Tag Archives: Eco-Systems

There Is Little or Nothing Manufactured Today That Nature Loves

Posted on September 29, 2009 by RagBlog

We will no longer be impressed by an organic T-shirt if its cotton was grown by hogging water in an arid and impoverished land, or if its dye puts workers at heightened risk for leukemia. The Age of Eco-AngstBy Daniel … Continue reading →

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We Can Build a Society of Good Ancestors

Posted on May 3, 2009 by RagBlog

Ecosocialism – For a Society of Good Ancestors!By Ian Angus / April 30, 2009 [Ian Angus was a featured guest at the World at a Crossroads: Fighting for Socialism in the 21st Century conference , in Sydney Australia, April 10-12, … Continue reading →

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Honeybees Are Remarkable for Lots of Reasons

Posted on April 30, 2009 by RagBlog

Honey bee nectaring on button willow.Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey, UC Davis Department of Entomology.Let’s Hear It for the BeesBy Leon Kreitzman / April 28, 2009 Gardeners know that plants open and close their flowers at set times during the … Continue reading →

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Greening Up the Co-operative Movement

Posted on March 24, 2009 by RagBlog

The River Arts co-op development is considering solar panels. The building’s energy committee includes Julie Ruben, top, and from left, Jack Fogle, Frank Gary and Paul Kittas. Photo: Jennifer S. Altman for The New York Times.It’s Not Easy Turning Co-op … Continue reading →

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Slow Food Nation : You Are What You Eat

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

The Slow Food Nation gathering promises to be a Woodstock for food lovers and enviros concerned with our food system.By Kerry Trueman / August 25 SAN FRANCISCO — A swarm of 40,000 to 50,000 locavores will descend on San Francisco … Continue reading →

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Suffocating Dead Zones Spread Across World’s Oceans

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

With more than 400 oxygen-starved dead zones in global coastal waters, scientists are calling for such dead zones to be recognised as one of the world’s great environmental problems.Critically low oxygen levels now pose as great a threat to life … Continue reading →

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Berkeley Scientists : World In ‘Mass Extinction Spasm’

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Amphibians are dying even in remote Sierra Nevada.Scientists: Humans To Blame ‘Behind all this lies the heavy hand of Homo sapiens’ By John Boitnott / August 12, 2008 “There’s no question that we are in a mass extinction spasm right … Continue reading →

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ENVIRONMENT : Russian Oil Development Threatens Belugas

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

A Beluga whale swims underwater in the Arctic region. What happens to the Beluga population reflects the effects global warming on the Arctic ecosystem, says Vsevolod Belkovich, a professor at the Russian Academy of Science who is leading a study … Continue reading →

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Complex Underwater Eco-Systems at Peril

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

A fish swims among coral reefs off the Obhor coast, north of the Red Sea city of Jeddah. A third of reef-building corals worldwide are threatened with extinction due to climate change and water pollution, according to the first global … Continue reading →

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