• Saudi Oil Minister Calls Global Warming “Humanity’s Most Pressing Concern”

    Updated: 2012-01-31 17:22:12
    Americans use the term “Saudi Arabia of” to describe an abundance of something — usually energy. We are the “Saudi Arabia of wind,” the “Saudi Arabia of coal,” the “Saudi Arabia of efficiency,” and so on and on and on. I’ve come to jokingly use this term for anything really huge.  (We are, after all, [...]

  • ExxonMobil Makes $41 Billion, But Pays Estimated 17.6% Tax Rate, Lower Than Most Taxpayers (But Not Romney)

    Updated: 2012-01-31 16:00:25
    ExxonMobil had the largest profits of the Big Five oil companies in 2011, raking in $41.1 billion for the year. This 35 percent jump from last year is driven in large part by record-high oil prices. Today, the oil giant announced its fourth quarter profits of $9.4 billion, a 2 percent increase since 2010. Here [...]

  • 5 Fun Ways to Upcycle Plastic Gift Cards

    Updated: 2012-01-31 15:53:12
    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 sustainablog 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 Sustainability 5 Fun Ways to Upcycle Plastic Gift Cards 5 Fun Ways to Upcycle Plastic Gift Cards January 31, 2012 By Olivia Leave a Comment Hello there If you are new

  • Soap Operas With a Social Message

    Updated: 2012-01-31 14:14:20
    Please see this recent NY Times “Opinionater” article, written by Sarika Bansal, a freelance journalist and a graduate student at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. As you are likely aware, Population Media Center works around the world to deliver entertainment-education programming, with an emphasis on educating about the benefits of small families, [...]

  • Contribution of Traditional Drug Development to Longevity

    Updated: 2012-01-31 14:01:47
    To what degree does the slow, expensive, and over-regulated institution of drug development - Big Pharma - contribute to the gentle upward trend in human life expectancy that has held over the past few decades? "This paper investigates the contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to recent longevity growth in Germany and France. The effect of the vintage of prescription drugs (and other variables) on the life expectancy and age-adjusted mortality rates of residents of Germany is examined, using longitudinal, annual, state-level data during the period 2001-7. The estimates imply that about one-third of the 1.4-year increase in German life expectancy during...

  • January 31 News: The GOP Misread of Environmental Politics

    Updated: 2012-01-31 13:47:39
    Other stories below: 7 GW of solar possible for military bases in California and Nevada; UN Panel Outlines Plan for “Low Carbon Prosperity” in Lead-up to Rio Summit The Republicans Misread of Environmental Politics As Newt and Mitt continue their ritualistic slugfest before the Republican right-wing base, it’s clear that some of their over-heated rhetoric [...]

  • Japanese Earthquakes - Natural and Demographic

    Updated: 2012-01-30 21:49:18
    The effect of last year's earthquake is exacerbating Japan's economic problems that demography is causing. Read more...

  • Turning a Used Shipping Container into a Factory: re:char’s Reused Production Space

    Updated: 2012-01-30 18:28:17
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  • Daily Mail Slammed for Ignoring Scientific Truth We’re Still Warming and Human Emissions Will Dwarf Any Solar Changes

    Updated: 2012-01-30 17:32:47
    Human emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases have risen so rapidly that they now overwhelm any plausible decrease in solar activity.  Indeed, a paper from last June found that even if the Sun goes into “Hibernation” it won’t stop catastrophic global warming. But that doesn’t stop serial disinformer David Rose of the UK’s Daily Mail from [...]

  • With Billions Living Close to the Shore, Protecting Our Oceans Isn’t Just a Conservation Issue

    Updated: 2012-01-30 15:37:59
    by Arpita Bhattacharyya With two fifths of the world’s population now living within 100 km of the shoreline, keeping our oceans healthy is not just an extraordinarily important environmental issue — it’s also a human development one. This is the core case of the new UNEP Report, “Green Economy in a Blue World,” which urges [...]

  • Can Family Planning Programs Reduce High Desired Family Size in Africa?

    Updated: 2012-01-30 14:23:27
    Below is a recent paper by John Bongaarts, published in International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 37, Number 4, December 2011: http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3720911.html Can Family Planning Programs Reduce High Desired Family Size in Sub-Saharan Africa? By John Bongaarts During the past half century, fertility declines have been pervasive in Asia and Latin America. Between [...]

  • Ethiopia Gets On the Pill, and That Matters for Africa

    Updated: 2012-01-30 14:23:08
    The following article was recently seen on RH Reality Check, which provides reproductive and sexual health and justice news, analysis and commentary. See: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/01/11/ethiopia-gets-on-pill-and-that-matters-africa Ethiopia Gets on The Pill, and that Matters for Africa by Jessica Mack January 11, 2012 – 11:42pm African countries are too often lumped together as one big composite of grave [...]

  • Peter Gleick: Population Dynamics Key to Sustainable Water Solutions

    Updated: 2012-01-30 14:19:18
    Congratulations to the New Security Beat, the blog of the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, for prospering into their 5th year of existence. Their efforts help me to share this quick Saturday morning reading (and watching). Click here for Peter Gleick, world renowned water expert, commenting on [...]

  • January 30 News: House GOP to Force Keystone Decision; Arctic Warming Risks “Domino Effect of Tipping Points”

    Updated: 2012-01-30 13:47:14
    Other stories below: Southwest turns an anxious eye toward a shrinking Lake Mead; Renewable energy deals hit record high in 2011 Boehner: House Will Likely Attach Keystone Approval to New Jobs Bill Speaker John Boehner says that the House will try again to tie approval for the Keystone pipeline project to a new jobs bill [...]

  • Panic Attack: Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal Finds 16 Scientists to Push Pollutocrat Agenda With Long-Debunked Climate Lies

    Updated: 2012-01-29 17:33:57
    A lot of folks have asked me to debunk the recent anti-truthful Wall Street Journal article with the counterfactual headline, “No Need to Panic About Global Warming.”  I’ll combine my debunking with the rapidly growing list of debunkings from scientists and others.  And I’ll update this as new debunkings come in. That the WSJ would [...]

  • Knowledge slavery

    Updated: 2012-01-28 20:39:13
    Another workshop; another productive week. As many readers will know, I’ve spent the last week in the mountains north of Madrid working on a series of conservation ecology papers with host Miguel Araújo (of the Integrative Biology and Global Change Group at the Spanish National Museum of Natural Sciences), my lab colleagues, Barry Brook, Damien [...]

  • Swaziland: Control of population growth is needed, says DPM

    Updated: 2012-01-27 14:20:29
    You may be interested to read the recently reported opinion of the Deputy Prime Minister of Swaziland, the small land-locked country situated in southern Africa. The CIA fact book puts the population at 1.37 million. Life expectancy is just 48 years. 60% of the population reportedly live on less than the equivalent of US$1.25 per [...]

  • Falling Heart Disease Rates

    Updated: 2012-01-27 14:02:23
    From the Independent: "It is one of medicine's mysteries: what has caused Britain's plummeting rate of heart disease over the last decade? Deaths from heart attacks have halved since 2002 and no one is quite sure why. Similar changes have occurred in countries around the world but the death rate in England, especially, has fallen further and faster than almost anywhere. ... The researchers looked at 840,000 men and women in England who had suffered a total of 861,000 heart attacks between 2002 and 2010. Overall, the death rates fell by 50 per cent in men and 53 per cent...

  • Bulgaria: Another Demographic Timebomb

    Updated: 2012-01-27 01:39:09
    Bulgaria's future is looking bleak as its population is declining and growing older. Read more...

  • Another Option for Recycling Old Eyeglasses: Donation (Infographic)

    Updated: 2012-01-26 18:43:51
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  • We’ve had a mild winter so far, does this affect the dormancy of my fish? | Decorative Ponds & Water Gardens Q & A

    Updated: 2012-01-26 15:51:18
    We may be having a mild winter, but a mild winter for humans doesn’t really mean the same for your fish. During the winter months, fish living in outdoor ponds will go “dormant,” slowing down all their systems and responses in order to conserve energy during cold temperatures.

  • Should I put catfish in my pond? | Ponds & Lakes Q&A

    Updated: 2012-01-26 15:22:06
    Catfish are some of the most diverse fish on the planet, both in behavior and appearance, and inhabit just about every continent except Antarctica. They live in shallow, freshwater environments, which can make them ideal for pond life here in North America.

  • Turning the Population Tide in the Philippines

    Updated: 2012-01-26 14:07:47
    Thanks to Cecelia Angelone for sending me this video and transcript of a recently aired story on the PBS NEWSHOUR program. Click here to watch the video report or read the transcript below: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/globalhealth/jan-june12/philippines_01-23.html Watch Turning the Population Tide in the Philippines on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. Transcript JEFFREY BROWN: And now to [...]

  • Edible Weeds: 7 Recipes for Stinging Nettle (that aren’t Soup or Tea)

    Updated: 2012-01-25 20:13:44
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  • One Simple Way to Conserve Water at Home: Take a Navy Shower!

    Updated: 2012-01-25 16:30:28
    Want to save an extra 50+ gallons of water each and every day? Here’s one way you may not have considered before: take a navy shower! Related posts: 16 Astounding Facts About Water Save Water at Home: Make Your Own Rain Barrel Low Impact Living: Steps To A Water Neutral Home

  • World must wake up to the coming crisis in the Sahel

    Updated: 2012-01-25 14:04:26
    Thanks to John Rowley for alerting PMC to the following editorial, written by Malcolm Potts. Malcolm is the first holder of the Fred H. Bixby endowed chair in Population and Family Planning at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health and co-director of the Berkeley International Group (BIG). See: http://www.peopleandplanet.net/?lid=30205&topic=27&section=33 COMMENTARY: World must wake up to [...]

  • Jes MaHarry Jewelry: Uplifting Change for the Planet

    Updated: 2012-01-24 21:58:43
    : , 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 sustainablog 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 Jes MaHarry Jewelry : Uplifting Change for the Planet Jes MaHarry Jewelry : Uplifting Change for the Planet January 24, 2012 By Talancia Pea Leave a

  • March for Life

    Updated: 2012-01-24 21:30:55
    Some video and pictures of the annual massive March for Life in Washington DC. Read more...

  • Aflatoxin: A Toxic Potential of Climate Change

    Updated: 2012-01-24 16:43:33
    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 sustainablog 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 Aflatoxin : A Toxic Potential of Climate Change Aflatoxin : A Toxic Potential of Climate Change January 24, 2012 By Steve Savage 1 Comment Hello there If you

  • Vallentyne was right: achieving sustainability requires accounting for all relevant factors

    Updated: 2012-01-24 14:12:31
    Congratulations to Bill Ryerson on the following essay, published in the latest edition of Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics. It is the first in a series of 3 articles related to the late John R. “Jack” Vallentyne I will be sending in the next week or so. The abstract is below. You may access [...]

  • Welcome to the Year of the Dragon!

    Updated: 2012-01-23 22:21:22
    The Year of the Dragon is upon us with an expected upturn in the number of births. Read more...

  • Cool Ways to Recycle Old Eyeglasses

    Updated: 2012-01-23 19:50:12
    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 sustainablog 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 Cool Ways to Recycle Old Eyeglasses Cool Ways to Recycle Old Eyeglasses January 23, 2012 By Ann Smarty Leave a Comment Hello there If you are new here , you

  • Dangerous abortions ‘on the rise’, says WHO

    Updated: 2012-01-23 19:39:48
    Below, a recently published story from the BBC. See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16618156 Dangerous abortions ‘on the rise’, says WHO 19 January 2012 A rising proportion of abortions worldwide are putting women’s health at risk, researchers say. The World Health Organization study suggests global abortion rates are steady, at 28 per 1,000 women a year. However, the proportion [...]

  • Birth rate plummets in Brazil

    Updated: 2012-01-23 19:36:25
    Thanks to David Zakus and Leon Kolankiewicz for pointing out this article. I especially draw your attention to the final section, “The Telenovela Effect“. You can read more about PMC’s efforts in Brazil here. As a reminder, Brazil (195 million) accounts for roughly 2.7% of world population. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/fertility-rate-plummets-in-brazil/2011/12/23/gIQAsOXWPP_story.html Birth rate plummets in Brazil By [...]

  • The seeds of tropical forest destruction

    Updated: 2012-01-21 15:30:08
    Bill Laurance asked me to reproduce his latest piece originally published at Yale University‘s Environment 360 website. – We live in an era of unprecedented road and highway expansion — an era in which many of the world’s last tropical wildernesses, from the Amazon to Borneo to the Congo Basin, have been penetrated by roads. [...]

  • New Year, New Look For The Pond Guy®

    Updated: 2012-01-20 20:47:13
    The Pond Guy® has been working diligently to improve the way we deliver products and information to you, our valued customers. Whether you’re shopping online or browsing through our 2012 catalog you’ll notice handy new call-outs, learning zones and color coded sections that guide you to important tips & information.

  • More is better

    Updated: 2012-01-17 13:41:24
    In one of those rare moments of perusing the latest ecological literature, I stumbled across an absolute gem, and one that has huge conservation implications. Now, I’m really no expert in this particular area of ecology, but I dare say the paper I’m about to introduce should have been published in Nature or Science (I [...]

  • Is Japan a glimpse of Europe’s future?

    Updated: 2012-01-17 03:11:47
    Economists are looking to Japan for indicators about the future of Europe. Read more...

  • Increasing internet usage gives more and more power to the people of India and China

    Updated: 2012-01-15 05:29:34
    India may have developed new technology which overcomes the problem of expense and allows hundreds of millions of Indians in remote rural areas to connect to the internet. It may also soon make Indians the biggest single internet user population in the world. Read more...

  • Have A Question? The Pond Guy® Is Here To Help!

    Updated: 2012-01-13 21:26:38
    Thanks to you, our loyal customers, our pond Q & A Blog continues to be a great success. Designed to be a valuable learning tool, our number one goal is and always has been to provide relevant information to help you better understand and enjoy your pond.

  • BRICs Throwing the Economic Bathwater out with the Babies

    Updated: 2012-01-12 21:34:39
    The declining workforce in the BRIC countries is to have an impact on their economic growth.

  • When did it go extinct?

    Updated: 2012-01-11 02:42:28
    It was bound to happen. After years of successful avoidance I have finally succumbed to the dark side: palaeo-ecology. I suppose the delve from historical/modern ecology into prehistory was inevitable given (a) my long-term association with brain-the-size-of-a-planet Barry Brook (who, incidentally, has reinvented his research career many times) and (b) there is no logic to [...]

  • How to compensate for lost fertility?

    Updated: 2012-01-10 04:48:33
    Past Eugenics and sterilisation programs in the United States are coming back to bite them, with North Carolina currently the first State to address compensation for victims. According to the North Carolina Justice for Sterilization Victims Foundation, at one time, 31 states in the U.S. had government-run eugenics programs. In North Carolina alone, close to 8,000 men, women, and children -- mostly poor, black, disabled and uneducated -- were forcibly sterilized from 1929 to 1974. Read more...

  • Ageing Europe’s future as a “cultural theme park”

    Updated: 2012-01-09 03:47:50
    A new book points to the demographic implosion behind the eurozone crisis. Read more...

  • Climate change: historic emissions still matter

    Updated: 2012-01-08 03:03:00
    Global Issues Social , Political , Economic and Environmental Issues That Affect Us All Search this site Get free updates via Email Web RSS Feed Facebook Twitter Main : menu Home About Issues World News Support Contact You are : here Home Issues Articles Climate Justice and Equity Climate Justice and Equity Author and Page information by Anup Shah This Page Last Updated Sunday , January 08, 2012 This page : http : www.globalissues.org article 231 climate-justice-and-equity To print all information e.g . expanded side notes , shows alternative links , use the print : version http : www.globalissues.org print article 231 For a number of years , there have been concerns that climate change negotiations will essentially ignore a key principle of climate change negotiation frameworks : the

  • Q&A: Are there any tips to making sure the ice on my pond is safe to stand on?

    Updated: 2012-01-06 14:45:58
    Winter brings not only cold weather and snow to your pond or lake but a perfect layer of ice for skating, ice fishing, snowmobiling and other fun as well. While you may be eager to get out on the ice this season, it is important that you know...

  • The Republican Race, Santorum and demography

    Updated: 2012-01-05 21:52:02
    Rick Santorum could benefit from the changing Republican electorate in the race for the GOP nomination, Read more...

  • Does conservation biology need DNA barcoding?

    Updated: 2012-01-05 10:27:13
    In November last year I was invited to participate in a panel discussion onthe role of DNA barcoding in conservation science. The discussion took place during the 4th International Barcode of Life Conference (which I didn’t actually attend) in Adelaide, and was hosted by that media-tart-and-now-director-of-the-Royal-Institution, Dr. Paul Willis. Paul has recently blogged about the [...]

  • COP17 - Durban Climate Conference

    Updated: 2012-01-04 03:35:00
    Global Issues Social , Political , Economic and Environmental Issues That Affect Us All Search this site Get free updates via Email Web RSS Feed Facebook Twitter Main : menu Home About Issues World News Support Contact You are : here Home Issues Articles COP17—Durban Climate Conference COP17—Durban Climate Conference Author and Page information by Anup Shah This Page Created Wednesday , January 04, 2012 This page : http : www.globalissues.org article 797 cop17-durban-climate-conference To print all information e.g . expanded side notes , shows alternative links , use the print : version http : www.globalissues.org print article 797 This web page has the following : sub-sections Introduction Media coverage Despite media’s lack of interest , emissions continue to rise Common but

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