According to Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor of the Independent UK, selling ice-cream to Eskimos used to be the definition of a tough sales pitch — but now it has been put in the shade. [Read more…]
We are all boat people
Each of our editors migrated to Australia by boat so the ‘We are all Boat People’ campaign resonates with us. Read more on their web site and do download their toolkit, which includes a very handy street stencil.
As they say:
We are ordinary Australians who are appalled at the inhumane treatment of refugees by our government. We have decided to get involved and challenge the border panic encouraged by the current rhetoric of fear. [Read more…]
The BBC’s Green Room
A well-hidden secret, the Green Room is a series of opinion pieces on environmental issues running weekly on the BBC News website. Here’s a link to one of the more recent contributions — “The fair choice for climate change” by Aubrey Meyer.
Check the site’s right-hand column for more lively reading. The comments are also well worth a read.
Disease is ‘migrating’ as world warms
Warming temperatures are causing organisms to migrate, Professor Paul Hunter told a conference in the UK.
In Europe, ocean swimmers have been infected with illnesses normally associated with warmer waters.
And Professor Hunter warned not enough was being done to monitor the spread, due to the warming of the Earth, of big killers such as malaria in Africa. [Read more…]
Water Wars
Of all the water on earth, only 2.5% is fresh, and less than 0.007% is readily available to people through rivers, lakes, and streams.
As worldwide populations surge, temperatures rise, climates changes, and diseases spread, clean water will become ever more essential (and ever more rate).
In 2000, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned that national rivalries over water could harbour “the seeds of violent conflict.”
Are Water Wars coming? This infographic, below, from the International Networks Archive puts it all in perspective.
One world
Say no more. Thanks to Hugh McLeod
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