Corporate Sustainability Pledges at Rio+20 UN Forum
The United Nations Global Compact Corporate Sustainability Forum saw more than 150 tangible commitments from the business community. Business leaders pledged sustainable policies and joined a call for world leaders to usher in “a green industrial revolution” to save the planet. The 1200 CEOs made voluntary commitments to greater energy efficiency, reforestation, a lower carbon [...]
The Environmental Impacts of Refugees
The large scale movement of people from one place to another is a profound human tragedy but it is also profoundly environmentally destructive. Existing environmental problems are exaggerated when large numbers of people are forced to move from one place to another. The United Nations’ (UN) World Refugee Day is observed on June 20 each [...]
Put an End to One Trillion Dollars of Annual Oil Subsidies
Although governments try to hide the exact amount, an analysis by Oil Change International indicates that global oil subsidies total at least $775 billion to as much as $1 trillion or more in 2012. Rather than pay for an industry that is destroying the planet and compromising the lives of all of its inhabitants, this [...]
Father’s the Cornerstone of the Family
I came across this quote this morning and it truly summed up all one should say on a day, such as today-Father’s Day; A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. Author Unknown Today many fathers woke to smiling children excited to give them their special [...]
Understanding Ozone Layer Geoengineering
Stratospheric ozone depletion from eruption of large volcanoes in South America is likely, given their ability to release huge amounts of bromine –- an Ozone Depleting Substance, (ODS) — into the atmosphere. This awareness recently came from a study of chemicals released from 14 large volcanoes in Nicaragua over the past 70,000years. The study is [...]
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