Toxic Contaminants: The Other Scourge
By Neena Bhandari SYDNEY, Nov 2 (IPS) - As the world focuses on the impact of climate change, little attention is being paid to yet another...
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Stop the Crisis, Change the Food System!
Mon, November 2, 2009 - La Via Campesina From November 13th to 17th, more than 400 delegates (number determined by available funding*) from 70 different countries representing small scale food producers....
How Foraging Albatrosses Put Plastic On The Menu in an Ocean of Plastic
ScienceDaily (Oct. 29, 2009) — The North Pacific Ocean is now commonly referred to as the world's largest garbage...
What Lies Beneath the Rainforest?
The Independent - UK - Saturday, 31 October 2009 You want the Amazon to survive? Then pay us not to pump the oil, says Ecuador. Huw Hennessy in Quito reports on a bold initiative... Terragalleria
Activist's Message: End Needless Waste of Food
The Herald-News - October 31, 2009 JOLIET -- Vandana Shiva is giving new meaning to the old metaphor, "You reap what you...
Global Warming Cycles Threaten Endangered Primate Species
ScienceDaily (Oct. 29, 2009) Two Penn State University researchers have carried out one of the first-ever analyses of the effects of...
Scientists Discover Influenza's Achilles Heel: Antioxidants
ScienceDaily (Oct. 30, 2009) As the nation copes with a shortage of vaccines for H1N1 influenza, a team of Alabama researchers have raised hopes that they have found an Achilles' heel for all strains...