Tag: Asia
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Worldwide Honey Bee Collapse: A Lesson in Ecology
We know what is killing the bees. Worldwide Bee Colony Collapse is not as big a mystery as the chemical companies claim. The systemic nature of the problem makes it complex, but not impenetrable. Scientists know that bees are dying from …
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Humanity Imperiled: The Path to Disaster
It’s not that there are no alternatives. The alternatives just aren’t being taken. That’s dangerous. So if you ask what the world is going to look like, it’s not a pretty picture. Unless people do something about it. We always can.
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Global Environmental Leaders: Yi Xiaohua Balances Tourism and Conservation in Rural China
When Yi heard about the Ford International Fellowships Program, she was ecstatic. “I felt like my dream would come true,” she said, and resolved to sharpen her English language skills over the next year and to decide what, precisely, she wanted to study …
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Asia Overtakes Rest of the World in Consumption of Materials
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME — Asia Pacific has surpassed the rest of the world in its consumption of materials and will continue to dominate world material flows …
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Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Encroaching Global Catastrophe
TOMDISPATCH — Brace yourself. You may not be able to tell yet, but according to global experts and the U.S. intelligence community, the earth is already shifting under you. Whether you know it or not, you’re on a …