A Meditation on Ecological Sustainability
The Radiant Optimism of Sustainability Sutra, by Roy Morrison Roy Morrison is a visionary. He is also a long-time New England-based energy... Read More
Today is Endangered Species Day
Let’s Not Forget the Main Driver of Species Disappearance: Too Many Humans One of the most flagrant and far-reaching impacts of human... Read More
Countries with Largest Ecological Footprints all Have Large Populations
The Oakland-based Global Footprint Network – a nonprofit that calculates the demands of human economies on ecosystems – has released the ecological... Read More
Remembering Douglas Rainsford Tompkins, 1943-2015
Global Conservation Cause Loses a Giant to South American Kayaking Accident Douglas Rainsford Tompkins, 1943-2015 Doug Tompkins was Ohio-born and New York-bred... Read More
Global Consumption Skyrocketing
One consequence of an enormous population Across four decades, the Washington, D.C.-based Worldwatch Institute, founded in 1974 by the incomparable Lester Brown,... Read More
Scientists Issue Humanity Another Warning…Yet Again
Human domination of the biosphere likened to rapid discharge of a battery With ever greater frequency it seems, reputable scientists are sounding... Read More
Brown Calls Californians Who Support Limited Immigration (and Favor Water Preservation) ‘Troglodytes’
I left California in 2008, bound for Pittsburgh, Pa. I’m regularly in touch with friends and family who have one thing on... Read More
William R. Catton, Jr.: An Appreciation
Several weeks ago I learned that William R. Catton, Jr., author of the landmark book, Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change,... Read More
Lester Brown Steps Down
Founder of Worldwatch Institute and Earth Policy Institute set to retire in June at 81 The Earth Policy Institute (EPI) has announced... Read More
Human Population May Doom King of Beasts
Recently I read a figure I found quite shocking, given my memories from childhood. When I was a kid in the 1950s,... Read More