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....
The argument that mining
resources will help
alleviate poverty gets
busted (again...): South
Sudan got $7 billion for
pumping oil, but the
local, ordinary people
have yet to see any of
this, according to an
article in the BBC. We
CAN alleviate povert...
With less than 40 days to
go before the Copenhagen
Climate Change Summit,
representatives of
several faiths present in
the UK got together at
the invitation of the
Archbishop of Canterbury
on 29 October at Lambeth
Palace. In the first
statement of its...
God has given us so many
gifts, we tend to
forget... for example, I
like this article (which
is not unique, though
fossil fuel funded etc
sources won't want you to
know!) that indeed
"shifting the World to
100 percent clean,
renewable energy as early
...
According to an article
in today's The Guardian,
the nuclear industry
funds a special armed
police force which guards
its installations across
the UK, and - most
worryingly! - secret
documents show the
"750-strong force is
authorised to carry out
cov...
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A Local, State, National,
and International Issue
What is Human
Trafficking?
Human trafficking is a
crime under US law.
According to the Victims
of Trafficking and
Violence Protection Act,
"severe forms of
traffickin...
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Blog: Nine people arrested in peaceful sit in at Senator Liebermanns office. by Road L.
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Dear Healthcare-NOW!
Supporter:
Dozens of people held a
sit-in at Senator
Lieberman's Capitol Hill
office this morning
to demand that Senator
Lieberman pledge to stop
taking health insurance
company campaign
contributions and free up
funds so... more
Blog: zero impact house by Past Member .
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Modern green home design
doesn’t always have
to be flashy and
exotic.Â
Maryann Thompson
Architects designed this
simple, yet refined,
contemporary residence to
meet a client’s
desire to create an
environmentally sensitive
and ... more