Sensational article here or a bit more sober but still plenty alarming link at Wikipedia.
The signs in Whole Foods about the cost of paper make it tempting (and Whole Foods will take back and claim to recycle plastic bags), but, if you haven't remembered your reusable bags, try to avoid the plastic anyways.
I was just checking my morning weather on weather.com, and I found out they have a blog on climate change: climate.weather.com/blog and it's really good!
A month or so ago I read an article in the Post citing that tortilla prices are going through the roof in Latin America thanks to an international demand for ethanol. Columnist Marcela Sanchez called the region "the 'Persian Gulf' of Biofuels"
Check out this cool blog called Shifting Baselines.
In the November issue of the Voice, Robin Tierney wrote a review of the recent Green Festival that was held in October at the Convention Center. It is well worth checking the article out online because every one of the innovative green vendors that Robin describes includes a useful link.
I wasn't able to go. Sounds like a diverse group of businesses and products were displayed at the event. Robin's enthusiasm for their promise definitely rubbed off on me. If you went to the Green Festival, please comment here. Does anyone know of more events like this in our area?
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An article in the November 2006 issue of Mother Jones looks at the likelihood of global catastrophe and human potential for adapting quickly.
"A 2005 study by Anthony Leiserowitz, published in Risk Analysis, found that while most Americans are moderately concerned about global warming, the majority—68 percent—believe the greatest threats are to people far away or to nonhuman nature. Only 13 percent perceive any real risk to themselves, their families, or their communities. As Leiserowitz points out, this perception is critical, since Americans constitute only 5 percent of the global population yet produce nearly 25 percent of the global carbon dioxide emissions. As long as this dangerous and delusional misconception prevails, the chances of preventing Schellnhuber's 12 points from tipping are virtually nil.
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"The truth is, we can change, and change fast, even in the absence of perfect knowledge. Like cockroaches, our hallmark is adaptability. Long ago, we looked out from the trees and saw the savannas. Beyond the savannas we glimpsed other frontiers. History proves that when we behold a better world, we move toward it, leaving behind what no longer works."
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2006/11/13th_tipping_point.html
These are some of the links that I have gathered to sustainability resources. In a future entry, I will explore these links more thoroughly. If you know of some other good sources of information, please let me know. I'd also be interested in hearing from readers about the merits or blindspots in the ideas that you come across on these sites or elsewhere. (Follow the jump for more links.)
--Eric Bond