Category Archives: Poverty

People and the Planet: a Royal Society Report

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

Source: http://www.earthtimes.org/newsimage/people-and-the-planet_26412.jpg “Rapid and widespread changes in the world’s human population, coupled with unprecedented levels of consumption present profound challenges to human health and wellbeing, and the natural environment”. This report gives an overview of how global population and consumption … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Population, Poverty

Coffee House 400,000

Posted on April 1, 2009 by

The Coffee House has reached 400,000 hits this week. Thank you all. Today is Financial Fools Day (scroll down to event listing), also known as Storm the Banks. The world’s most powerful leaders are here in London. Obama meets the … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigns, Climate change, London, Media, Politics, Poverty, Protest, UK | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Breathingearth.net; track population & CO2 data

Posted on March 8, 2009 by

Visit breathingearth.net There you will find an interactive map showing a simulation of world and country population figures, as well as CO2 emissions. The population figures adjust all the time for birth and death rates for each country, adjusting the global … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon footprint, Climate change, Development, Economics, Education, Energy, Extreme weather, Food & Agriculture, Information portal, Population, Poverty, Sustainablity, UN | Tagged | 2 Comments

Update: Design for Manufacture – the £60,000 home.

Posted on January 11, 2009 by

In 2006 the UK government launched a competition for developers to come forward with a realistic plan to built cheap eco-homes. A percentage would have to be affordable to first time buyers and some would be available for social housing. … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Business, Community Initiatives, Design, Economics, Housing, Planning, Politics & Policy initiatives, Poverty, UK | Tagged | 2 Comments

A nuclear station for every city: could this solve the energy, climate change & economic crises?

Posted on October 16, 2008 by

Article 1: 80% cut, Article 2: EU climate summit , Article3: Portable nuclear . Ed Miliband, the UK’s first climate change and energy secretary, has announced today a commitment by the UK to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. Mr … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Business, Climate change, Design, Economics, Energy, Nuclear, Poverty, Sustainablity, Technology, US, War & security | Tagged , , ,

Curitiba, a well designed ‘green’ city.

Posted on September 8, 2008 by

The city of Curitiba provides the world with a model in how to integrate sustainable transport considerations into business development, road infrastructure development, and local community development. With about 1.8 million residents, Curitiba occupies rolling terrain in the southern Brazilian … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Design, Housing, Planning, Politics, Population, Poverty, Sustainablity, Thinking outside the box, Transport, Urban | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Less western research monies for agriculture causes food crisis.

Posted on June 9, 2008 by

image: the brown plant hopper Article Experts say that during the food surpluses of recent decades, governments and development agencies lost focus on the importance of helping poor countries improve their agriculture. The budgets of institutions that delivered the world from … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Development, Disease, Food & Agriculture, Funding, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Politics, Poverty, US | Tagged , | 3 Comments

UN food crisis task force set up as hunger spreads

Posted on April 30, 2008 by

  Article The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is setting up a task force to tackle the global food crisis. Mr Ban said the world faced “widespread hunger, malnutrition and social unrest on an unprecedented scale” because of soaring … Continue reading →

Posted in Biofuels, China, Economics, Extreme weather, Food, Food & Agriculture, Funding, Poverty, Protest, UN, US | Tagged | 4 Comments

“If we want to save our planet earth, we have a duty to put an end to the capitalist system”

Posted on April 22, 2008 by

Article So says Bolivian President Evo Morales. He was speaking at a UN forum on the global impact of climate change on indigenous peoples. Mr Morales said that capitalism should be scrapped if the planet is to be saved from … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Biofuels, Brazil, Business, Climate change, Economics, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Politics, Poverty, UN | Tagged | 19 Comments

Wood pigeon thrives in UK’s warmer winters

Posted on March 26, 2008 by

As food prices soar across the UK consumers may find themselves hunting for free food again. Never fear, the RSPB’ s Big Garden Birdwatch survey has reported sightings of wood pigeons in people’s gardens rocketing by 665%. BBC report. To … Continue reading →

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