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World's Soils in Sharp Decline; Global Food Shortage to Follow
Environment  (tags: environment )

Michael
- 13 days ago - naturalnews.com
The world's soils continue to be degraded at an unprecedented rate that will only exacerbate the current food crisis, scientists are warning.
Spare Your Flushes - Practical Tips on How to Be Frugal With Your H2O
Environment  (tags: frugal tips, frugal with H2O, spare your flushes, water conservation )

JohnMicha
- 22 days ago - gettingfrugal.blogspot.com
How much water do I use? Each person uses an average of 33-35 gallons per day. This is 50 per cent more than we used 25 years ago.
Care2 - Respect the Mountain Ambassador
Environment  (tags: Peter Habeler, Protect the mountains )

Hans
- 24 days ago - care2.com
Professor Peter Habeler is not only a living legend but also one of the leading Ambassadors for Respect the Mountains! Tribute to a living legend! Who is a great role model for the youth anoyone younger than him...his real age is not 66 but 33!
Gulf Coast Residents Flee as Hurricane Gustav Nears
Environment  (tags: hurricane gustav, weather, evacuation, destruction, energy )

Mairead
- 36 days ago - cnn.com
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- As residents fled the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Gustav bore down on the southern Gulf of Mexico, closing in on areas still trying rebuild after 2005's Hurricane Katrina.
Report Outlines Junk Mail's Climate Impacts
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, climatechange, CO2emissions, globalwarming, globalwarming, forests, trees )

Chris
- 49 days ago - forestethics.org
'Junk Mail Effect' Equals Emissions of 9 Million Cars, 7 US States Combined; NASA Scientist and Gore Advisor Hansen urges support for Do Not Mail Registry
On a Planet 4C Hotter, All We Can Prepare for Is Extinction
Environment  (tags: climate, climate-change, destruction, endangered, ecosystems, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, habitat, pollution, research, protection, world, wildlife, trees, weather, oceans, greenhousegases )

Gwen
- 53 days ago - guardian.co.uk
We need to get prepared for four degrees of global warming, Bob Watson told the Guardian last week.
Named and Shamed: The Dirty Dozen Invaders That Are Clogging Up Our Waterways
Environment  (tags: Invasive Species, invasive plant, habitatdestruction, destruction, water )

Randy
- 53 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A dirty dozen of non-native species that are most likely to harm Britain's rivers and canals have been named and shamed by British Waterways. They include former pets such as the red-eared terrapin and pesky garden invaders like Japanese knotweed an
Why Our Food Waste May Be Our Greatest Asset | Environment | AlterNet
Environment  (tags: environment, food, waste, composting, global warming )


- 68 days ago - alternet.org
Composting is key to reducing waste costs, cutting global warming emissions, and increasing urban food security.Great read---we must compost, compost, compost.
Cue the Wingnuts to Spin Environmental Disaster as a GOOD Thing | PEEK | AlterNet
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, artic, drilling, oil drilling )


- 68 days ago - alternet.org
There's oil in the arctic. Now right-wing radio will probably start talking about how great melting ice caps are, as they make it easier to drill.
HEMP, THE PREMIER RENEWABLE RESOURCE - Help Save Our Earth ! NOW
Environment  (tags: HEMP, THE PREMIER RENEWABLE RESOURCE - Help Sa, love agrogreen )

Scott
- 94 days ago - ratical.org
Regardless what the staid, constipated, and conditioned proponents of industrialized monoculture may parrot--without a glimmer of intelligence or understanding to "back-up" the dinosaur-wannabe prattle--hemp is the lifeline to our collective, life-pr
 
 
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