Thursday, March 18th, 2010
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"The goal of life is living in agreement with nature."
- Zeno (335 – 264 BC)
As ecologists attempting to steer human civilisation back to a healthy relationship with the Earth, we benefit from understanding certain rules of nature, including the ‘Net Energy’ effect. (more…)
Tags: agriculture, corn, EROI, Net Energy, Peter Salonius, Pimentel, Richard Lee
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Two years ago, in 2008, the environmental movement was rocked by journalist Christine MacDonald’s book, Green, Inc. After working for Conservation International (CI), MacDonald felt that corporate money had too great an influence on CI strategy. She concluded, “Not only do the largest conservation groups take money from companies deeply implicated in environmental crimes; they have become something like satellite PR offices for the corporations that support them.” (more…)
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