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Green living, Politics, Aug 18th, 2010,
Despite growing environmental awareness and energy efficiency measures, the developed world consumes more than ever. At the same time people in China and much of the developing world are adopting more energy intensive lifestyles. So more cars and meat consumption in China, etc., combined a growing obsession for the latest consumable goods – like phones, cars and computers – in rich nations, means the world will enter into ecological debt one month earlier this year. According to the New Economics Foundation (NEF) ‘Earth Overshoot Day’ will fall on August 21st compared to September 23rd last year. From an article on…
Tags: China, consumption, Day, debt, Earth, ecological, economics, energy, foundation, NEF, new, Overshoot
Green living, Politics, Jul 10th, 2010,
Yesterday was named ‘fish dependence day’ by the New Economics Foundation (NEF); marking July 9, 2010 as the date that Europe ate its fish quota for the year in terms of sustainability. A new analysis by the NEF entitled ‘Fish Dependence: The Increasing Reliance of the EU on Fish From Elsewhere’, highlights the unsustainable nature of the fishing industry in relation to Europe’s consumption. From yesterday forward, Europe will be in essence, living off of non-European fish. From a UK Press Association report: If the EU were only to consume fish from its own waters it would run out 189…
Tags: Day, dependence, EU, Europe, fish, fishing, Ireland, NEF, stocks, sustainable, waters
Nature, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, May 21st, 2010,
Since tomorrow is International Biodiversity Day I thought I’d post some links to a few amazing galleries of wildlife photography that have been recently published online. First we have the Guardian‘s slideshow of ‘New species discovered in Foja mountains on Indonesian island of New Guinea‘, including candid photos of a tame giant wooly rat, the smallest known member of the kangaroo family and a tiny tree mouse. Next, there’s the Telegraph‘s piece on Belgian wildlife photographer and ecologist Guido Sterkendries, which features 27 images from the rainforests of Panama and Brazil. The London Times features a small but worthwhile gallery…
Tags: biodiversity, Day, Indonesian, international, island, photography, photos, wildlife
