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May 17, 2013
by Tara Lohan, Alternet
We’ve arrived at a dangerous milestone. For the first time in human history, as Amy Goodman reported this week, "the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has topped 400 parts per million."
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May 17, 2013
by Helen Camakaris, The Conversation
Humans have evolved to feel a single sense of self, but our emotional brain is encouraging us to pursue perceived self-interest even if it means trashing the planet, leaving our rational brain to try and justify our actions. Why are our intuitions so poor, and how might we engage rational thinking?
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May 17, 2013
by David Holmgren, Holmgren Design
Over three decades I have received many requests to travel across Australia and across the world to speak at a conference, teach a course or participate in some worthy event related to permaculture. My reluctance to travel long distances for short stays has meant I have had to turned down many …
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May 17, 2013
by Alex Smith, Radio Ecoshock
Two new reports say climate change could cause the next financial crisis. From London, Bob Ward, LSE lead author of "Unburnable: Carbon 2013: Wasted capital and stranded assets." Australia's Climate Institute, John Connor on coal's risky future. Plus Nancy LaPlaca: why …
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May 16, 2013
by Rob Hopkins, Transition Culture
I refuse to accept that the lurch to 500ppm, 600ppm, 800ppm is an inevitability. I refuse to accept, as Nigel Lawson tried to argue in his debate with the remarkably patient Kevin Anderson on Jeremy Vine’s radio show recently, that doing anything about climate change would impact on …
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May 16, 2013
by Robert Jensen, AlterNet
We have no choice but to deal with the collapse of journalism, but we also should recognize the need for a journalism of collapse.
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May 15, 2013
by Carol Smith, OurWorld 2.0
A three-year assessment from a team of international scientists will detail how the phenomenon dubbed “climate change’s evil twin” is shaping up to be a global problem. The rapid acidification of the Arctic Ocean will have widespread impacts to be felt for “tens of …
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May 14, 2013
by David Orr, Worldwatch Institute
It is time to talk about important things. Why have we come so close to the brink of extinction so carelessly and casually?
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May 14, 2013
by Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•Water increasingly crucial in energy policies, experts say •Acidification: the latest unknown for stressed Arctic ecosystem •Rivers Carry Away Waste Heat Form Power Plants at a Cost to the Environment •Safe drinking water disappearing fast in Bangladesh •Land O' Lakes: …
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May 14, 2013
by Rob Dietz, The Daly News
At 400 parts per million, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a menacing milestone. We’ve failed to get a handle on our addiction to fossil fuel, and now we’re in desperate need of solutions for preventing runaway climate change. There is no magic pill …
