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IMPURITEASE IN THE AIR
AT THE TASSEL CLUB
Pollution is not just something that happens to "the environment." It affects the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the land we grow our food on. When it comes to us water-drinking, air-breathing, food-eating humans, see Grinning Planet's feature article to find out about the relationship between pollution and health.
QUOTH THE MAVEN
Lester Brown: "In Mexico City, Tehran, Kolkata, Bangkok, Shanghai, and hundreds of other cities, the air is no longer safe to breathe. In some cities, the air is so polluted that breathing is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes per day."
THE YELLOW PERIL
Deluged with dandelions but not liking the idea of spraying your lawn with 2,4-D pesticides in areas where kids and pets play? Check out our article on non-toxic dandelion removal methods, including the recently added reader suggestion, The Dandelion Stomp.
OIL-O-NOMICS
In her essay
"The Expected Economic Impact of an Energy Downturn,"
Oil Drum wonk Gail the Actuary gives an excellent explanation of how the rocky path ahead of us is caused by the intersection between the global financial crisis and the emerging constriction in energy and commodity supplies. Related good green stuff: (1) David Sirota commentary,
"The Fed Packages Corruption as Sound Public Policy"
(2) Grinning Planet
articles about Peak Oil
VITTLES VOID
We hope you took heed of our Jan-Feb-Mar series on the coming food crisis.
The subject is now front-page news, but it's not too late for you to take action. This is not a drill!.
Related GP stuff: Books for Surviving Peak Oil
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