The environment
This section contains posts to do with ecological issues, global warming, climate change, sustainable living etc
Green activists ‘are keeping Africa poor’
I’ve just read a very interesting article in yesterday’s Times newspaper, where the British former chief scientist, Professor Sir David King, states that Western ‘do-gooders’ (in this instance NGOs) are impoverishing Africa by promoting traditional organic farming methods at the expense of modern scientific agriculture.
The article states that NGOs from Europe and America are turning [...]
Shun meat, says UN climate chief
By, Richard Black, BBC News, September 7, 2008
People should consider eating less meat as a way of combating global warming, says the UN’s top climate scientist.
Rajendra Pachauri, who chairs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will make the call at a speech in London on Monday evening.
UN figures suggest that meat production [...]
Global hunger: The more meat we eat, the fewer people we can feed
There is more than enough food in the world to feed the entire human population. So why are more than 840 million people still going hungry?
The truth: The more meat we eat, the fewer people we can feed. If everyone on Earth received 25 percent of his or her calories from animal products, only 3.2 [...]
Stop miljø-hykleriet og gør noget for miljøet istedet!
Nye tal fra Energistyrelsen viser samtidig, at CO2-udslippet i Danmark sidste år voksede med 0,7 pct, mens energiforbruget steg med 0,5 pct.
Og det er tredje år i træk, at forbruget stiger. Det skriver Ingeniøren.dk.
Men miljødebattens store akilleshæl er tilsyneladende, at den ikke formår at gøre os borgere personligt ansvarligt for den forværrede miljøtilstand. Danskernes CO2-forbrug [...]