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Comment by Dallas the Phallus on Thursday

Ocean cleanup yields over 2 million cigarette butts

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on April 25, 2013 at 8:13pm

Wow, Michel, that's incredible. I never knew about that. 

Comment by Michel on April 25, 2013 at 1:02pm

Documenting a spectacular environmental failure in the 1980s:

Lake Peigneur salt mine collapse

 

Comment by doone on April 22, 2013 at 10:14pm

What Is Your Greatest Footprint? Carbon vs Water infographic

Comment by Lester Unega Waya on April 21, 2013 at 4:18pm

The toughest place to be a bin man.

Comment by Lester Unega Waya on April 21, 2013 at 3:11pm

Neal.
Re;
"Cities need to be built up, not out, to maintain the population. I like the idea of "green" areas enforced to make that happen."

High levels of population concentration contribute to climate change/global warming.

Comment by Lester Unega Waya on April 21, 2013 at 3:07pm

Michel.
Re;
"Lester, my point was that by just concentrating on the material, using our animal empathy and human reason, we might be able to achieve a better balance with our environment. "

As in when a tree is cut down, plant three more.The British approach is balance exploitation with conservation. Local fishermen for example, use their own initiative and deploy no take areas to conserve fish stocks. No take areas are off limits for about two years.

Comment by Davy on April 21, 2013 at 2:24pm

I agree Neal that cities should be built on smaller surfaces areas than what is currently occurring. But also the human population has effectively grown at such a pace, so that it has effectively lost touch with its roots. The natural habitat  that we evolved in. 

Just as field has a grazing capacity for the raising of live stock, the world has also grazing capacity for humanity because we eat everything. We are past that grazing capacity and now destroying the very systems that provide the oxygen, clean the waterways, provide the spawning grounds for part of our food supply. 

Comment by Neal on April 21, 2013 at 1:53pm

Cities need to be built up, not out, to maintain the population. I like the idea of "green" areas enforced to make that happen.

Comment by Michel on April 21, 2013 at 12:46pm

Lester, my point was that by just concentrating on the material, using our animal empathy and human reason, we might be able to achieve a better balance with our environment. 

I don't think there's any going back to small human collectives living harmoniously with nature. Certainly not at a significant scale. Our problem is modern: cities, megalopolises, and their support industries. It is a very material problem, with a scope so wide only collective reason can solve.

There is only one world - the one we find ourselves in.

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