Humans have destroyed 83% of wild mammals Humankind is revealed as simultaneously insignificant and utterly dominant in the grand scheme of life on Earth by a groundbreaking new assessment of all life on the planet. The world’s 7.6 billion people represent just 0.01% of all living things, according to the study. Yet since the dawn […]
The thin green line: Scientists must do more to limit the toll of burgeoning infrastructure on nature and society
The Ecological Citizen is pleased to pre publish William Laurance’s new article on mega infrastructure projects titled “The thin green line: Scientists must do more to limit the toll of burgeoning infrastructure on nature and society” <https://www.ecologicalcitizen.net/#thingreenline> “The global explosion of built infrastructure is arguably the most urgent environmental threat today. . . This tsunami […]
The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change
The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change from Huffington Post Nature is in freefall and the planet’s support systems are so stretched that we face widespread species extinctions and mass human migration unless urgent action is taken. That’s the warning hundreds of scientists are preparing to give, […]
The Ecological Citizen V2 #2
The new issue of The Ecological Citizen is available for downloading or reading here, or by going to the link below: https://www.ecologicalcitizen.net/issue.php?i=Vol+2+No+2 It’s unusual because of its ecocentric point of view, that is, it places intrinsic value on all living organisms and their natural environment, regardless of their perceived usefulness or importance to human beings […]
JAPANESE BARBARIANS TO RESUME WHALE SLAUGHTER
“The idea of Japan resuming commercial whaling is horrifying:” This is how the Guardian puts it in a recent opinion piece. Over the years Japan has threatened to quit the International Whaling Commission so as to be able to resume slaughtering whales. Now, it has done so. Even now, Japan slaughters ~300 whales (~200 of them […]