Home » Environment (Page 132)
Category Archives: Environment
Ransomware attacks and biodiversity: A possible lesson from nature
Ransomware attacks and biodiversity: A possible lesson from nature As I read about recent ransomware attacks on hospitals, I was reminded of a seemingly unremarkable event years ago when I was still using a computer with the Windows operating system. I was working with a medical doctor turned medical IT specialist. His preferred operating system—though […]
In the War on Climate Change, the BC Election Was a Bust
In the War on Climate Change, the BC Election Was a Bust But the Sustainabiliteens and other youth committed to radical change will never give up. Youth on strike for the climate in Vancouver, March 2019. Photo by Jackie Dives. For high school students and climate activists like us, British Columbia’s recent election wasn’t just about […]
Capitalism Will Ruin the Earth By 2050, Scientists Say
Capitalism Will Ruin the Earth By 2050, Scientists Say The good news is, by cutting our consumption, there’s another way. IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES A spate of new scientific research starkly lays out the choice humankind faces in coming decades: By 2050, we could retain high levels of GDP, at the price of a world wracked by […]
It’s time environmentalists talked about the population problem
It’s time environmentalists talked about the population problem Credit: Shutterstock In all the talk of tackling environmental problems such as climate change, the problem of population growth often escapes attention. Politicians don’t like talking about it. By and large, neither do environmentalists—but former Greens leader Bob Brown has bucked that trend. Brown recently declared the world’s population must start […]
Concrete: Our Future Is Anchored in the Stuff
Concrete: Our Future Is Anchored in the Stuff The modern world is made of a wondrous, terrible product of human ingenuity. A new book tells the story. An apartment building under construction in Chile. Concrete, author Mary Soderstrom tells us, is a building material urgently needed to protect us against the climate change it helps […]
A life on our planet – review
A life on our planet – review I watched David Attenborough’s film A life on our planet the other evening. The first, and largest, part of the movie was very well made. Perhaps not much new, but very well presented and with excellent footage and narrative. Some images are very strong, even brutal, such as a lonely […]
Farming as the Climate Changes: Molino de la Isla, East Pecos, New Mexico
Farming as the Climate Changes: Molino de la Isla, East Pecos, New Mexico The world is facing a climate crisis and the changes this brings are dramatically impacting farmers across the world. As temperatures rise and rainfall becomes increasingly unpredictable, production is dropping and businesses are struggling. However, in the United States, climate change still […]
California Begins Cutting Power To 361,000 Customers As Fire Risk Surges
California Begins Cutting Power To 361,000 Customers As Fire Risk Surges Facing bone-crushing dryness and the strongest winds of the wildfire season, California’s largest utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) which filed for historic bankruptcy due to its role in previous infernos sweeping across the state has “de-energized certain electrical lines” in Northern California, which may result […]
Taboos and illusions in the environmental question: The viewpoint of a physician
Taboos and illusions in the environmental question: The viewpoint of a physician Physicians have a view of the world that makes them especially able to understand the concept I called the “Seneca Cliff.” Here, Lukas Fierz, Swiss physician, provides some basic principles that apply to collapses of complex systems, it doesn’t matter if we deal […]
Global Food Shortages Beginning
Global Food Shortages Beginning There is a serious food shortage we have been warning about which our computer has been projecting for the 4.3-year wave into 2024. Our sources from Asia and Europe have been confirming what we have been getting from Australia and the United States. Now it is starting to be reported in Germany by […]
The Sustainable End of History?
The Sustainable End of History? Why California’s 100% renewable energy plan is not a blueprint for our sustainable future. Source: pixabay The Sustainable End of History? Recently, I was a panelist at a forum titled “Tough Talks” which was to eliminate the cozy complacency and tiptoeing of panelists and instead talk die-hard solutions. The topic: […]
A simple way to understand what’s happening … and what to do
A simple way to understand what’s happening … and what to do The world seems to be coming apart at the seams. It’s critical to understand why, so that we can avoid the worst and find the best responses so as to move toward the environmentally and socially healthy future we want. It turns out that […]
Coming Famine?
Coming Famine? QUESTION: I just want to be prepared. How long is the famine supposed to happen? 1-2 years? More? SD ANSWER: These lockdowns have already set in motion a reduction in the food supply. In the United States, there were temporary shortages of certain foods. You can see plenty of videos where farms lost 100% of […]
Big Oil’s answer to melting Arctic: cooling the ground so it can keep drilling
Big Oil’s answer to melting Arctic: cooling the ground so it can keep drilling Technology is keeping patches of Alaska permafrost frozen to preserve energy infrastructure even as indigenous residents’ world is transformed by the climate crisis An oil pipeline stretches across the landscape outside Prudhoe Bay in North Slope borough, Alaska. Photograph: Bonnie Jo […]
Today’s Contemplation: The Coming Collapse VIII
October 30, 2020
Today’s Contemplation: The Coming Collapse VIII Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986) Photo by author Once again, a comment I posted in response to an article on The Tyee. Where to begin? I realise this article is primarily about a federal political party and its future but there are two underlying issues that are discussed that need far […]
Continue Reading →