The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have launched a report on the 'The Environmental Food Crisis'. The report warned that radical change is needed to meet the challenges of climate change and the needs of a global population of over nine billion by 2050, otherwise the situation will dwarf the recent food crisis that plunged over 100 million people into poverty and hunger in just two years. Convinced of the need for a "bold, determined and innovative response" leaders at the 17th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) agreed a 'Shared Vision' to address these challenges. All UN members agreed on the urgent need to increase efforts on international food security and sustainable agricultural development, particularly in Africa. Now we need to make sure that promises are not broken.
Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) said: "Whosoever goes to sleep satisfied while being aware that his neighbour is hungry is not one of us."
Try to do one thing a day to change this: reduce (stop wasting), reuse (avoiding waste), reflect, pray....
I just wrote the
following e-mail to the
BBC (as it's public radio
and a science programme,
I didn't bother adding
the great faith-objection
against GM: playing God,
as GM is NOT the same as
'selective breeding, but
proactively in a lab
mixing species...
I love this summary of
how the climate change
debate is being conducted
by Johann Hari of The
Independent: "Imagine you
are about to get on a
plane with your family. A
huge group of qualified
airline mechanics
approach you on the
tarmac and explain th...
For many religious
communities, caring for
the environment is an
essential expression of
faith. The
upcoming Parliament of
the World's Religions
(taking place in
Melbourne, Australia,
from 3-9 December '09)
will draw forth the
sacred natur...
The Lancet has just
published a series of
articles on health and
climate change. Besides
being informative, I love
the following sentence in
the executive summary:
"Addressing climate
change is not just an
issue of international
agreements, or economi...
This is VERY IMPORTANT
and RELATES TO 9/11 as a
CONTINUATION of the
anti-Muslim hysteria
provoked by 9/11, which
was its POINT.
Please circulate this! It
was for me a REAL
EYE-OPENER; and is
TOTALLY CONVINCING, once
I read it! It just...
President Obama, for
reasons that are not
clear, delayed signing an
International treaty
banning land mines. This
shocked many people --
including me. Here is
what YOU can do:
The treaty, also known as
the Ottawa Treaty, calls
for a ban on anti...
There is a new worm that
is worse than the last
one, and it "seems to try
to steal information from
the devices."It is not
wide spread, but you
should still be careful.
F-Secure states,"We've
received a sample of a
malicious iPhone worm
with botnet fu...
U.S.: Army Sends Infant
to Protective Services,
Mom to Afghanistan
US Politics &
Gov't (tags: )
AniTa - ipsnews.net
U.S. Army Specialist
Alexis Hutchinson, a
single mother, is being
threatened with a
military court-martial if
sh...
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Blog: Is Obama Really Preparing For Civil War? by Team O.
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— by Pastor Chuck Baldwin
According to an obscure
report in the European
Union Times
(EUTimes.net), "Russian
Military Analysts are
reporting to Prime
Minister Putin that US
President Barack Obama
has issued an order to
his Northern Command's
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Blog: Former Bailout Czar Signs On With Firm That Helped Run Bailout by Team O.
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That Unpopular Bank
Bailout? Geithner Wants
to Extend
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Blog: Stop the U.S. Energy Industry's War on Native Peoples and Lands by Team O.
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— Indigenous Activists
March on U.S. Embassy in
Copenhagen Urging Obama
to "Stop the U.S. Energy
Industry's War on Native
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