Sustainability

Biodiversity 'doomsday vault' comes to life in Arctic

Submitted by pirate on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 07:29.

by Pierre-Henry Deshayes Sun Feb 24, 2008

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AFP) - Aimed at providing mankind with a Noah's Ark of food in the event of a global catastrophe, an Arctic "doomsday vault" filled with samples of the world's most important seeds will be inaugurated here Tuesday. read more »

World Naked Bike Ride - 2008

Submitted by pirate on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 11:20.

The Southern Hemisphere World Naked Bike Ride is coming up fast. Just 8 weeks away. Now is prime scheming and planning time.
Routes, colorful paints and creative stories to tell the very confused police.

Let 2008 be the year of the colorful naked people on bicycles. A fun
new world is just a bicycle and a paintbrush away.

So, if you are planning on organizing a WNBR ride in your part of the
world, now is the time to do it.

One great suggestion to build up excitement and get media awarness is to organize a WNBR film screening night. There are now several great films about WNBR. For more info on films visit read more »

JARED DIAMOND AND THE CONSUMPTION FACTOR

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/07/2008 - 09:55.

by Thomas Riggins

People making a New Year's resolution to consume less should bolster their resolve by reading Jared Diamond's "What's Your Consumption Factor?" in Wednesday's New York Times [op-ed 1-2-2008]. However, your or my individual consumption may not make a big difference. Diamond, the author of "Guns, Germs and Steel" and "Collapse", is addressing a civilizational problem regarding the difference in consumption levels between First World countries and the developing world. read more »

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Protest against Sardar Sarovar Dam continues

Submitted by pirate on Sun, 10/14/2007 - 10:42.

Outlook India.com ANIL NAIR

KEVADIA (GUJARAT), OCT 14 (PTI)

As welders piece together iron rods on topmost portion of Sardar Sarovar Dam, a group of farmers clang cymbals as part of a protest at the base of the reservoir built by displacing thousands of tribals, farmers and submerging hundreds of villages in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. read more »

Millions more to move for Chinese dam

Submitted by pirate on Fri, 10/12/2007 - 20:35.

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Oct. 12, 2007

BEIJING - China plans to relocate up to 4 million people from areas surrounding the Three Gorges Dam — the world's biggest hydropower project — because of rising concerns over the environment and landslides, state media reported Friday. read more »