Water Contaminaton & Loss
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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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Growing Goat Herds Signal Global Grassland Decline
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Photo copyright © Craig Mackintosh After the earth was created, soil formed slowly…
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Why Societies Fail and a Lesson from the Game of Monopoly
They say if we don’t study history, we’re destined to repeat it. Many of you will be familiar with Jared…
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The Driest Inhabited Continent on Earth is Also the World’s Biggest Water Exporter!
While the Murray-Darling Basin Authority apparently struggles to find even a paltry 7,600 gigalitres of water in its increasingly compromised…
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National Sustainable Food Summit Talks
In Melbourne, on April 5th and 6th, was held the National Sustainable Food Summit, where key Australian food and agriculture…
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Permaculture Reforestation With and For the Indigenous Tribes of Mindanao, Philippines
by Christian Shearer Project Background The Malungon area of the Sarangani province, located in the southern region of The Philippines,…
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Cancer Now Leading Cause of Death in China
Editor’s Note: Turn many of our products upside down today, and you’ll find the words ‘Made in China’. China is…
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Save Pilliga – NSW’s Largest Temperate Woodland
Editor’s Note: When preparing the recent post on the International Day for Biological Diversity, perhaps I should have gone to…
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The Grass Isn’t Greener…
by Rob Avis If you’ve been following permaculture, then you’ve probably been hearing about Permablitz – the transformation of lawns…
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Water Shortages Threaten Food Future in the Arab Middle East
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Captured from a bus window, while crossing the no-man’s land between Jordan and…
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The Story of Electronics
Why ‘designed for the dump’ is toxic for people and the planet.
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