Next reality check (taken from The Guardian, 19.6.09) …Europe plans to hunt more whales than Japan for the first time in many years, dividing EU countries and dismaying conservationists who say that whaling is escalating in response to the worldwide recession. Figures seen by the Guardian before a meeting of more than 80 countries next [...]
Nochmal ein paar Fakten aus dem ‘Real Life’…Heute in der Süddeutschen: ‘…Die Agrarsubventionen fließen an Zucker-, Fleisch- und Stärkefabriken, aber auch an Firmen wie RWE und Lufthansa. Nach monatelangem Streit haben die Bundesländer am Dienstag die Empfänger der EU-Agrarsubventionen in Deutschland veröffentlicht – nur Bayern hält seine Daten weiter zurück. Mehr als sechs Milliarden Euro [...]
Dear readers from the US, Philip H. Howard, PhD Assistant Professor at the Department of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies of Michigan State University has a lot of charts, maps, animated graphics etc. about the US organic food industry. Which cons are behind apperently small green brands, where are the ingredients really from, sales, [...]
Seit der industriellen Revolution vor 150 Jahren hat der Mensch 47 Prozent der Landfläche der Erde mit Beschlag belegt. Wälder wurden gerodet, Sümpfe und Moore trockengelegt, um Ackerbau und Viehzucht zu betreiben. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt der jetzt vom UN-Umweltprogramm veröffentlichte „Weltatlas der Artenvielfalt: Die lebenden Ressourcen der Erde Jahrhundert”. Auf der Erde existiert wenig [...]
That’s right, it INCREASES! Wall Street Journal, September 29th 2008: ‘The Amazon is being deforested more than twice as fast as last year, Brazilian officials said Monday, acknowledging a sharp reversal after three years of declines in the deforestation rate.’ read more Feel invited to browse through Sound Of Sirens. You will find plenty of [...]
Als ich ihn bei der Premiere von ‘We feed the world’ in Hamburg kurz gesprochen habe, hat er schon ganz aufgeregt davon erzählt: ‘Das ist absurd! In Deutschland zum Beispiel besitzen 10% der Bevölkerung 90% des Kapitals!’ Jetzt ist sein neuer Film also (so gut wie) fertig. Am 30. Oktober hat ‘Money’ Premiere, in dem [...]
Biodiversity is the diversity of life at various levels of organisation,ranging from genes, species, ecosystems, biomes and landscapes. As far as we can tell, the Earth just before the appearance of modern humans was the most biodiverse it has ever been during the 3.500 million years of life’s tenure on this planet, … We are [...]
Picture by Doors of Perception / emergingeconomyreport.com “Emerging Economies are those regions of the world that are experiencing rapid informationalization under conditions of limited or partial industrialization. This framework allows us to explain how the non-industrialized nations of the world are achieving unprecedented economic growth using new energy, telecommunications and information technologies.” Very interesting project, [...]
Are you ready, then shift along… This first one is from 2006, created by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod, two educators from the United States. Their intention was/is to help children learn and grow so that they may become successful digital, global citizens… Well, I guess this intention is to be discussed, however take a [...]
Picture by Treehugger Last week i stumbled upon several sites with some interesting artcles and news about greenwashing. Due to the lack of time for blogging, you’ll get them as a single link-list right now: Marketers, Not Consumers, Need Environmental Education – Greenwashing Has Made It Hard to Know What to Believe. Record Complains over [...]
