Posts tagged " Sustainability "

WORLD CONTRACEPTION DAY

September 26th, 2015 Posted by Uncategorized No Comment yet

Seotember 26, 2015 is designated as World Contraception Day, focusing on every woman’s right to reproductive choice and ready access to contraception.  A study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute in 2014 found that 40% of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended. (more…)

DECLINING PLANT LIFE THREATENS HUMANITY

July 16th, 2015 Posted by Uncategorized No Comment yet

Unless humans slow the destruction of Earth’s declining supply of plant life, civilization like it is now may become completely unsustainable, according to a paper published recently by University of Georgia researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (more…)

NAOMI KLEIN: THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING

July 13th, 2015 Posted by Uncategorized No Comment yet

Investigative reporter and cultural critic, Naomi Klein’s latest book is This Changes Everything.  In it, she makes a powerful case that the predatory brand of capitalism currently practiced in the U.S. and much of the rest of the world fosters egregious inequality and is highly destructive to human well-being and the health of the biosphere, on which we all depend. (more…)

FRESH WATER – THE ESSENTIAL RESOURCE THAT IS DISSAPPEARING

July 13th, 2015 Posted by Uncategorized No Comment yet

Climate change is impacting our entire planet in deeply unsettling ways.  Human caused pollution is heating the atmosphere, causing among other things,  more weather extremes and a destabilization in weather patterns around the world. (more…)

THE NATURE OF SUSTAINABILITY

July 9th, 2015 Posted by Uncategorized No Comment yet

In the U.S. and in other economically advantaged countries, People mostly take for granted their supply of fresh water, the ready availability of inexpensive food, cheap energy to heat our homes and power our transport options, and esthetically pleasing and healthy living environments.  (more…)