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Guerrilla Archiving Trying to Save Data from Climate Change Foes

Image design on 'Guerrilla Archiving' by Jerome D'Costa'Guerrilla archiving' is a new concept that's being hastily implemented now. It is a quick and concerted collaborative effort of many in copying and saving data on environment,  global warmi...
by Bangladesh Canada and Beyond on Dec 20, 2016

An update on the Great Green Wall

One of the world’s more ambitious climate change projects is the Great Green Wall, an 8,000km band of trees and plants that crosses the whole of the African continent. It’s central aim is to halt the advance of the desert, but in the proc...
by Make Wealth History on Dec 19, 2016

US Climate Heroes: Bypass Trump! [Petition]

Image via Avaaz.orgDear friends, One man could destroy our future in 34 days. Yep, Donald Trump.  He doesn’t even need the nuclear codes -- he just needs to keep his promise to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, and have...
by LoupDargent.info on Dec 18, 2016

A Socialist Economy for the 21st Century

First published at the Next System ProjectIn Next System Project Report 3, author and Tellus Institute co-founder Richard A. Rosen explores the changes he deems necessary for a modern definition of “socialism”, and describes key concepts and issu...
by London Green Left on Dec 18, 2016

My Stranger’s Keeper

He was a bearded young man, maybe in his twenties. He kind of reminded me of my own youth, only cooler. I was at a stop sign on a snow-covered hill with tires honestly a little more worn than they … Continue reading →...

George Monbiot Edges Towards Ecosocialism

Wanstead Flats in north east London is a CommonsThe Guardian columnist, George Monbiot, wrote a piece on Wednesday, entitled 'The case for despair is made. Now let’s start to get out of the mess we’re in.' Those familiar with his writing wil...
by London Green Left on Dec 16, 2016

Ancient shellfish used for purple dye vanishes from eastern Mediterranean

The shellfish that was one of the main sources of Tyrian purple – one of the most storied and valuable trading products in the ancient world – has disappeared from the eastern Mediterranean coast, amid warnings of an ongoing multi-species collaps...
by The Archaeology News Network on Dec 15, 2016

Are we Breeding Responsibility or Dependency?

Are we Breeding Responsibility or Dependency? People will rise up to the expectations that you set for them.  Ask any good coach, manager or parent and they will tell you the very same thing. Sometimes athletes, employees and children can’t see...
by I Didn't Come Here to do This! on Dec 15, 2016

Public denied access to brook side walk after police advice

Impression of new developmentIt emerged last night at Brent Planning Committee that the public will be denied access to a walk beside the Wealdstone Brook which forms part of the redevelopment of the Amex House site in North End Road, Wembley.There h...
by wembleymatters on Dec 15, 2016

Trump Questionnaire Recalls Dark History Of Ideology-Driven Science

J. Robert Oppenheimer, often called the ‘father of the atomic bomb’ who chaired the ancestor of today’s Department of Energy, had his security clearance revoked during the ‘Red Scare’ of the 1950s. AP PhotoBy Paul N. Edwards, Universit...
by LoupDargent.info on Dec 14, 2016

The world's wet regions are getting wetter, the dry regions are getting drier

Research from the University of Southampton has provided robust evidence that wet regions of Earth are getting wetter and dry regions are getting drier but it is happening at a slower rate than previously thought. The study, published in Scientific R...
by The Archaeology News Network on Dec 14, 2016

Allow Peace Inside Your Home – Living Peacefully

Rushing up and down the flights of stairs all day, juggling between honking vehicles on the roads and with stress making your head burst, do you feel that we have [...] The post Allow Peace Inside Your Home – Living Peacefully appeared first on You...
by YourMotivationGuru on Dec 14, 2016

21 Children Vs Trump

Image via Avaaz.orgDear friends, If Obama settles one lawsuit before he leaves office he could stop Trump wrecking our planet. And here’s the kicker -- it’s a case brought by 21 children! Yup, a US court just ruled that 21 kids have th...
by LoupDargent.info on Dec 13, 2016

Sauna bathing is inversely associated with dementia and Alzheimer's disease in middle-aged Finnish men. - PubMed - NCBI

 BACKGROUND: there are no previous studies linking repeated heat exposure of sauna and the risk of memory diseases. We aimed to investigate whether frequency of sauna bathing is associated with risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.  SE...
by PolygenicBlog on Dec 12, 2016

Spread the word about soil

Last week was soil week on the blog, and a few of you mentioned by email or on posts that more people ought to know about soil and the crisis of global soil loss. I agree, so I’ve pulled all the content from the last few days together. I had a...
by Make Wealth History on Dec 12, 2016

Degrowth Is Punk as Fuck

Written by Aaron Vansintjan and Sam Bliss and first published at Common DreamsVery serious people often tell us that the word “degrowth” is too negative. People like happy, positive, nice things. Sure, the economy is systemati...
by London Green Left on Dec 11, 2016

Daily Current Affairs – 10 December 2016

SECI to Launch 1000 MW Rooftop Solar PV Topic: Environment, Clean Energy The government is targeting installation of 40GW of rooftop solar plant by 2022. Solar Energy Corporation of India is a public sector company under Ministry of New and Renewable...
by ExamFlip on Dec 10, 2016

CLIMATE CHANGE IS EXCELERATING & WILL BECOME AN ECONOMIC DISASTER UNDER TRUMP

CLIMATE CHANGE IS EXCELERATING & WILL BECOME AN ECONOMIC DISASTER UNDER TRUMP WITH ALL THE CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS IN THE SOON TO BE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THE WORLD IS GOING TO GET INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE ECONOMICALLY FORGET ABOUT THE USA. MY LITTLE...
by The Politics of Everything on Dec 8, 2016

3DMotive – Exterior Environment in UE4 Volume 1

In this course we will go over on how to create a level in Unreal Engine 4 from scratch. We will be using free packs from the Unreal Marketplace to construct this environment as I cover some essential topics such as the Unreal Engine 4 UI, vertex pai...
by Tutorials For Download on Dec 8, 2016

How to protect the soil

When land is planted with crops, those are harvested and the land is left bare. That’s something that never happens in nature. Under natural conditions there’s always something covering the ground. Soil is never dug over in nature either. Animals...
by Make Wealth History on Dec 8, 2016


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