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How do we build a society without fossil fuels? Using her native Costa Rica as an example of positive action on environmental protection and renewables, climate advocate Monica Araya outlines a bold vision for a world committed to clean energy in all sectors. Via Andy Dorn
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It looks like a set from a sci-fi epic, but this solar plant in the scorching Nevada desert has a far more practical purpose… Via Andy Dorn
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There is basically no such thing as 'untouched' wilderness — and there hasn't been for thousands of years. Via Andy Dorn
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Investment in renewable energy was higher in the world’s poorest countries than the richest ones for the first time last year, according to a major new report. A total of about £196.5bn was spent renewable power and fuels globally in what was a record year for investment in the sector, according to the Renewables 2016 report by the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (Ren21). Via Andy Dorn
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In the rural town of Patacamaya, Esteban makes robots from scrap in the hopes of giving his family a better future. Via Andy Dorn
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It is not just absolute numbers of people that have an impact on the planet but the rate at which they consume resources Via Andy Dorn
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Most of the 1,000 or so Marshall Islands, spread out over 29 narrow coral atolls in the South Pacific, are less than six feet above sea level — and few are more than a mile wide. For the Marshallese, the destructive power of the rising seas is already an inescapable part of daily life. Changing global trade winds have raised sea levels in the South Pacific about a foot over the past 30 years, faster than elsewhere. Scientists are studying whether those changing trade winds have anything to do with climate change. Via Ben Salve
brielle blais's curator insight,
April 26, 2018 11:45 AM
This post shows how climate change is currently impacting small island nations such as the Marshall Islands. Pacific Sea waters are rising and driving families out of their homes. It is changing the entire physical geography of the land. It is also changing the political climate between different nations as the battle over climate control continues and countries react in different ways to ideas and suggestions, or even laws stating nations like the United States would have to pay money to help those other countries being flooded.
David Stiger's curator insight,
December 7, 2018 11:00 AM
Catastrophic property destruction from sea level rising is (at this point in time) inevitable. A number of Islands that serve as homes for hundreds of thousands of people will be devastated and most likely destroyed. These spots will become uninhabitable and dangerous. The Marshall Islands is just one area that will suffer this fate. Trying to save the islands is a moot point. What is now needed is a discussion about ethics and fiscal responsibility. Industrialized and developed nations led the way in destroying parts of the planet and should be held accountable. To become wealthy, these affluent nations collectively sacrificed the world's fragile environment. With this understanding, people of the Marshall Islands should be given a new home and compensation for their losses. Fortunately, the United States has a deal with the Marshall Islands to allow people to immigrate to the U.S. While this is a good start, these people will require job training, education, homes, transportation, and funds to rebuild their lives. Instead of spending massive amounts of tax dollars on military and defense budgets, Congress needs to reassess its values and priorities. By committing to ethical and noble leadership, the U.S. will have more international prestige and leverage to build defense coalitions and negotiate through diplomatic means. An immense single-nation military-industrial complex will be less relevant. By reducing military spending, this country can address problems like the sinking Marshall Islands and our nation's energy needs. How would it look if the U.S. became a true champion of justice and a despotic nation like China attacked the U.S.? The world would be outraged. The U.N. would condemn the aggressor. Alliances could step forward, allowing America to step back as the world police officer which no one ever asked us to be. 
Stevie-Rae Wood's curator insight,
December 9, 2018 11:03 PM
Islands are already at a disadvantage of losing land for a few reasons. First the fact that the older the island gets the more corroding that takes place under the sea. Another reason is they are in the middle of no where so relocation is not easy, costly and not many countries these days are willing to take people in. The Marshall islands like I am sure many other islands are facing in recent years is global warming causing sea levels to rise. So know they have another reason to worry about losing lands. The global warming that takes place on earth never effects the contributors, it almost always effects the little guys who cannot doing anything to fight back. They just get to watch there homes be destroyed because of big time nations. More attention needs to be brought to the subject of global warming and everything and one who is negatively effected by it. What if we were in there shoes, we surely would change our ways then.
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Economic growth is tearing the planet apart, and new research suggests that it can’t be reconciled with sustainability Via Andy Dorn
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In a Horizon special, naturalist Sir David Attenborough investigates whether the world is heading for a population crisis.In his lengthy career, Sir David has watched the human population more than double from 2.5 billion in 1950 to nearly seven billion. He reflects on the profound effects of this rapid growth, both on humans and the environment.While much of the projected growth in human population is likely to come from the developing world, it is the lifestyle enjoyed by many in the West that has the most impact on the planet. Some experts claim that in the UK consumers use as much as two and a half times their fair share of Earth's resources.Sir David examines whether it is the duty of individuals to commit not only to smaller families, but to change the way they live for the sake of humanity and planet Earth. Via Andy Dorn
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"E-Waste is a growing problem in our consumer-based society. The geography of e-waste is an ‘out of sight out of mind’ problem that we rarely think about but need to due to the ecological impacts of our collective consumption." http://wp.me/P2dv5Z-1LT
Tags: pollution, sustainability, environment, resources, Ghana, Africa. Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
Jeremy Hansen's curator insight,
November 10, 2015 11:37 AM
Maybe getting that new iPhone isn't such a good idea, eh?
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The world is increasingly going hi-tech. Many people in our high consumption society want the latest and the greatest; last year’s much anticipated laptops and cell phones are miles behind the newest models that are coming out. So what happens with the old models? Even thrift stores are politely not accepting them as donations. Even some workable machines that were highly valuable 10 years ago are now functionally trash in our society. We can’t put it to the curb to end up in the landfill because of the lead, mercury, and other hazardous materials that can leak into the environment. This type of trash is what we call e-waste. The geography of e-waste is an ‘out of sight out of mind’ problem that we rarely think about but need to due to the ecological impacts of our collective consumption. Tags: pollution, sustainability, environment, resources, Ghana, Africa.
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November 6, 2015 5:22 PM
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Experts say humanity’s impact on Earth now so profound that the Holocene must give way to epoch defined by nuclear bomb tests, plastic pollution and domesticated chicken Via Andy Dorn
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Nothing hits the planet as hard as rearing animals. Caring for it means cutting out meat, dairy and eggs Via Andy Dorn
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Norway will ban the sale of all fossil fuel-based cars in the next decade, continuing its trend towards becoming one of the most ecologically progressive countries on the planet, according to reports. Via Andy Dorn
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Radical new technique promises a cheaper and more secure method of burying CO2 emissions underground instead of storing it as a gas Via Andy Dorn
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Flick the switches and see how much of the world would go dark without fossil fuels, who relies the most on nuclear, and where renewables keep the lights on. Via Andy Dorn
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A new study shows that the stuff we consume -- from food to knick-knacks -- is responsible for up to 60 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Via Andy Dorn
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For decades to come, Antarctica is supposed to be protected as a scientific preserve. But an array of countries are eager to assert greater influence.
Tags: Antarctica, climate change, political, resources, sovereignty.
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While the Paris climate summit focuses on global warming, the key issue is the prospect of 10 billion people on Earth Via Andy Dorn
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Source: www.themindunleashed.org | Original Post Date: September 8, 2014 - Via Andy Dorn
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Source: www.treehugger.com | Original Post Date: April 15, 2015 - Via Andy Dorn
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When you learned about The Periodic Table of Elements in high school, it probably didn’t look like this. Above, we have a different way of visualizing the elements. Created by Professor William F. Sheehan at Santa Clara University in 1970, this chart takes the elements (usually shown like this) and scales them relative to their abundance on the Earth’s surface.
16s3d's curator insight,
November 23, 2015 7:16 AM
Morphisme du tableau périodique des éléments en fonction de leur abondance
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China's nuclear power program is a giant. By 2020, it is assumed that energy output in their nuclear sector will triple. However, outlying factors have made sure that other forms of energy production, particularly their wind Via Andy Dorn
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