Let us sit around the table for a moment and look upon the worlds resource pies laid out in front of us to consume. At the table we have some long term guests, these are the developed nations. They have been hoeing into these pies for some time eating (consuming) as much as their hearts [...]

Who cares about the loss of an endangered species? Man has a direct impact with its invasive expansion into ecosystems we indeed ourselves need to protect to survive. The loss of one species leads to another and then another. Along the isolated coastline of northern Tanzania there is a 90 kilometre strip between Moa, Kwale, [...]

There is a little quotation that I have printed out and have attached to my desk pad cover; it reads Press On Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will [...]

Judging by the weather, the world seems to have flipped upside down. For two winters running, an Arctic chill has descended on Europe, burying that continent in snow and ice. Last year in the United States, historic blizzards afflicted the mid-Atlantic region. This winter the Deep South has endured unusual snowstorms and severe cold, and [...]

Scientists have uncovered what appears to be a further dramatic increase in the leakage of methane gas that is seeping from the Arctic seabed. Methane is about 20 times more potent than CO2 in trapping solar heat. The findings come from measurements of carbon fluxes around the north of Russia, led by Igor Semiletov from [...]

Time to break out tbe lauhala bags: A ban on plastic bags for customers of merchants in Kaua’i and Maui counties begins today. Unlike San Francisco’s landmark ban, which went into effect in November 2007, the Maui mandate includes both compostable and noncompostable plastic bags, presumably because the marine life that is at risk from [...]

Will the taps of residents in Perth Western Australia run dry in 2011/12, if not when will they? Clearly the water situation for those dependant solely on scheme water for their daily supply is unsustainable for the future. Recently in a statement widely reported in the local press, the Water Minister Graham Jacobs said “I’m [...]

Recently on a trip to Esperance on Western Australia’s southern most coast, I took a day to visit Cape Le Grand National Park and Frenchman’s Peak, just over 50 kilometres east of Esperance. Named by the French in 1792 the Peak stands 262 metres above sea level. At the base of the impressive rock formation, [...]

Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute and Author of Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization We are entering a new era, one of rapid and often unpredictable climate change. In fact, the new climate norm is change. The 25 warmest years on record have come since 1980. And the 10 warmest years since [...]

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