• 25 Super Bowl babies ready for game day

    Updated: 2013-01-30 22:46:44
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  • 16 ways to turn cabin fever into creative cooking

    Updated: 2013-01-30 20:29:30
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  • France to turn off lights at night

    Updated: 2013-01-30 19:08:35
    French shops and office buildings will have to turn off their lights at night to save energy and reduce light pollution, the French environment ministry said on Wednesday. From July 1, all non-residential buildings will have to switch off interior lights one hour after the last worker leaves the premises. All exterior and shop window [...]

  • 7 Valentine crafts YOU can make with your kids

    Updated: 2013-01-30 17:58:07
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  • What would I advise climate science communicators?

    Updated: 2013-01-30 14:18:01
    What would I advise climate science communicators?   See: http://www.culturalcognition.net/blog/2013/1/29/what-would-i-advise-climate-science-communicators.html This is what I was asked by a thoughtful person who is assisting climate-science communicators to develop strategies for helping the public to recognize the best available evidence–so that those citizens can themselves make meaningful decisions about what policy responses best fit their values.  I thought [...]

  • Why We Are Poles Apart on Climate Change

    Updated: 2013-01-30 14:15:06
    Why We Are Poles Apart on Climate Change See: http://www.nature.com/news/why-we-are-poles-apart-on-climate-change-1.11166 Understandably anxious to explain persistent controversy over climate change, the media have discovered a new culprit: the public. By piecing together bits of psychological research, many news reporters, opinion writers and bloggers have concluded that people are simply too irrational to recognize the implications of [...]

  • Sustainable development after Rio+20 is ‘in limbo’

    Updated: 2013-01-30 14:11:28
    Sustainable development after Rio+20 is ‘in limbo’ See: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20130118125908384# The weak wording of the Rio+20 summit agreement and delays in setting up the UN working groups on sustainable development have left progress on some of the post-Rio+20 agenda in limbo, according to a science officer at the International Council for Science (ICSU), which represented the [...]

  • HS2 – population growth to blame

    Updated: 2013-01-30 14:05:29
    The £33bn high speed rail plan is proving controversial because of its vast cost in an age of austerity and the impact on the countryside. Some of the reasons given in its favour are difficult to measure.  How much working leisure time will really be saved by faster journeys, when we can work and play [...]

  • The train’s a pain

    Updated: 2013-01-30 09:47:39
    The £33bn high speed rail plan linking London and the north of England is proving controversial because of the vast cost and the impact on the countryside. Some of the reasons given for it are arguable. How much working/ leisure time will be saved, when we can work/ play on lap tops, mobile devices, phones [...]

  • Political Graffiti (224): Surveillance

    Updated: 2013-01-30 00:36:04
    (source) And then there’s this one, which I find highly amusing: (source) Also this one by Banksy: (source) And, finally, this by Fra.Biancoshock: More on CCTV and privacy. More political graffiti.

  • Farm pesticides pose threat to frog population

    Updated: 2013-01-29 20:04:08
      […] A study conducted by The Institute of Environmental Sciences Landau at the University of Koblenz-Landau (Germany) has revealed that the use of the reccomended amount of pesticides caused a mortality rate of 20-100 percent in common frogs. In order to prove their hypothesis and test how the use of fungicides and insecticides harms [...]

  • Which celebrities had home births? You may be surprised!

    Updated: 2013-01-29 19:54:51
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  • Africa to improve reproductive health

    Updated: 2013-01-29 19:06:00
    Meeting at the African Union Summit, Heads of State and Government made new commitments to speed-up the reduction of maternal death and disability in the continent. Today’s commitments followed a high-level event they attended a day earlier, on reinforcing the Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA). The event was organized by [...]

  • India: Limit nutrition plan to first 2 kids?

    Updated: 2013-01-28 21:21:30
    Should maternity benefits and nutritional support to children under government schemes be restricted to only the first two children in order to “encourage stabilization of population”? Raising a storm among activists, the Parliamentary standing committee has recommended so while assessing the National Food Security Bill. The recommendation has been objected to by the National Commission [...]

  • Is resource efficiency enough?

    Updated: 2013-01-28 18:47:57
    Alarmed scientists are looking at ways of using resources more efficiently, given limited energy supplies and the need to reduce carbon emissions. We support them; we need to do everything we can, while we work for population reduction, the only long term solution. Population Matters BBC report

  • Alert raised over latest Alberta population boom

    Updated: 2013-01-28 16:12:26
    Alert raised over latest Alberta population boom See: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Alert+raised+over+latest+Alberta+population+boom/7875042/story.html People are once again moving to Alberta in droves, but the rapid growth has spawned fears the province could face the same infrastructure, labour and housing pains felt during the last economic boom. People are once again moving to Alberta in droves, but the rapid growth [...]

  • New Director of UN’s DESA highlights importance of population dynamics

    Updated: 2013-01-28 16:08:52
    The following interview, printed January 14th on the website of the United Nations. Answering questions is John R. Wilmoth, who became Director of the U.N.’s Department of Economic and Social Affair’s Population Division on January 2nd, 2013. New Director of UN’s DESA highlights importance of population dynamics See: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/news/population/population-division-director.html “It is exciting to do this [...]

  • Hillary Clinton tries to silence Bindi Irwin on population growth

    Updated: 2013-01-28 16:04:24
    Hillary Clinton tries to silence Bindi Irwin on population growth See: http://www.news.com.au/world/hillary-clinton-tries-to-silence-brave-bindi/story-fndir2ev-1226560803039 The 14-year-old has stood her ground after an essay she was invited to write for US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s e-journal was drastically edited before it was to be published. PASSIONATE wildlife campaigner Bindi Irwin has gotten into a biff with one [...]

  • Climate change threatens pensions

    Updated: 2013-01-28 15:36:55
    Speaks for itself, really. What happens when things resources run out. From the New Scientist SAVE the planet, save your pension. A new report claims that environmental problems could bust pension funds by 2050. Aled Jones of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, and his colleagues drew together evidence about a wide range of environmental [...]

  • Humanity winning “war on fish”

    Updated: 2013-01-28 11:36:35
    We’ve got fish on the run. Worldwide, 20% of stocks are endangered, rising to 75% in Europe. In a classic “tragedy of the commons”, every boat and country is grabbing what it can as demand rises and technology improves. Can agriculture and fish farms fill the food gap when the wild fish runs out? It [...]

  • Iconic Images of Human Rights Violations (120): Evacuation of London

    Updated: 2013-01-27 00:30:39
    (source) Read the whole story here. More iconic images of human rights violations.

  • Attacks prompt Nepal to cap wildlife growth — including endangered species

    Updated: 2013-01-25 14:22:05
    Attacks prompt Nepal to cap wildlife growth “”The numbers of rhinos and tigers are increasing in the national park and they are moving out in search of food and space. Meanwhile, the increasing human population needs more of the natural resources available, and that competition creates conflict.” See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21069750# Officials in Nepal have said they [...]

  • Singapore’s $2 Billion Population Growth Travesty

    Updated: 2013-01-25 14:17:28
    On June 14th, 2012 the Global Network of Science Academies (IAP) — comprised of 105 national science academies – issued a statement on population and consumption which noted that national and international policy should “encourage development strategies that help to reduce population growth.” As they say, Singapore “didn’t get the memo“. Singapore Announces S$2 Billion [...]

  • Media Expert or Just Exasperated? Attenborough Says Humans a Plague

    Updated: 2013-01-25 14:11:53
    Filmmaker Sir David Attenborough Calls Humans a Plague See: http://www.livescience.com/26473-david-attenborough-humanity-plague.html   Sir David Attenborough, the famed British naturalist and television presenter, has some harsh words for humanity. “We are a plague on the Earth,” Attenborough told the Radio Times, as reported by the Telegraph. “It’s coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so.” [...]

  • Lower birth rates needed to end hunger

    Updated: 2013-01-24 18:50:37
    Population Matters today rejected that claim from new campaign group ‘Enough food IF’ that changes to global governance and aid flows were sufficient to “end hunger for ever”. Commented Simon Ross, Chief Executive of Population Matters, “Affordability is an issue and the proposed measures are welcome.   However, the global food system is under pressure from [...]

  • Saliwansai Radio Drama

    Updated: 2013-01-24 17:56:51
    Soul Beat Africa January 23, 2013 In February 2012, Population Media Centre (PMC), with funding from the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA), started production on a 208-episode radio drama in Sierra Leone to promote family planning. The programme, called Saliwansai, addresses such issues as preventing and repairing obstetric fistula, ending female genital mutilation, stopping gender-based [...]

  • Iconic Images of Human Rights Violations (119): Korean War

    Updated: 2013-01-24 14:07:03
    (source) More on Korea and on decapitation. More iconic images of human rights violations.

  • Can We Avoid A Collapse?

    Updated: 2013-01-23 23:23:11
    : Tuesday , January 22, 2013 Can We Avoid A Collapse Population Bomb author Stanford University biologist Paul Ehrlich on his Royal Society Paper Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided From Tasmania , forest expert Dr . David Bowman : wild fires drive more global warming . Economist John Talberth suing the U.S . Government over risky ocean oil leases in the Arctic . Three interviews from a world of trouble . Radio Ecoshock 130123 FREE DOWNLOADS FOR THIS PROGRAM Listen to download this Radio Ecoshock show in CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB Listen to download the Paul Ehrlich interview 18 min in CD Quality or Lo-Fi Listen to download the David Bowman interview 23 min in CD Quality or Lo-Fi Listen to download the John Talberth interview 19 min in CD Quality or Lo-Fi Welcome to

  • The Environment and Human Rights (7): The Effects of Climate Change on Crime Rates

    Updated: 2013-01-23 13:03:12
    (source) The relationship between environmental problems and human rights is underexamined. This is deplorable, because the most important environmental problem, namely climate change, is likely to have an adverse effect on human rights in lots of different ways. For example, … Continue reading →

  • The Most Absurd Human Rights Violations (117): Segregation of HIV-Positive Prisoners

    Updated: 2013-01-23 00:58:56
    (source) South-Carolina is now the only US State where HIV-positive prisoners are segregated in separate housing units with unequal program opportunities, inferior mental health care and fewer work options. There’s absolutely no reason to do that, unless you want to … Continue reading →

  • Tackling the Taboo: Leading environmental activists and scholars take on population in new book

    Updated: 2013-01-23 00:21:38
    Book review of Life on the Brink:  Environmentalists Confront Overpopulation (University of Georgia Press, 2012) When it comes to human overpopulation and the war it is waging on nature, the American environmental establishment has been AWOL for several decades.  Now comes a refreshing new anthology published by the University of Georgia Press that . . . → Read More: Tackling the Taboo: Leading environmental activists and scholars take on population in new book

  • Political Graffiti (223): The Rat Race, by Banksy

    Updated: 2013-01-22 14:05:14
    (source unknown) More on the right to leisure. More Banksy. More political graffiti.

  • Human Rights Maps (180): The Death Toll of Illegal Immigration

    Updated: 2013-01-21 13:23:25
    The days when border guards deliberately shot and killed would-be migrants are over, with a few exceptions. However, illegal migration remains a risky business in many parts of the world. Border fortifications, unsafe means of transportation (such as containers, inappropriate … Continue reading →

  • Iconic Images of Human Rights Violations (118): Bengal Famine

    Updated: 2013-01-19 13:20:52
    (source) Read the whole story here. More on famines. More iconic images of human rights violations.

  • Brown Off to D.C. to Foolishly Lobby for an Alien “Path to Citizenship”

    Updated: 2013-01-18 18:14:19
    Here’s an update on the other side’s amnesty jargon. Outdated are comprehensive immigration reform and legalization. The latest trendy phrase is “path to citizenship,” no doubt the result of market research into what resonates best among those amnesty advocates need to convince.  “Amnesty,” suggestive of forgiving criminals, offends. The softer “path to citizenship” may . . . → Read More: Brown Off to D.C. to Foolishly Lobby for an Alien “Path to Citizenship”

  • The population equation: 80,000 chemicals injected 24/7

    Updated: 2013-01-16 00:16:00
    As the United States adds 100 million people within the next 25 years, you may feel an uneasy disquietude as the facts pile up that force Americans to make the connection between overpopulation and our deteriorating society. The sheer numbers of humans move us into dangerous territory as to food production, energy usage, water . . . → Read More: The population equation: 80,000 chemicals injected 24/7

  • Obama on Immigration: “Laws?! We Don’t Need No Stinking Laws!”

    Updated: 2013-01-14 00:47:08
    In the 1948 movie classic, “The Treasure of Sierra Madre,” which starred Humphrey Bogart, Bogie and two other Americans prospecting for gold in Mexico are confronted by banditos claiming to be Federales.  Bogart demands to see their badges, asking, “If you guys are the Federales, then where are your badges?” Their response, “¿Badges? ¡We . . . → Read More: Obama on Immigration: “Laws?! We Don’t Need No Stinking Laws!”

  • Anti-DREAM Act Support from an Unexpected Ally: Ruben Navarrette

    Updated: 2013-01-08 23:58:21
    A prominent columnist whose beat is immigration recently wrote that illegal alien students who demand Congress pass a federal DREAM Act are acting like “spoiled brats” and “deserve a scolding” because they are “drunk on entitlement.” I wish I could take credit for the column’s authorship. Heaven knows, I’m in total agreement. But in . . . → Read More: Anti-DREAM Act Support from an Unexpected Ally: Ruben Navarrette

  • The New Union Worker: An Illegal Alien

    Updated: 2013-01-06 00:12:19
    The radical erosion of what was once a worker’s best friend – the labor union – is demonstrated by the story of an unemployed American I spoke with recently. A Midwesterner and union member with six years of experience in environmental abatement and a University of Phoenix business administration degree, Sam (not the worker’s . . . → Read More: The New Union Worker: An Illegal Alien

  • The Sacramento Bee’s Half Truth about California; Whole Truth Would Include Immigration

    Updated: 2013-01-05 13:08:46
    Here’s a New Year’s resolution every journalist should make: “In 2013, I will write only fair and balanced stories, columns and editorials about immigration.” Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters recently provided an excellent example of telling only half the story in his November 18 column, California Officially Has a Two-Tier Economy. Twenty-five years ago, Walters . . . → Read More: The Sacramento Bee’s Half Truth about California; Whole Truth Would Include Immigration

  • The population equation: lack of water

    Updated: 2013-01-04 00:20:23
    “The raging monster upon the land is population growth. In its presence, sustainability is but a fragile theoretical construct. To say, as many do, that the difficulties of nations are not due to people but to poor ideology and land-use management is sophistic,” said Harvard biologist Dr. E.O. Wilson. Ironically, everyone demands cleaner air, . . . → Read More: The population equation: lack of water

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