The environment
This section contains posts to do with ecological issues, global warming, climate change, sustainable living etc
Parque Nacional Madidi – the Bolivian jungle
The Bolivian jungle includes Parque Nacional Madidi. It is a stunning place. The amazing Rio Madidi features the greatest biodiversity of the earth’s protected regions. Parts of the Parque Nacional Madidi are protected and it has a huge range of wildlife habitats, from rainforests to Andean glaciers at 6000 m. There are more than 1000 [...]
Video: Eco Truly Park, Peru
Eco Truly Park is a beautiful Peruvian Pacific coast ecological, artistic hare Krishna community located on Chacra y Mar beach, a district of Aucallama, in the province of Huaral, one hour by bus or car (63 km) north of the capital city, Lima. It is an international community with about 30 members living there all [...]
Video: The Gran Sabana in Venezuela – the oldest landscape in the world
Venezuela may be considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world today, but it is also one of the most beautiful countries in the world and a very worthwhile place to visit. Despite its shady reputation we didn’t have any problems in Venezuela and drove all the way through the country in three [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Stop miljø-hykleriet og gør noget for miljøet istedet!
Nye tal fra Energistyrelsen viser samtidig, at CO2-udslippet i Danmark sidste Ã¥r voksede med 0,7 pct, mens energiforbruget steg med 0,5 pct. Og det er tredje Ã¥r i træk, at forbruget stiger. Det skriver Ingeniøren.dk. Men miljødebattens store akilleshæl er tilsyneladende, at den ikke formÃ¥r at gøre os borgere personligt ansvarligt for den forværrede miljøtilstand. [...]
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