Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Earth's resources in "ecological deficit" for rest of 2014

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/earths-resources-in-ecological-deficit-for-rest-of-2014-says-group/

... 86 percent of the world population live in countries that require more from nature than their own ecosystems can provide. For example, the group noted last year that it would take 7.1 Japans to support the country's residents; four Italys to support Italy; and 2.4 Egypts for Egypt.
It would take 1.5 Earths to provide humanity with the resources it needs today; by 2050, that number would double to about three Earths, according to the group's calculations.
"It means severe food and water shortages along with increasingly frequent extreme weather events and natural disasters," Keya Chatterjee of the World Wildlife Fund told CBS News in an email. We can't let the worst case scenario become our default option; and it doesn't have to be." ...

Saturday, August 09, 2014

Finally a program where this subject is even discussed!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSheNQkgnYY