From IHT by Andrew Martin.
Grocery bills are rising through the roof. Food banks are running short of donations. And food shortages are causing sporadic riots in poor countries through the world.
Americans waste an astounding amount of food — an estimated 27 percent of the food available for consumption, according to a government study — and [...]
February 19, 2008 – 10:57 pm
From Newsweek. (photos)
Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego say that Lake Mead, the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the United States, which supplies water as well as hydroelectric power to tens of millions of people throughout the Southwest, could be dry in just 13 years. But Lake Mead is [...]
November 25, 2007 – 11:34 pm
From Esquire.
They are six researchers with six ideas that will one day change the world.
Breaking Down the Firewall
Internet censorship is the book burning of the modern age. A new brand of activists — or “hacktivists” — are using their computer expertise to help people stranded in Web-censored countries abroad (and corporate offices and military bases [...]
November 10, 2007 – 4:10 pm
From Independent by Clifford Coonan.
China is losing a million acres a year to desertification. In Dunhuang, a former Silk Road oasis in the Gobi, the resulting water shortage has become critical.
Jiang Zhenzhong ’s cotton fields are close to the dwindling Crescent Moon lake in north-eastern China. The lake is famous throughout China, attracting a [...]
October 28, 2007 – 12:36 pm
From designboom. (photos)
the natural environment still manages to fill us with a sense
of awe and amazement. despite the amount of scientific
knowledge mankind has gathered, nature still holds great
mysteries that we may never be able to unravel.
this complexity has continually daunted man. in frustration, we
try to control nature by enforcing order. as a result,
we have distanced [...]
October 24, 2007 – 2:05 pm
From The Seoul Times by Yifat Susskind.
.. Another paradox: the majority of the world’s hungry people live in rural areas, where nearly all food is grown.
World Food Day on October 16 is a good time to try and understand the conundrum of world hunger. The root of the problem is the inequitable distribution of [...]