Soil Erosion & Contamination
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Australia’s National Food Plan – Heard about it?
by Genevieve Hopkins Have you heard about the Australian Government’s proposed National Food Plan? Nope? Neither had we until we…
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Peace for Somalia & Its People
A comprehensive, lasting security is created through giving people a viable means to provide for themselves. The ultimate goal should…
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World on the Edge by the Numbers – Grain Production Falling as Soil Erosion Continues
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute The thin layer of topsoil that covers much of the earth’s land surface…
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Rwanda – Forests of Hope
Many of you will remember the inspiring and encouraging example of earth restoration found in the story of the Loess…
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Has-Beans
The government and the industry promised that they had dealt with aminopyralid poisoning. They haven’t. by George Monbiot: journalist, author,…
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Colbert and More on Fracking
The low hanging fruit of the world’s energy tree is so, so gone now that we’re throwing caution to the…
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Autotrophic Infrastructure & How Real Work Gets Done: A Historical Dilemma
I’d like to revisit a few points I brought up in a piece that appeared here at the PRI Australia…
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What the Frack is Going On?
Hungry for energy? Worried that oil is running dry and coal is getting squeezed out? Well, don’t panic — now…
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Greenpeace Takes on Monsanto Over ‘Pesticides Arms Race’
Editor’s Note: In addition to the post below, check out this, this and this. It seems that Monsanto, and even…
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The Good News About Coal
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute During the years when governments and the media were focused on preparations for…
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