Q: I heard that species of flora and fauna are dying at a growing rate globally. How is this calculated and which types of species are dwindling faster? Researchers believe that the rate of species loss currently underway is 100-1,000 times faster than what was normal (the so-called “background rate” of extinction) prior to human [...]
Something like this could really improve the lives of millions of people around the globe. This year’s winner of the James Dyson Award is Edward Linnacre, a student at Swinburne University of Technology who devised a solution for collecting moisture out of thin air in arid climates or during times of drought.
Some of you may remember an article I wrote a while back titled “Bringing back the past to save the future” which talked a little about the need to revert to the good ole’ days in some ways to preserve life as we know it today. And some of you may even remember my experiment [...]
This is a guest post from my friend Marcie Barnes which is cross-posted on her site, greenetarians.com. You’ve probably heard of the the concerns that come along with the destruction of rainforests and other ancient swaths of virgin ecosystems. Among these include: loss of biodiversity (there is a long list of the things that are [...]
Want to do your part but not sure where to start? One of the best ways to begin working towards a cleaner environment is to start reducing the amount of waste you create in your life. A reduction of the amount of things you throw away and/or recycle goes a long way towards helping to [...]
Some friends of mine were talking about a book called “Plan B” that proposes a plan for rescuing the environment and ending poverty around the world. Is it a realistic plan or just some utopian pipe dream? What started as a book has grown into a movement known as “Plan B” which presents a roadmap [...]
In 1911, just 100 years ago, the human population of the world was around 1.6 billion people. As of October 31, 2011, says The United Nations, we will hit a population figure of 7 billion inhabitants. And since 1970 the population of the world has doubled in just 41 short years. That’s a huge amount [...]
