Climate science – Jan 2
‘Shocking’ Arctic ice melt
Ancient warming caused huge temp spike
Tropical virus moves to Italy
Health
Water – Jan 2
Great Lakes record lows
Thirsting for answers in dry Georgia
Water and health: 88% of diseases caused by bad drinking water and hygiene
Food & agriculture – Dec 20
The greasier the city, the fatter its residents
Can Britain feed itself?
The Fife Diet: Local Scottish food
World food stocks dwindling rapidly, UN warns
Food prices soar in America
Climate – Dec 19
Rising seas ‘to beat predictions’
Mexico, US suffer as Rio Grande sucked dry
Hot spots – the carbon atlas
As temperatures rise, health could decline
3,000 walruses die in stampedes tied to climate
Health – Dec 4
Hesperian’s online library of healthcare books
Working and health: Allocating time
Competition: How green is your healthcare organisation?
Our medical system: it’s time to face peak oil
Medical executives center their attention on “cost, quality and coverage” while considering rising energy prices, especially oil, a minor concern. This is a colossal misjudgment of medicine’s dependence on fossil fuels and the fact that the “hydrocarbon era” is entering its final stages.
Transport – Nov 29
Are you driving yourself crazy?
A local approach to easing gridlock
An alternative to cars? Official laughs out loud
Family values – Nov 29
Ralph Nader: The lost art of family traditions
Removing our kids from the front lines of climate change
Young people reading a lot less
Food & agriculture – Nov 28
Studies: Is organic better? It depends
Vienna Vegetable Orchestra
Backyard gardens shelter Europe’s orphan seeds
Australian farmer: Wave of costs arriving to a farm near you
One man’s fertilizer is another man’s bomb or illegal drug
Suppose I were to tell you that our most widely used nitrogen fertilizer is an extremely dangerous chemical that in its manufacture, transport, and application has killed and injured thousands of people.
Healthy body, healthy planet –
Nov 17
Avoid cancer, lose weight, look great, attract a mate, be happy … and stop global warming
Scientists: cutting calories can cut CO2
Hunger stalks world’s wealthiest country
Childhood obesity spreading around globe
Economic and planetary collapse: Is it a therapeutic issue?
If we call those pessimistic about the future “Doomers,” what do we call those who are blindly and enthusiastically optimistic? We might call such optimism a “Panglossian Disorder” and the Peak Shrink suggest that it is a tough, culturally ubiquitous disorder to treat.
