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Henry Liebling

Peak Oil Hausfrau: A short history of peak oil preparation - 0 views

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    "Frankly, when I first learned about peak oil, I was a bit freaked out. ... But after a time I slowly changed my attitude, expectations, and lifestyle to accommodate a radically different reality from the one I previously knew." One woman's personal transition tale. Useful links
Henry Liebling

Best content in Classroom 2.0 | Diigo - Groups - 0 views

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    might be a useful place to look for web2.0 apps.
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WWF - WWF - 0 views

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    "You are part of nature. You rely on the diversity of life, what we call "biodiversity", to provide you with food, fuel, medicine and other essentials you simply cannot live without. So if biodiversity delivers real benefits to our well-being, why don't we value it more?"
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Biodiversity is life | IYB - UK - 0 views

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    "Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth. It is essential for sustaining the natural living systems or ecosystems that provide us with food, fuel, health, wealth, and other vital services." International Year of Bio-diversity
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Home of TEEB - 0 views

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    "The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study is a major international initiative to draw attention to the global economic benefits of biodiversity, to highlight the growing costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and to draw together expertise from the fields of science, economics and policy to enable practical actions moving forward."
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Bees for Development - Home Page - 0 views

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    "Bees for Development Trust is an international charity working to promote sustainable beekeeping to support livelihoods and to conserve biodiversity." Journal, portal, network centre, extensive links.
Henry Liebling

Colony collapse disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    Consider many possible causes
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Vanishing of the Bees Film :: Home brought to you by The Co-operative - 0 views

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    Website about "Plan Bee", the film, what action you can take,blog etc. Why are billions of bees dying? Why should we care?
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The Barefoot Beekeeper - 0 views

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    "This site is about sustainable, low-impact, low-cost, chemical-free, small-scale, 'organic' or 'natural' beekeeping, using simple equipment that almost anyone can make at home. "
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Ethanol and Food: Feeding Grain to Cars While Hunger Rises | Sustainablog - 0 views

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    "The 107 million tons of grain that went to U.S. ethanol distilleries in 2009 was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels."
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Blood on Our Hands: Dealing Ethically With the Problems of Husbandry : Casaubon's Book - 0 views

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    "What I think is impermissable is unconsciousness. ... How do we minimize suffering? How do we balance our desire to be good people and to eat well? Should we be vegetarian? Vegan? Grow our own? Buy locally? Eat one thing but not another?" Some contentious stuff here. Are you brave?
Henry Liebling

Z Space - Mitchel Cohen - 0 views

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    Now here's a tale about waste. "No one wanted the millions of pounds of Philadelphia municipal incinerator ash dumped in their country."
Henry Liebling

Should Climate Activists Support Limits on Immigration? : Climate and Capitalism - 0 views

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    Immigrants to the developed world have frequently been blamed for unemployment, crime and other social ills. Attempts to reduce or block immigration have been justified as necessary measures to protect "our way of life" from alien influences.
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Prosperity Without Growth by Tim Jackson | Book review | Books | The Guardian - 0 views

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    Book Review "Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet by Tim Jackson. We must repudiate traditional economics if we're to save the planet, says Jeremy Leggett"
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climate code red: Pine Island glacier loss must force another look at sea-level forecasts - 0 views

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    "We face a climate emergency which requires actions at emergency speed far beyond "business as usual" and "politics as usual" to bring a rapid transition to a post-carbon, safe-climate future" New research suggest that just two collapsing West Antarctic glaciers could add another half a metre to sea levels this century
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One quarter of US grain crops fed to cars - not people, new figures show | Environment ... - 0 views

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    "New analysis of 2009 US Department of Agriculture figures suggests biofuel revolution is impacting on world food supplies"
Henry Liebling

So You Want to Cut Your Resource Usage? : Casaubon's Book - 0 views

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    "After 3 years of living at between 1/5 and 1/10th of the energy the average family uses, there are some generalities I can offer to people. But they aren't the ones you'll see in most of the "10 tips to go green" articles." Sharon Astyk's 10 tips!
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Naomi Klein on how corporate branding has taken over America | Books | The Guardian - 0 views

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    "Ten years after the publication of No Logo, Naomi Klein switches her attention from the mall to Barack Obama and discovers that corporate culture has taken over the US government"
Henry Liebling

Satoyama Initiative - 0 views

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    Satoyama landscape refers to a traditional Japanese socio-ecological production landscape and an example of multi-functional land use wherein residents employ agricultural practices and natural resource management techniques that optimize the benefits derived from local ecosystems.
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Be Very Afraid - 0 views

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    A stunning collection of young people's work using computers and discussing their work with members of the public at BETT 2010 e.g Lampton's work is clearly connected to Global Citizenship
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