A bite-size email with original insight and hand-picked news from & for the social sector. 1. DARE TO IMAGINE What will the world look like 50-100 years from now? “We are quickly becoming a global neuro-network. The power of a correct idea in this interconnected age …
Earth Policy Release – Full Planet, Empty Plates Chapter Two
Chapter 2. The Ecology of Population Growth Lester R. Brown www.earth-policy.org/books/fpep/fpepch2 Earth Policy Release Full Planet, Empty Plates May 9, 2013
Moving Beyond Corporate Average Fuel Economy
Top stories from The Energy Collective on April 25, 2013 Most read on The Energy Collective · » Facts on Fracking: Three Things You Need to Know · » Innovative Device Boils Water and Produces Electricity · » Low Oil Prices Lead to Economic Peak Oil · » 100 Percent Renewable Energy is 100 Percent Possible · » Which Country …
The Resilience Imperative: Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-state Economy
by Michael Lewis & Patrick Conaty, New Society Publishers, 2012, ISBN: 9780865717077 Review by Shann Turnbull, EMM Advisory Board member and source of some of the ideas cited in the book. The Resilience Imperative is a must read for both leaders and followers seeking survival of society. The book …
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News : Early warning signs of population collapse
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News Early warning signs of population collapse Scientists use nature against nature to develop an antibiotic with reduced resistance Goosefish capture small puffins over deep water of Northwest Atlantic Scientists use islands to gauge rainfall’s effect on landscapes Biofilm helps Salmonella survive hostile conditions ‘Sustainable fishing’ certification …
Review of Making Things Work and Makers: The New Industrial Revolution
Review of Making Things Work and Makers: The New Industrial Revolution Making Things Work: Solving Complex Problems In A Complex World by Yaneer Bar-Yam, NECSI Knowledge Press, Cambridge, MA 2004 Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson, Crown Business, NY, 2012 Review by Hazel Henderson These two books, …
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News
Deadly effects of certain kinds of household air pollution lead to call for biomarker studies Extreme algal blooms: The new normal? By keeping the beat, sea lion sheds new light on animals’ movements to sound Southern California sagebrush better suited to climate change, study finds Soils in newly forested areas …
Department of Energy Unveils ‘Energy 101’ Framework
Department of Energy Unveils ‘Energy 101’ Framework Colleges Urged to Create ‘Introduction to Energy’ Courses Open to All Undergraduates For Immediate Release For more information contact: Ellen Vaughan at (202) 662-1893 or [email protected] March 12, 2013–In an effort to help address the array of energy challenges facing the country, …
Game upgrade: Schools across the U.S. will soon start teaching real climate science
The map accompanying this article has school districts taking up real climate science in blue, presumably because they also are a close match to having a larger Democratic constituency in state government. The ones not adopting it are reliably Repugnican far-right in state governments: shilling for the oil and coal …
Machismo And Energy Policy
While the importance of “feminine” values is today acknowledged in most domains, why is it that these values are not recognised in the energy sector? Moreover there is an increasing push to develop mega-projects that are risky and senseless in every mea- ning of the word: the oil sands pipeline …