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Can China Turn Cotton Green?
"Ounce for ounce, it could be the most environmentally toxic item of clothing you own." EXCERPT: ... subsidies in the U.S. and countries in Europe and elsewhere (including China itself) depress the price of globally...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 1 day ago | updated 1 day ago
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Autumn of the Republic?
Three books suggest America has slipped into a polarized state of undermined self-government. None convincingly suggests how we can slip back out.The author of this excellent review suggests that US citizens can come to their "deliberative senses" by avoiding "some of the...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 1 day ago | updated 1 day ago
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92 views | 22 recommendations | 0 comments
The Unemployment Game Show: Are You *Really* Unemployed?
Most people are aware that government unemployment statistics are carefully manipulated, but this clever little animated video presents the facts very succinctly in just two minutes. " The U.S. unemployment numbers... One child policy supported Canadian columnist
One child policy being cheered by Diane Francis, a columnist with the Financial Post, a Canadian newspaper. China has a one child policy, and despite its dirty coal plants, is the world's leader in terms of making policy to combat environmental degradation, due to its... The Geonomic approach to Climate Change
Frank de Jong has a way of quickly making sense of the political economic chaos we all need to sort through. Here he goes again! And, take a look at the site he has linked to, where Geonomics is clearly explained....
created by Maireid Sullivan | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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63 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
Environmental Sustainability sounds good but is far from reality.
This is basically the letter I sent to people involved in the Copenhagen Summit. The release of garbage leachate on to the streets and lanes of North American communities has become increasingly dangerous to... D.E.L.T.A. Rescue: A Sanctuary, Not an Animal Shelter
GLENDALE, CA -- D.E.L.T.A. Rescue became a No-Kill animal welfare facility in 1979, a national status created by our founder and president, Leo Grillo. He is recognized worldwide as being an expert in the field of...
created by Sharon Raiford Bush | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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Copenhagen Climate Change Conference 2009
The Copenhagen Climate Change Summit started earlier this week (December 7th running through to the 18th of the month) as Denmark takes charge in welcoming the United Nations in the Conference this year. When... Horse Rescue of America Joins Fight for Wild Horse Freedom
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created by Sharon Raiford Bush | 3 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Irish Tiger
Book review: Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Irish Tiger21 November 2009, The ScotsmanBy DAVID ROBINSON"How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Irish Tiger by Fintan O'TooleIN THE 1980s I lived for half a dozen years in Ireland. It's an easy country to fall... 10 reasons to mug America - seriously BYOM math + research
I'm a potter and I mean it. I sincerely believe that BYOM ( bring your own mug ) could be the key to a major shift in ridding America of a lot of garbage, By doing this simple act of mugging America we would simultaneously be halting the weight of a few million barrels... The Fate of Cesar Chavez’s Dream
In her important new book, "The Union of Their Dreams - Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement" Miriam Pawel chronicles how a movement to unionize farmworkers failed to realize its...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 6 wks ago | updated 3 wks ago
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