Nutella, the nutty chocolate spread, is turning 50. Last year some 365 million kilos were consumed - roughly the weight of the Empire State Building - in 160 countries around the world. Half a century ago, in a small town in northern Italy, this would have been unimaginable.

Links threatened Andes glaciers to survival of Andes communities

Good on the importance of indigenous tribes for the protection of the rain forest..

In the struggle to solve the climate crisis, a powerful, largely unnoticed shift is taking place. The forward journey for human civilization will be difficult and dangerous, but it is now clear that we will ultimately prevail. The only question is how quickly we can accelerate and complete the transition to a low-carbon civilization. Great for analysis of the economic impact of solar energy and the decline in investment in fossil fuels. (RT)

Links to various vanishing cultures

Outline of key reasons for logging and description of how it is happening. Nat geographic 2007