WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (IPS) - The last 50 years have seen an unprecedented and
unsustainable spike in consumption, driven by a culture of
consumerism that has emerged over that period, says a report
released Tuesday by the Worldwatch Institute.
The hidden link between money and energy means that as fossil fuels deplete the relatively recent phenomenon of retirement is in its waning days.
Because forecasts of abundant fossil fuel supplies far into the future have been embedded in public policy and business planning worldwide, we have made our entire global society dependent on getting these forecasts right. If they turn out to be too optimistic, then we could all be in for serious trouble. Since long-term energy forecasts–and really any long-term forecasts–are difficult if not impossible to get right, perhaps we should consider making society forecast-proof insofar as that is possible.
BUCHAREST, Jan 11 (IPS) - “It is important that we all come together, the
Green Party, NGOs and citizens, on major issues such as pollution
in big cities or deforestation,” says Remus Cernea, the new
executive president of the Romanian Green Party. “And we have
to use all means, from public protests and working with the media
to judicial action and party politics, in order to achieve our
goals.”
DORON-BAGA and KANO, Nigeria, Jan 8 (IPS) - The fittest are fleeing the shores of Lake Chad:
Adamu Modu, a young fisherman, is joining a stream of able-bodied
men heading south to find work in the southern part of the
country.
DORON-BAGA and KANO, Nigeria, Jan 8 (IPS) - The fittest are fleeing the shores of Lake Chad:
Adamu Modu, a young fisherman, is joining a stream of able-bodied
men heading south to find work in the southern part of the
country.
TEL AVIV, Jan 8 (IPS) - Ornithologists say that climate change is having a
profound effect on bird behaviour and suggest that this
phenomenon can act as an early warning system to the dangers
posed to Earth.
SRINAGAR, Jan 7 (IPS) - With its vast renewable energy potential, South
Asia can lead the world in achieving energy security.
WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (IPS) - As 2010, the U.N.’s International Year of
Biodiversity, gets underway, a fight against some of the most
damaging invasive species in U.S. waterways is heating up.
ROME, Jan 1 (IPS) - The world’s hungry have good reason to look to
the new year with trepidation
given the experience of the 12
months that preceded it.