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Jared Diamond Explains How Modern Civilization Can Choose Not To Collapse (Video)

11:55 am in ecological footprint, global climate change, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

Hopefully you already know who Jared Diamond is, and have read his thoroughly excellent book, Collapse. If you don't, you need to read it and know of his work. If you fall into either camp, check out the video above, in which Diamond outlines the accurate and (believe it or not) optimistic view of the sort of choices humanity has to collectively take right now to avoid systemic collapse, of both ecosystems and modern civilization. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Whither Ecological Limits? Jairam Ramesh, Economic Growth & Energy Expansion

9:05 am in Business & Politics, ecological footprint, energy, india, renewable energy, WED2011 by TreeHugger

jairam ramesh photo Photo: Mat McDermott India's environment minister Jairam Ramesh (above, talking with students at one of the opening events of World Environment Day 2011) has a lot to be praised for. So much so that we awarded him a Best of Green award last year, mostly for his statements and...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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UK’s Emission Reduction Target Is Strong – As Long As Cuts Are Made At Home & Not Overseas

12:10 pm in Business & Politics, carbon emissions, ecological footprint, economics by TreeHugger

plastic bag flying away photo photo: Bill Ohl/Creative Commons When it came out the UK committed itself to a world-leading emission reduction target, one immediate comment from the environmental community was that the goal of 50% reduction from 1990 levels by 2025 should be achieved without relying on emissions credits from overseas, and rather through genuine cuts d...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Things We Already Knew But Are Being Told Yet Again: US Domestic Inaction on Climate Stymies International Action & Resource Overconsumption Means We’re Going To Need Another Planet by 2050

3:46 pm in Business & Politics, congress, ecological footprint, global climate change, resource consumption, united nations, united states by TreeHugger

head in the sand photo photo: blakeimeson/Creative Commons Sorry about the exceedingly long headline (appallingly long by accepted standards of blogging brevity) but it somehow seems an appropriate when two of the weightier stories making their way around today are items that we have been told repeatedly over the past couple of years, but as no one seems to be heeding them, get retold on what seems like a semi-annual basis. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Are Our Assumptions About Ecological Footprint Statistics Backwards?

12:31 pm in Culture & Celebrity, ecological footprint by TreeHugger

leaf photo photo: SuperFantastic/Creative Commons It's very near central dogma of the contemporary environmental movement that providing people with more information about their energy usage, consumption of consumer goods, their food choices, their lifestyle choices will lead to reducing their impact. If people just had more accurate information they will reduce their Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Why We Must Learn From The Biosphere To Build Green Economies

2:01 pm in Business & Politics, ecological footprint, economics by TreeHugger

make biosphere project photo photo: Nogwater/Creative Commons Interested in ecological economics? (And if you call yourself an environmentalist or are even minimally concerned about green issues, you should be.) Then here are two important pieces you should be paying attention to from the past couple of days: Some good new from the National Wildlife Federation on abandoning GDP as the most important measure of our economy; and some excellent (as always...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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