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Scientists’ Warning on Invasive Alien Species
This alert from the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) examines the long-term direct and indirect impacts of invasive alien species. Here is an excerpt from the abstract: “Biological invasions are…
Scientists’ Warning on Affluence
This alert form the Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) examines the environmental impact of the world’s affluent citizens. Here is a brief excerpt from the paper’s abstract: “For over half…
End Poverty
“All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind.” – Adam Smith
Divestment
According to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia, “divestment is a socially responsible investing tactic to remove assets from a sector or industry based on moral objections to its business practices.”
Spaceship Earth: An Introduction to Earth System Science
What is Earth System Science? Earth System Science (ESS) is the application of systems science to the Earth sciences. It attempts to study the whole Earth as a system of…
The End of Big Oil
Dirty Energy and Dirty Money. This dastardly duo has plagued mankind for centuries, but now fossil fuel subsidized dirty energy and dirty money have put the future of all life…
Earth Challenge 2020
What is Earth Challenge 2020?Earth Challenge 2020 “is the world’s largest ever coordinated citizen science campaign. The initiative integrates existing citizen science projects and builds capacity for new ones —…
Scientists’ Warning Statement
One Earth, Not One Percent “Both reducing climate change impacts and poverty are two of the defining issues of the 21st century in trying to achieve sustainable development; they are…
Renewables
Renewable energy sources will be the world’s main source of power within two decades and are establishing a foothold in the global energy system faster than any fuel in history,…