A new report on global hunger pinpoints factors at the heart of spikes in food prices it says are exacerbating the unfolding food crisis in the Horn of Africa. Released ahead of World Food Day on Oct. 16, the report calls for action to control price volatility in the...
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, among others, has advocated a return to the gold standard for U.S. currency. He is worried about inflation and the continued devaluation of the U.S. dollar. Capitalist politicians like Paul claim if only the dollar were...
‘Let’s put a value on Britain’s ecosystem services’ – the slogan has a nice ring to it. Perhaps we don’t fully understand the value of the wild plants, animals, and natural cycles around us, and if we did, we could appreciate and protect them better.But what is it...
TALKING DIRTYGone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage, Heather Rogers, New Press, 2005On average, each American produces almost 4.2 pounds (2 kg) of garbage a day, almost a third of it in packaging. This staggering statistic starts Heather Rogers’s book on garbage, a...
To The Swedish Government and all participants at the Rio +20 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012. From the Gothenburg Conference: Celebrate! Resist! Transform! for environmental justice and just transition 18th to 20th of May 2012 A JUST TRANSITION NOW – NO...
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