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Keeping it real: a low cost, low-tech way to combat climate change
In an op-ed piece for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists entitled ‘A neglected climate strategy: Empower women, slow population growth’ Laurie Mazur argues that a reduced rate of population growth...
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Community forestry: Successful conservation in Nepal
photo by Ghintang (source: Flickr Creative Commons) Populations who see the benefit in preserving their own natural resources are better equipped to take care of them. That is the logic behind...
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China’s one child policy – 30 years on
photo by Shreyans Bhansali (source: Flickr Creative Commons) Since 1979 China has more or less followed a government enforced policy of one child per family. It is a policy which dictates that urban...
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Can China’s farms cope with urbanization and pollution?
photo by Magalie L'Abbé (source: Flickr Creative Commons) As China continues to rapidly develop and urbanize, increasing pressure is put on the farmland of the Asian superpower. Pollution from toxic...
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Climate change, population growth present land management challenges in the UK
photo by SaffyH (source: Flickr Creative Commons) A British government adviser has warned that major changes in land management are necessary to deal with the effects of climate change and a growing...
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How Many Butterflies are in Your Area?
Image Source: Flickr. By: TexasEagle.86 Cabbage Butterflies, 5 Spring Azures, 4 Eastern Tiger Swallowtails, 1 Monarch, and at least 8 other unidentifiable species. Those are our totals for our part in...
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Astana and Ordos: The birth of Asia’s ultramodern fossil fuel cities
Kazakhstan Central Concert Hall Astana, photo by Elena Giussani (Wikimedia Commons) Astana is the second largest city in the central Asian country of Kazakhstan. It is a planned capital, located smack...
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World Water Week highlights urbanization and clean water access
image credit: worldwaterweek (Flickr CC) Last week Stockholm, Sweden hosted World Water Week, an annual gathering to discuss ‘the planet’s most urgent water-related issues’. Each year the Stockholm...
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Population, poverty, food prices and deforestation are all on the rise. Any...
photo by Lou Gold (visionshare on Flickr CC)Half of the Earth’s forests have already been cleared or degraded. A lot of this former forestland is used for growing food, but much is unused or underused....
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Are we entering ‘The Age of the Jellyfish’?
photo by Shayne Kaye (Flickr CC) I have seen the future and it stings. Climate change, overfishing and agricultural runoff are all possible factors in the rise of jellyfish populations in seas around...
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The overpopulation problem
photo by James Cridland (Flickr CC)g There are now 7 billion people on Earth. 7 billion mouths to feed, 7 billion consumers, polluters and greenhouse gas emitters. More or less. We know some consume,...
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Deer invade US capital prompting calls for cull
photo by Jason Pier in DC (Flickr CC) I grew up in the suburbs of Washington DC in the 70s and 80s, when deer sightings in the area were not common, though not exactly rare occurrences. By my mid 20s,...
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