The Greening of America, 2020. Fitzer/iStock By the end of this decade, how much will be left of the "green" spirit of the 1960s?
And how much does that matter? » Listen to the Radio Show Archive Alex Jones. Simon Peter versus Simon the Sorcerer. This is a great expose by the late Dr.
E.L. Martin. Lindsey Williams. The Difference between Aliens, Demons and Fallen Angels. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS - Welcome to the Revolution. The Greening of America by Charles A. Reich. The Con III Controversy: The Critics Look at the Greening of America by Philip Nobile. Help/FAQs | About | Privacy/Terms | Blog | Contact | LibraryThing.com | APIs | WikiThing | Common Knowledge | Legacy Libraries | Early Reviewers | 89,601,907 books!
| Top bar: Always visible. Greening Our Planet, One Bulb at a Time. This blog post was also featured on the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group’s blog and National Geographic’s blog on June 18, 2013.
At 6,500 miles, Los Angeles has the largest network of streets and roads and the second largest number of street lights – 210,000 – to light the way. In 2009, the City of Los Angeles teamed up with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to find out how much those lights were costing the City - and our climate. The Greening of the White House (summary) Green Presidents - Environmental Presidents. In many ways, being green has never been easier, especially for politicians.
The vast majority of Americans now say environmental protection is important to them, and few would vote for a leader who explicitly claims to be "anti-environment. " But America's highest office has long had a relationship to the planet that is anything but straightforward. Given enormous social, economic and political changes in our nation's history, ranking presidents on green criteria is no easy task. This list couldn't possibly reflect all the issues involved, but it is a subjective look at highlights in the evolution of environmental policy and protection. To begin, when most Americans think of green presidents, they probably envision Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909). The Consequences of Silent Spring. The Grim 50th Anniversary of "Silent Spring" Fifty years ago, on September 27, 1962, Rachel Carson published her book Silent Spring.
The book is like a bible to many environmentalists, and it is largely responsible for the ban on DDT that was first imposed by our own Environmental Protection Agency and then by the UN and the World Health Organization. The book is still reverently taught in high schools and colleges. Thirty years ago, in 1982, our Postal Service honored Rachel Carson with her own commemorative postage stamp. The real story behind Rachel Carson and Silent Spring, however, is anything but good.
She had only modest background in science, but worse, she played with data in order to reach her predetermined goal. Dr. Silent Spring - Exhibition Overview. In her new book [Rachel Carson] tries to scare the living daylights out of us and, in large measure, succeeds.
Her work tingles with anger, outrage and protest. It is a 20th-century “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”— Walter Sullivan, “Books of the Times,” New York Times, 27 September 1962, p. 35. The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson. Earth Day: The History of A Movement. Each year, Earth Day -- April 22 -- marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.
The height of hippie and flower-child culture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. Protest was the order of the day, but saving the planet was not the cause. War raged in Vietnam, and students nationwide increasingly opposed it. At the time, Americans were slurping leaded gas through massive V8 sedans. Industry belched out smoke and sludge with little fear of legal consequences or bad press. The history of Habitat. SummaryHabitat for Humanity International was founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller.
Today, Habitat for Humanity is a true world leader in addressing the issues of poverty housing. Koinonia Farm The concept that grew into Habitat for Humanity International was born at Koinonia Farm, a small, interracial, Christian community outside of Americus, Georgia. Koinonia Farm was founded in 1942 by farmer and biblical scholar Clarence Jordan. The Fullers first visited Koinonia in 1965. They had recently left a successful business and an affluent lifestyle in Montgomery, Alabama to begin a new life of Christian service. Working together to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. Roe v. Wade (1973) Since the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v.
Wade, the legal, moral, and political controversy surrounding the abortion issue has polarized the American public. Two camps—one hailing Roe as a victory for “choice,” the other arguing that the decision deprives the unborn child of its “right to life”—squared off in the wake of the Court's decision. Their protracted political battle continues today.
The deep political divisions that the case created, or revealed, reflect not only conflicting social and moral views, but conflicting views of the law as well. The case pitted two accepted doctrines against one another—the individual's “right to privacy” and the “compelling and overriding interest” of a State. Locus Online Reviews » Graham Sleight’s Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Harry Harrison. There are, I’d suggest, two canonical SF novels about overpopulation. One, John Brunner’s Stand on Zanzibar (1968), is a vast, sprawling work whose encompassing rage is not nearly well known enough outside the SF field. The other, Harry Harrison’s Make Room! Make Room! Is well known, but mainly through its film incarnation as Soylent Green (1973). Soylent Green (1973) 1973 dystopian science fiction film In 1973, it won the Nebula Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film.
Plot[edit] Jonathan Schell Bio. The Fate of the Earth by Jonathan Schell. New Age. The New Age is a term applied to a range of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s. Precise scholarly definitions of the movement differ in their emphasis, largely as a result of its highly eclectic structure. Although analytically often considered to be religious, those involved in it typically prefer the designation of "spiritual" and rarely use the term "New Age" themselves. 'Barack Obama Advocates World Government' Suggests The Renowned Financial Times. By Paul Joseph Watson 13 December 2008 from TheCanadian Website. Aldous Huxley : Brave New World. Disney’s Epcot And The City Of The Future. New World Order. "And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. The New World Order - Novus Ordo Mundi - El Nuevo Orden Mundial.
Countdown to World War Three - henrymakow.com. August 15, 2004 As fighting resumes in the holy city of Najaf, more may hinge on the outcome than we realize. In a provocative article, Joe Vialls reveals that Iran and Saddam's Iraq have a covert military alliance and began joint preparations for this war after the Gulf War ended in 1991.
Iran already has nuclear capability and recently threatened to "wipe Israel off the map" if Israel attacked its nuclear facilities. Vialls says the cleric Al Sadr is tied to the Iranians. "As we shall see, if Moqtada al-Sadr is killed or maimed, we will be into an altogether new and exceedingly lethal ball game," says Vialls. Globalism. Not to be confused with globalization. How Globalism Has Destroyed Our Jobs, Businesses And National Wealth In 10 Easy Steps. As most Americans stand around waiting for the U.S. economy to return to “normal”, there is a never ending parade of jobs, businesses and wealth heading out of the United States. The jobs and businesses that are leaving are gone for good and will not be coming back.
This is causing unemployment to soar and government debt to skyrocket but our politicians are doing nothing about it. Instead, politicians from both parties keep insisting that they will solve all of our problems if we will just give them our votes. Earth_Summit. Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. UN Photo/Martine Perret What is Rio+20? Rio+20 - the short name for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2012 - is an historic opportunity to define pathways to a safer, more equitable, cleaner, greener and more prosperous world for all.
Globalization and Interdependence - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. About In the span of one generation, global economic interdependence has grown extraordinarily as a consequence of enormous technological progress and policies aimed at opening national economies internally and externally to competition. Globalization has brought benefits and opportunities for many people in many parts of the world. However, many others have been excluded from its positive impact. Extreme poverty remains a daily reality for more than 1 billion people who subsist on less than $1 a day. More than 800 million people have too little to eat to meet their daily energy needs. Atlantic Council.
League of Nations. United Nations. Environmentalism. Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices by Michael Brower.