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The next green revolution

Feb 22, 2008

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in Environment, Poverty, Technology (Food & Water), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

The Economist: The next green revolution Europe may not like it, but genetic modification is transforming agriculture FOR a decade Europe has rebuffed efforts by biotechnology firms such as America's Monsanto to promote genetically modified crops. Despite scientific assurances that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are safe for human consumption, and a ruling by the World…

Environment

Feb 20, 2008

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mwkruse

in Economics, Environment, Series: Social Indicators 2007, Technology (Energy)

SOCIAL INDICATORS 2007 There is a long history of environmentalism in American life. Yellowstone National Park was created in 1872. The Audubon Society, formed in 1905, was one of the earliest environmental groups. President Teddy Roosevelt (1901-1909) was probably the first "environmental president" with his conservationist policies. More modern environmental groups can be traced to…

Living Simply in Abundance (14)

Jan 7, 2008

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mwkruse

in Demography, Economics, Great Divergence, History, Human Progress, Series: Living Simply in Abundance, Trends: Economic

“Material abundance is (A) rapidly depleting our resources and (B) destroying our environment.” This has become the refrain of a new generation of neo-Malthusian environmentalists in our day. It’s widespread in Mainline (National Council of Churches denominations) and is the dominant viewpoint among influential emerging church notables (Brian McLaren’s “Everything Must Change” is a prime…

Economic Fallacies: “Linear Projection”

Nov 23, 2007

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Christian Life, Economics, Human Progress, Series: Economic Fallacies (Series), Theology

The Linear Projection Fallacy projects present circumstances and trends endlessly into the future without allowing for innovation and societal change. There are about 300 million people in the USA today. About 13% (39 million) would say they were Black, and another 13% would say they were Hispanic. Let's say that by this century's end, we…

He Only Saved a Billion People

Aug 1, 2007

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, Human Progress, Poverty, Technology (Food & Water)

Newsweek: He Only Saved a Billion People July 30, 2007 issue – It's a trifecta much bigger and rarer than an Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony. Only five people in history have ever won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal: Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa,…

Progress on Pollution

May 8, 2007

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mwkruse

in Environment, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

A couple of times in the past, I have posted an outdated version of the chart below about US pollution. I found this updated version on the EPA website (HT: Don Bosch) so I thought I would include it here. I think this is a remarkable graphic. Still, the EPA estimates 103 million Americans live…

Economy and Energy Consumption

Apr 23, 2007

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Economics, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Acton PowerBlog: Economy and Energy Consumption Jordan Ballor Schadler pointed out that even though the United States has only 5% of the world’s population, we consume 25% of the world’s energy. It’s a typical canard trotted out by those who want to depict us ugly Americans as “energy hogs.” ……. But let’s take a brief…

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The next green revolution

Environment

Living Simply in Abundance (14)

Economic Fallacies: “Linear Projection”

He Only Saved a Billion People

Progress on Pollution

Economy and Energy Consumption