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How To Utilize Recycled Materials With Artistic Aim

The urge to GO GREEN is sweeping the nation and the world. It seems that everyone is thinking about our environment and wanting to, or trying to do whatever they can to make a positive impact on conservation....

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The 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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World 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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[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...

0 comments    business technology food
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Hot, 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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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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The 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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The 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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How to Support Iranians on Twitter by Changing Time Zones and Location

When the Iranian Information Ministry combs Twitter, they look for two key factors in user profiles: Time zone and location.  This helps them narrow down who is actually located in Iran and who is not.  By...

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Global 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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