Current agricultural support policies are destroying nature, affecting people’s health, and worsening the climate crisis, according to a new report. The same report argues that the money would be well spent in other areas, improving the world’s food systems and the environment. Food producers receive $540 billion from governments every year to support their activities, […]
Letter to the Gov General of Canada
Attention: Her Excellency The Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada. Your Excellency, We the undersigned are opposed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Calling A Federal Election at this time. The reasons for this opinion are stated in detail in the following email message which has already been sent to the Prime Minister, to […]
The Earth Is Telling Us We Must Rethink Our Growth Society
by William E. Rees (retired UBC professor) As the pandemic builds, most people, led by government officials and policy wonks, perceive the threat solely in terms of human health and its impact on the national economy. Consistent with the prevailing vision, mainstream media call almost exclusively on physicians and epidemiologists, financiers and economists to assess […]
Is our Current Population Boom Creating a Population Bust?
Is our Current Population Boom Creating a Population Bust? How can we use our human ability to be pro-active to not be only reactive as an animal is? We don’t think of ourselves as animals, but sometimes it seems to me we act like them in not being really conscious of the choices we make. […]
Fossil Fuel Air Pollution Linked To 1 In 5 Deaths Worldwide, New Harvard Study Finds
The research will likely amplify calls to rapidly transition off of oil, gas and coal for reasons beyond curbing climate change. By Alexander C. Kaufman, HuffPost US Air pollution from burning fossil fuels caused 1 in 5 deaths worldwide in 2018, killing more than 8 million people, according to Harvard University research published Tuesday. The […]
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