Image: IPCC Logo – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Below are some discretionarily selected parts – with no further comments – from the summary of 5th IPCC report. Ref: IPCC,…
The first story seems to suggest a London politician wants to lead the way for divestment from fossil fuels … especially ‘dirty coal’. Bravo! Or not? http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/17/britain-coal-investment-fossil-fuel-assets-worthless-divestment The second story…
Thanks to James Borrell for his organisation; to Jessica Plumb for her interview; & most importantly to Ashish for his first-class fieldwork and all of those folk who have helped…
Hi Everybody, below is a short summary of what we have achieved since March 3., the 2nd World Wildlife Day when I announced our website on LinkedIn and lifted the…
Well done to Caerdydd, good effort 🙂 http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/mar/16/cardiff-worlds-first-sustainable-fish-city
Well done First West 🙂 http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/15/uk-first-poo-bio-bus-bristol-regular-service 0 0 https://edfarmaciaonline.com
Image: People in the industrialised world often don’t understand why climate change might be of any concern. Too often they frame their viewpoint in terms of how it affects their…
Image: As TTIP came up recently in Mike’s post, I made a search and found plenty of writings discussing all the potential dangers on the horizon resulting from these trade…
This is the first bit of noise concerning this issue. We know that politicians are remarkably untrustworthy, therefore cannot believe anything they say. Such platitudes as ‘don’t worry, it’ll be…
As many of us already know the most precious resource on Earth is drinking water ~ life soon collapses without it. Not only do we use it very unsustainably, but…
Image: Four oil palm plantations connected to the Palmas del Espino company are proposed in the northern Peruvian Amazon. Photograph: David Hill/David Hill Although this is potentially dire for the…
Image: First I was really disappointed to see that this topic is important enough for the blue-chips to spend effort on it. But soon after I realized that actually it…
As this article makes clear: building roads improves access to previous wilderness areas. We know for sure that where people can get to, they will take. Greed, lack of responsibility,…
If you’ve never read about the British Raj, you might appreciate this insightful and very well-written piece. Look at how many threads are being rewoven by mega-corporates today; dodgy politicians…
I like this. I’ve had a long interest in this part of the world and its remarkable treasures 🙂 Jaw bone discovery in Ethiopia is oldest ever human lineage remains
Garrett Hardin wrote in The tragedy of the commons (1968) [Science 162: 1243?1248] that the complete freedom of human reproduction, which already resulted in overpopulation of the Earth fifty years…
Things getting better every day 🙂 Solar impulse plane flight
Kia Orana everyone, very exciting news from this extremely remote atoll in the South Pacific. Last Friday a ship arrived with everything required to build a solar-power station on our…
Image: How such deliberate cruelty can be handled – and more importantly – prevented in the future? What has to be done to get the message through to these people…
Nature, biodiversity and human health: how strong is the evidence? Posted on February 2, 2015 by Policy In recent years there has been a growing recognition of the vital links between the natural…