Food Shortages
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Melting Ice Could Lead to Massive Waves of Climate Refugees
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute, Washington D.C., U.S.A. As the earth warms, the melting of the earth’s two…
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Blue Desert
Why is no one brave enough to stand up to the fishing industry? by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and…
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The Peasants Are Revolting
What are governments to do when an economic crisis hits, causing an already disproportionate number of poverty-stricken people to massively…
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Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute, Washington D.C., U.S.A. Lester Brown In the May issue of Scientific American, Lester…
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Earth Policy Institute Press Teleconference – How Food Shortages Could Bring Down Civilization
Teleconference: Thursday, April 23, 11:00 AM EDT Environmental Analyst Lester Brown: How Food Shortages Could Bring Down Civilization Washington, DC…
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When Fixes Need Fixing?
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins Grist provides these two links to reports of pending agricultural collapse in the Punjab…
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An Industrial Revolution Like No Other
French illustrator and printmaker Gustave Doré shows the squalid conditions in London, England created for the urban labouring classes by…
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Food Forests Across America Campaign Hits the Airwaves
Food Forests Across America: it’s more than just a wonderful concept – it’s a campaign. If you missed our recent…
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The Food Crisis Spurs Gene Patenting Race
Big Biotech is gearing up to substantially increase their market share in the face of a global food and climate…
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India Suicides: I Want My Father Back
We’ve made mention of the social and environmental costs of monocultures and genetically modified crops often. Amongst these has been…
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