United States – Apr 23
Rep. Bartlett: This Earth Day is different
Yale’s Gus Speth calls for shift from consumer capitalism to solve environmental woes
US life expectancy falls for large segment of population
Health
Food & agriculture – Apr 21
Lester R. Brown: World facing huge new challenge on food front
Food price rises are “mass murder” – UN envoy
How hunger could topple regimes
We know secret of Joseph’s biblical pest control
Food crisis – Apr 17
BBC: Feeding the world
UN fears tragedy over N. Korean food shortage
The fury of the poor
Global South view of crisis (IPS)
Food & agriculture – Apr 13
Canadian Medical Journal – Obesity reduction and its possible consequences: What can we learn from Cuba’s Special Period?
The recipe for food rights (Vandana Shiva interview)
Don’t like the news? Make your own – Apr 11
Bill Moyers: journalists as truth-tellers
Student sees problems with high school text
In Web world of 24/7 stress, writers blog till they drop
Converging Environmental Crises: free online conference April 10
A teach-in on energy, climate change, water, agriculture and population. National experts will gather for a conversation on the state of our planet’s health. Several Energy Bulletin contributors will be speaking. (Free webcast).
Housing & urban design – Apr 3
NYC approves fees on city drivers
Life in the ‘burbs: heavy costs for families, climate
Eco-towns? Britons say no thanks
Walkable towns curb obesity, pollution
Food & agriculture – Apr 2
A ‘perfect storm’ of hunger
Food price hikes changing U.S. eating habits
Urban backyard chickens
Square trees grow in New Hampshire
Dysfunction – Mar 25
Excessive emails and text are a mental illness
Deaths and disruption as price rise sees copper thefts soar
Deep thought – Mar 24
Despoiled Nauru – poster child for “The Party’s Over”
What does climate change do to our heads?
Traffic congestion charge has modest impact on the life expectancy of Londoners
Scheme has led to 1,888 extra years of life for Londoners
Food & agriculture – Feb 26
We chow down on a diet salted with mystery
Obesity more dangerous than terrorism
Opening of global seed vault in Arctic
UK farmers ride income rollercoaster
Uganda: Exposing the African Green Revolution
