Tag: environmentalism
group name: sustainability
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April 09, 2006 11:49 PM EDT --
It is interesting to read the wide array of literature surrounding environmentalism – including sustainability. Environmentalists vehemently cry foul whenever a company is poised to endanger . . . more
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October 11, 2007 10:44 PM EDT --
The Current and the Citizen's League tackle just that in Policy and a Pint with Michael Shellenberger, one of the authors of "The Death of Environmentalism." From the event description:
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April 30, 2008 12:05 AM EDT --
"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect."
Aldo Leopold
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March 29, 2008 08:24 PM EDT --
"Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the natural environment , both for its own sake as well as its importance . . . more
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October 12, 2007 02:39 PM EDT --
Al Gore has captured the world's attention by winning the Nobal Peace prize for his work as a spokesperson for the . . . more
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April 11, 2007 10:00 PM EDT --
Tuesday, April 10, 2007.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senator John Kerry debated environmental issues for two hours today in the Senate Russell Building Caucus Room in Washington, D.C. The discussion . . . more
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March 30, 2007 10:04 AM EDT --
One of the biggest environmental travesties concerns the divide and conquer approach of Corporate America, politicians and industrial developers. Environmentalists have been pitted against environmentalists . . . more
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August 18, 2006 12:07 PM EDT --
In the summer issue of OnEarth, NRDC's quarterly magazine, there's a great short essay on the subject of the words "environmentalist," "environmentalism," and the "environment." . . . more
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May 22, 2007 03:40 PM EDT --
Common Ground 2008 would like to announce that our call for entry is officially up and we would like you to submit. Here is some basic information:
The Common Ground Collection of Gifted Digital Artists . . . more
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November 05, 2007 08:55 PM EST --
The environment doesn’t recognize international boundaries. Vast dust storms from China blow over neighboring countries and reach as far as the United States. Israel and neighboring . . . more
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April 10, 2007 12:38 PM EDT --
Because I live in New York City, I live an astoundingly carbon-neutral life thanks to public transit. However, I make a significant negative impact on the environment in another way and that comes . . . more
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March 24, 2008 03:30 PM EDT --
The word is now out: many biofuels, such as corn ethanol, actually cause global warming according to two studies published in Science in February. Why? Their production leads to clearing of . . . more
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May 05, 2008 02:35 PM EDT --
Global warming is in the middle of a ten-year pause according to an article in Nature . Because this is a peer reviewed scientific article published in a major journal it must be taken . . . more
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June 02, 2008 11:26 AM EDT --
The U.S. Senate is debating a major environmental bill: The Climate Security Act. Unfortunately this bill is fatally flawed because it uses the convoluted, easily manipulated cap-and-trade process . . . more
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December 10, 2007 03:58 AM EST --
A Contract with the Earth by Newt Gingrich and Terry L. Maple; Forward by E. O. Wilson
2007 The Johns Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved. Published 2007.
Printed in the United . . . more
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December 03, 2007 07:40 PM EST --
The Kyoto Treaty, intended to decrease global warming, is set to expire in 2012. Leaders from around the world are meeting in Bali , Indonesia to discuss what will replace it.
The Kyoto Treaty . . . more
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June 17, 2008 09:07 AM EDT --
Renewable energy is expanding voraciously and will do so even faster, according to experts at a Worldwatch Institute panel ( Tipping Point ). Wind power is already in the midst of an explosion, . . . more
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April 07, 2008 02:58 PM EDT --
My wife and I recently had the privilege of viewing our four legged hopping friends in all of their diversity at the exhibit Frogs: A Chorus of Colors, at the National Geographic Museum (in downtown . . . more
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October 22, 2007 10:18 PM EDT --
An array of exotic homes recently sprang up on the Washington Mall, with numerous panels and appendages and lush vegetation. This was the 2007 Solar Decathlon , which challenged twenty teams of . . . more
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January 19, 2007 10:42 AM EST --
We're wary of "isms" — systems and stances that, however lofty, inevitably bracket some of us out. Environmentalism, critical as it is to the world we inhabit now, is one of those words. . . . more
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