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...
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...
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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...
October 8, 2009 I am sending this information to you so you can understand one of the major causes of illness in North American cities and towns. In1938 we began to use compactor garbage trucks in North America. The problem is: * These compactor garbage trucks were not...
In the article posted at http://my.nowpublic.com/environment/idea-battling-global-warming, I proposed that Carbon Banks and the whole carbon credit trade should be non-profit entities and that United Nations should redistribute credits much as it does wealth, aid,...
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One of the most iconic images in the climate debate over the last 10 years has been the so-called "hockey stick" graph. This image, published countless times by organisations from the Intergovernmental Panel on...
Another good green story from the Northumberland Ontario area!
The silos for the former Kraft plant are being torn down, making way for the corporate Cobourg Innovation Centre incentive to...
opinion by freedomcrow | 9 wks ago | updated 9 wks ago 128 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
How can we harness the dynamism of business, the convening power of social networking, the insights of biology, the creative energy of design, and countless other planetary leverage points to ensure people and...
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Port Hope is trying to overcome the negative and work towards a green future. Will it be enough? Only time will tell. "Stonehedge Bio-Resources Inc. wants to convert hemp into a biomass energy crop. The...
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The jury is still out on Global warming. The differences in opinion across the Scientific community are so vast. Who do you believe. Many Scientists on both sides of the argument disagree. For Every fact a proponent has there is another on the opposite side to oppose...
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"...it is price that is the major problem in the housing market. Prices are at unsustainable levels brought about by the manipulation of demand and supply by the various levels of government. As soon as the manipulation ends, price discovery will lead to a collapse in the...
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I never cease to be amazed at what real estate developers in Florida can get away with! But it's not surprising considering that the good ole' boy network, that's in the back pocket of Florida's real estate and...
If 18-year Real Estate Boom-Bust cycles are measured 14 years to the top (August 2007) 2 years to the edge, and 2 years to the final bust, this one is obviously not over yet. "Skip the Happy Talk This...
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