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77A Review Of Thomas Friedman's Hot Flat And Crowded
Alright, let’s get this straight Who is Thomas Friedman and what do you know of him? Well he is a New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning writer Friedman who has written a couple of books...
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73World Population: How Did It Get So Big?
The world could have fed no more than half of today's population had it not been for two technological innovations: the Haber-Bosch process, invented in 1909, and high-yield varieties of corn, wheat and rice, developed in the 1930s, '40s and '50s.
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77The last of India’s pastoralists
Shepherds in search of green pastures for their herds of sheep and goats have moved into a field on the hills surrounding Panchgani in the Sahyadri mountains of Maharashtra. After unloading their three...
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72The Green Revolution: mainly instigated by the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Bank and IMF
The term “Green Revolution” was first used in 1968 by former USAID director William Gaud, who noted the spread of the new technologies and said, "These and other developments in the field of...
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63Global Warming - What Can We Do?
We are in the middle of an environmental crisis and the only way to overcome it is to get involved. Find out how you can help combat global warming from home.
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62Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman
Looking for a hot book about the environment? Look no further than Thomas L. Friedman's Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America. This book will be available in...
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61Lunch Box Delimmas
My conscious efforts to buy in bulk and reduce packaging were totally unsuccessful when it came to my daughter's school lunch. Not only are kids more likely to eat the cute, small packaged food, but many...
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58gogreen
Renewable energy is the energy generated from natural resources such as sun,wind,air,tide and geothermal heat which are renewable.In 2006 around 18% of global energy consumption came from renewable...
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57[Video] Genetically Modified (GMO) Food: is there a danger ? is there a link with famine in third world countries ?
"The problem was how to keep the wheels of industry turning without increasing the real wealth of the world. Goods must be produced, but they must not be distributed."-- George Orwell in 1984, about...
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55The Malthus Factor: Poverty, Politics and Population in Capitalist Development
"The problem was how to keep the wheels of industry turning without increasing the real wealth of the World. Goods must be produced, but they must not be distributed" -- George Orwell in 1984, Chapter III -...
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