Noreen Nielsen Chevron announced their 2011 third-quarter results earlier today, reporting $7.83 billion in profits, more than doubling their third-quarter net income, and bringing its total earnings for 2011 to over $21 billion. Chevron ranks in as the third largest oil and gas contributor in 2011, coming in just behind Exxon Mobile and Koch [...]

  • Population gain will offset emissions cuts

    Updated: 2011-10-28 14:08:01
    Thanks to Joe Bish for this article. Please see: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8271479/population-gain-will-offset-emissions-cuts Population gain will offset emissions cuts 12:49 AEST Mon Jul 11 2011 Cuts in greenhouse gas emissions achieved through the carbon tax and other measures will be negated by Australia’s growing population, a sustainable population advocacy group says. Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) says even if [...]

  • People and the Planet: The World at 7 Billion

    Updated: 2011-10-28 01:41:58
    As we approach 7 billion people, Climate Progress is featuring a variety of opinions on population (see links below). by Carl Pope and Carmen Barroso Any day now, if it hasn’t happened already, the 7 billionth baby will be born on our small planet. While many may assume that the environmental and reproductive health movements [...]

  • Detroit’s Population Problems

    Updated: 2011-10-27 23:27:59
    Detroit is grappling with the problems of losing 25% of its population in the last 10 years. Read more...

  • Do Cattails actually die in the winter or can I do something to prevent them from coming back? | Pond & Lake Q&A

    Updated: 2011-10-27 21:13:09
    During the winter months, cattail foliage dies off. Leaves and stems turn brown and dry up when the weather gets cold, and optimistic pond keepers dare to imagine their backyard water features without the scourge of unwanted cattails. But deep beneath the pond, cattail roots are alive and well in their dormant state, saving up their energy to come back strong in the spring.

  • ExxonMobil Profits Jump by 41%, to $10.3 Billion

    Updated: 2011-10-27 19:35:57
    by Noreen Nielsen Today, oil giant ExxonMobil announced their 2011 third-quarter earnings, reporting a whopping $10.3 billion in profits, an increase of 41 percent from the same period last year. Overall, Exxon has earned over $31 billion in profits in the first nine months of the year. Not surprisingly, ExxonMobil is also one of the [...]

  • Solar PV Breaks Records in 2010

    Updated: 2011-10-27 19:05:38
    Solar photovoltaic (PV) companies manufactured a record 24,000 megawatts of PV cells worldwide in 2010, more than doubling their 2009 output. Related posts:Good News: US Solar Power to Double in 2010 Data Highlights on Solar Energy Wind Power Soared Past 150,000 Megawatts in 2009

  • Urban Hydroponics: A Model for Feeding a Growing Population Using Fewer Resources?

    Updated: 2011-10-27 18:15:11
    by Cole Mellino As the global community considers the interwoven issues of food access, resource scarcity, increased urbanization and climate change, innovation in the agriculture sector is blossoming. We’re going to continue to highlight important projects and scientific developments in agriculture that help address those problems. And sometimes, those answers are very simple ones. Earlier [...]

  • Sleepwalking to Catastrophe

    Updated: 2011-10-27 14:22:21
    Since October 31 is the Day of Seven Billion, now would be an excellent time for you to submit a letter to the editor to your local paper, linking global growth to a local growth issue that is currently in the news. Thanks to Fiona Heinrichs for this link to her new book, Sleepwalking to [...]

  • Occupy George: Protest Wealth Inequality in America on Your Dollars

    Updated: 2011-10-27 01:50:15
    : Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Culture Occupy George : Protest Wealth Inequality in America on Your Dollars Occupy George : Protest Wealth Inequality in America on Your Dollars October 26, 2011 By ziggy 1

  • The Cost of Solar Continues to Decline

    Updated: 2011-10-26 17:00:25
    Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Living The Cost of Solar Continues to Decline The Cost of Solar Continues to Decline October 26, 2011 By Chris Keenan 1 Comment Hello there If you are new here , you might want to

  • Welcome to the Post-Growth Economy

    Updated: 2011-10-26 14:52:13
    Thanks to the Post Carbon Institute for this article by Richard Heinberg.  For a PDF of this article, see http://www.postcarbon.org/Museletter/Museletter-232.pdf MuseLetter #232 / September 2011 by Richard Heinberg The September Museletter is comprised of two pieces related to my book ‘The End of Growth’. The first is the op-ed which the mainstream press seems reluctant [...]

  • The oldest society the world has ever known

    Updated: 2011-10-26 04:01:00
    The Economist has a very good article about the world with 7 billion people in it. Read more...

  • Bill Rees Lecture

    Updated: 2011-10-25 14:06:03
    If you’ve never had the pleasure of watching a lecture by Bill Rees, inventor of the concept of the Ecological Footprint, you would find this talk of great interest.  See  http://home.comcast.net/~kurtzs/Bill_Rees_Video/Bill_Rees_Video.html.  Thanks to Steve Kurtz for this link.

  • Learning from China: Why the Existing Economic Model Will Fail

    Updated: 2011-10-24 14:10:28
    Thank to Lester Brown for this article. See: http://www.earth-policy.org/data_highlights/2011/highlights18 Learning from China: Why the Existing Economic Model Will Fail By Lester R. Brown, September 8 2011 For almost as long as I can remember we have been saying that the United States, with 5 percent of the world’s people, consumes a third or more of [...]

  • Family planning: the unfinished agenda

    Updated: 2011-10-24 14:06:37
    Thanks to Madeline Weld for this article from the Lancet by John Cleland, Stan Bernstein, Alex Ezeh, Anibal Faundes, Anna Glasier, and Jolene Innis that gets to the point quite directly about the problems of not paying enough attention to family planning.  Be sure to read the last section, “What needs to be done.”  You [...]

  • FOOD, LAND, POPULATION, AND THE U.S. ECONOMY

    Updated: 2011-10-22 14:23:53
    Thanks to Joe Bish for this article. See: http://www.nvaged.org/americas-crises-in-energy-landwateragriculture-spells-out-substantial-tribal-wealth.htm America’s Crises in Energy\ Land\Water\Agriculture Spells out Substantial Tribal Wealth Development By Terrance H. Booth, Sr. – Tsimshian Tribe HIGHLIGHTS OF “FOOD, LAND, POPULATION, AND THE U.S. ECONOMY” The following two pages are highlights of the study, “Food, Land, Population, and the U.S. Economy” by Drs. [...]

  • Do I need to remove the UV in my pond for the winter? | Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q&A

    Updated: 2011-10-21 14:45:57
    Like a lot of people, UV components don’t tolerate cold very well. Unlike people (most people, anyhow), those components tend to crack when frozen. So, in the interest of avoiding unnecessary expense when you bring your pond back online in the spring, removing your UV for the winter months is a wise course of action.

  • Russia and the Belt of the Mother of God

    Updated: 2011-10-21 04:43:50
    A venerated Orthodox relic is starting a month-long tour of Russia to boost fertility. Read more...

  • The Perennials Project: Celebrating the People who Build Bridges

    Updated: 2011-10-20 17:48:17
    : Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Culture The Perennials Project : Celebrating the People who Build Bridges The Perennials Project : Celebrating the People who Build Bridges October 20, 2011 By Jeff

  • The Lowdown: Earning a Sustainable Business Degree

    Updated: 2011-10-20 16:44:54
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  • How to Feed 7 (Plus) Billion People

    Updated: 2011-10-19 05:39:57
    A report published in Nature magazine suggest four strategies to improve food production and availability. Read more...

  • The Economics of Pollution: How is Government Policy to Reduce Carbon Emissions Actually Created? [Infographic]

    Updated: 2011-10-18 17:41:08
    : Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Business The Economics of Pollution : How is Government Policy to Reduce Carbon Emissions Actually Created Infographic The Economics of Pollution : How is Government Policy to

  • Not magic, but necessary

    Updated: 2011-10-18 09:45:51
    In April this year, some American colleagues of ours wrote a rather detailed, 10-page article in Trends in Ecology and Evolution that attacked our concept of generalizing minimum viable population (MVP) size estimates among species. Steve Beissinger of the University of California at Berkeley, one of the paper’s co-authors, has been a particularly vocal adversary [...]

  • Recycling Fashion May Help Alleviate Poverty for the World’s Poorest Women

    Updated: 2011-10-17 22:06:53
    : Explore The Network Nature Planetsave Blue Living Ideas Civilization CleanTechnica Gas 2.0 Green Building Elements Ecopreneurist The Inspired Economist Daily Life Insteading Eat . Drink . . Better Green Living Ideas Green Divas Radio Society sustainablog EcoLocalizer Red , Green Blue OzHouse Creativity Crafting A Green World FeelGood Style Google Plus importantmedia Facebook Login Advertise About About Guest posting Sustainablog Jeff McIntire-Strasburg has been blogging a greener world via sustainablog since 2003 Business Culture Living Media Politics Products Science Sustainability Technology You are here : Home Business Recycling Fashion May Help Alleviate Poverty for the World’s Poorest Women Recycling Fashion May Help Alleviate Poverty for the World’s Poorest Women October 17, 2011

  • Odds and Ends

    Updated: 2011-10-17 05:53:46
    Christian Churches in the Middle East, India and the Population Stabilisation Incentive Fund Read more...

  • Jewish people celebrate positive birth rate

    Updated: 2011-10-14 05:58:03
    Interestingly, in a world generally trying to drive down population rates, the Jewish community are still celebrating a surge in their birth rate Read more...

  • My water is brown, what should I do? | Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q&A

    Updated: 2011-10-13 19:18:32
    Before we can answer that question, you’ll have to do some sleuthing. Why? Because water that looks brown many not actually be brown. Fortunately, there’s a simple way to figure it out – and there are simple ways to clear up the issue – regardless how the test turns out.

  • What else lives in my pond besides fish? | Ponds & Lakes Q&A

    Updated: 2011-10-13 19:08:33
    If you were scientifically inclined, you could spend a lot of time considering the complexities of a backyard pond. Despite their apparent simplicity, there’s a lot more going on in your pond than you might suspect.

  • Twenty landmark papers in biodiversity conservation

    Updated: 2011-10-13 02:50:28
    While I can’t claim that this is the first time one of my peer-reviewed papers has been inspired by ConservationBytes.com, I can claim that this is the first time a peer-reviewed paper is derived from the blog. After a bit of a sordid history of review (isn’t it more and more like that these days?), [...]

  • 7 Milestones (One for every billion)

    Updated: 2011-10-12 04:25:59
    A few historical milestones as the Earth adds another billion. Read more...

  • Population Growth Needed in Green Scheme?

    Updated: 2011-10-10 05:54:40
    Researchers at Curtin University in Australia propose new, environmental measures to cope with population growth. Read more...

  • We just constructed out pond, how long should we wait to add fish? | Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q&A

    Updated: 2011-10-07 14:57:24
    When you create a new pond, you’re effectively building a new ecosystem from scratch. At the beginning, your pond’s waters might look clean, clear and inviting, but nature’s just getting started. Until the initial nitrogen cycle is complete, there’s still work to be done before fish can safely take up residence.

  • Is there an ideal temperature to treat algae? | Pond & Lake Q&A

    Updated: 2011-10-07 14:53:11
    It depends what you mean by the word “treat.” If you’re looking to throw a party in its honor, pretty much any temperature will do – because algae grows all year ‘round, even during the winter months. But if you’re hoping to give it the kind of treatment that makes it feel extremely unwelcome, you’ll see the best results when water temperatures are at 50 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.

  • UN Population Fund funding faces axe in US

    Updated: 2011-10-07 06:52:38
    The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has voted to cut US funding of the UN Population Fund. Read more...

  • Little left to lose: deforestation history of Australia

    Updated: 2011-10-06 03:08:45
    I don’t usually do this, but I’m going to blog about a paper I’ve just had accepted in the Journal of Plant Ecology that isn’t yet out online. The reason for the early post is that the paper itself won’t appear until 2012 in a special issue of the journal, and I think the information needs [...]

  • Seven Billion People

    Updated: 2011-10-05 05:59:08
    Another look at the magical seven billion people figure. Read more...

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