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Look Before you Eat
A review of: Bee Wilson. 2008. Swindled. From Poison Sweets to Counterfeit Coffee – The Dark History of the Food Cheats. John Murray If you’re looking for a way to lose weight, many of the hideous and frightening examples of … Continue reading
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After the Reich. The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation
A review of: Giles MacDonogh. 2007. After the Reich. The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation. Basic Books. “By May 7, 1945 at least 1,800,000 German civilians had perished and 3,600,000 homes had been destroyed (20% of total), leaving 7.5 … Continue reading
Getting in Touch With Your Inner Neanderthal
A review of: Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending. 2009. “The 10,000 Year Explosion. How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution”. Basic Books. This book makes the astounding claim that our evolution has sped up 100 times faster in the past 10,000 years … Continue reading
Agrarian Dreams. The Paradox of Organic Farming in California.
Fifty million farmers – how can we make this happen? By Alice Friedemann A review of: Julie Guthman. 2004. “Agrarian Dreams. The Paradox of Organic Farming in California”. University of California Press. Introduction Guthman writes brilliantly and has important insights … Continue reading
9 Planetary Boundaries We must Not Cross (or we may go extinct))
9 Planetary Boundaries we must not cross — or the Earth may not be able to support Human Life A summary of: John Rockstrom et al. 2009. Planetary Boundaries: Exploring Safe Operating Space for Humanity Ecology and Society, Vol. 14, … Continue reading
Posted in Extinction, Planetary Boundaries
Tagged atmospheric aerosol loading, biogeochemical nitrogen cycle, biological diversity, chemical pollution, climate change, Earth, global freshwater use, global warming, land system change, ocean acidification, ozone hole, phosphorus cycle, planetary boundaries, stratospheric ozone, sustainability
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Telling others about peak oil 2000-2005 from energyresources and runningonempty
TELLING OTHERS: EnergyResources and RunningOnEmpty comments about their experiences trying to get the word out on “Peak Oil” from March 1, 2000 to August 2005. Bruce My girlfriend simply does not want to hear it, so we don’t discuss it. … Continue reading
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A summary of Robert Hirsch’s “Peaking of World Oil Production”
PEAKING OF WORLD OIL PRODUCTION: IMPACTS, MITIGATION, & RISK MANAGEMENT Robert L. Hirsch, SAIC (1), Project Leader Roger Bezdek, MISI, Robert Wendling, MISI February 2005 The peaking of world oil production presents the U.S. and the world with an unprecedented … Continue reading
Summary of German Armed Forces, Capabilities and Technologies in the 21st Century Environmental Dimensions of Security
November 2010. Armed Forces, Capabilities and Technologies in the 21st Century Environmental Dimensions of Security. Sub-study 1. PEAK OIL Security policy implications of scarce resources Bundeswehr Transformation Centre, Future Analysis Branch [This is my summary of the above document (English … Continue reading