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12 Books That Could Save The World – Pt 3 High Noon 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them – Jean-francois Rischard You may not have come across Jean-francois Rischard before, he is an economist and former vice-president of the World Bank for Europe. Rischard sees two forces – population and the new world [...]

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12 Books That Could Save The World – Pt 2 Green to Gold – Daniel C. Esty & Andrew S. Winston The easiest argument against making the transition towards a sustainable future is the one put forward by George W, that it will cost too much. From the point of view of Industrial revolution capitalism [...]

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A new report by British think-tank – the New Economics Foundation – sites the credit crunch, climate change and booming food and fuel prices to make the case for bold new economics for the 21st century. Coming hot on the heels of Al Gore’s bold challenge to America and the world, this report expands on [...]

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If you have seen Leonardo DiCaprio’s 11th Hour (and if you haven’t please please do) you will have seen Paul Samets talking about fungi. What have mushrooms to do with climate change and global warming? I know it was new information to me and we must remember all the time that global warming isn’t the [...]

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With petrol $50 a gallon in the Gaza strip two industrious Palestinians Waseem Khazendar and Fayaz.  Anan have built their own electric car. Anan’s and Khazendar’s electric car is a 1994 Peugeot 205 it’s been converted to run on 34 standard lead-acid car batteries. At 15 horsepower, it travels at speeds of up to 60 [...]

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As i mentioned a little while ago electric cars are due for a comeback and despite what you might hear about the technology being far off at production level, electric cars will be here in a big way really soon. Here are some of what is happening and coming. The Portuguese government has formed a [...]

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In Kamikatsu in the Katsuura District, Tokushima, Japan, a small town with a big idea. In Kamikatsu there is no trash collection. Residents have to separate and compost all compostable food waste and sort other garnbage into thirty four separate containers and take it to the zero waste center.  Residents have to sort plastic bottles [...]

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