Tag: Earth

  • Sustainable, People-Centered Agriculture Lies in Agroecology

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    In keeping with the general theme of a new “gift” economy, Colin Tudge and Graham Harvey’s article in the Ecologist focuses on “a sustainable, people-centered agriculture.” …we are launching our ‘Manifesto for a new agriculture’ at the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2014. A key theme is ‘agroecology’ – farming that takes its lead from nature. It conceives…

  • Sacred Economics

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    A reader recommended I look into the book Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein.  I checked out his website and was completely blown away by this short film. The book is also available on-line.  You can find it here.

  • My Two Favorite Eco-Feminists

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    At the recent International Women’s Earth and Climate Initiative Summit, Jane Goodall and Vandana Shiva discuss their decades of work devoted to protecting nature and saving future generations from the dangers of climate change. A renowned primatologist, Goodall is best known for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees and baboons. An environmental leader, feminist and thinker,…

  • Photo of the Day

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    Following is one of the hundreds of amazing, bizarre, and often-overlooked animals in Ross Piper’s new book, Animal Earth, that he’d like to see get some more attention. Humans have cataloged as many as 1.5 million species of animals, and Piper said there may be as many as 200 million more species still undiscovered. “We know a…

  • Brief History of Climate Science

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    Ed Hawkins is a climate scientist in NCAS-Climate at the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading. His research interests are in decadal variability and predictability of climate, especially in the Atlantic region, and in quantifying the different sources of uncertainty in climate predictions and impacts. Ed is a Contributing Author to IPCC AR5 and a member…

  • Haida People’s Rogue Geoengineering Project Condemned by Scientists

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    NPR’s Morning Edition recently grappled with the issue of geoengineering.  The program discussed the Haida people’s 2012 attempt to bring salmon back to their waters, by using iron dust to create an algae bloom, and the scientific community’s response to it. In the summer of 2012, a small group of the Haida people, a native…

  • Red Rain Might Provide Proof of Alien Life

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    I don’t usually put much stock in articles from The Huffington Post, but I found this one intriguing: A two-month rain storm in southern India may be the most compelling evidence yet that extraterrestrial lifeforms have visited Earth. Between July 25 and Sept. 23, 2012, the Indian state of Kerala was drenched by bizarre red-colored…

  • Women Uniting to Save the Planet

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    Jensine Larsen writes about her experience at this year’s International Women’s Earth and Climate Summit. ‘Women everywhere are claiming power and linking networks to restore the Earth and address climate change. They are harnessing digital media and in-person convenings to accelerate the movement, operating as an immune system to boost the Earth’s resilience.’ It was…

  • Meteorites May be Responsible for Life on Earth

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    The Pentagon Post features an article by Ike Miller that delves into a fascinating hypothesis of how meteorites may have been responsible for life on earth: Scientists were surprised to find that a meteorite that landed in California in 2012 contained all the essential ingredients necessary for the evolution of life. The Meteorite that exploded…

  • Canyon Discovered in Greenland Larger than Arizona Grand Canyon

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    Ron G. Anselm posts information on a newly discovered mega-canyon under Greenland’s ice sheet. NASA`s Airborne Science Mission… discovered evidence of a large and previously unknown canyon hiding under all that solid mound of Greenland frozen tundra. Greenland mysterious hidden Grand Canyon looks to be around 460 miles long making it larger and longer than the…