http://yourecosource.com/blog We're everything earth friendly: products, services, news and information Fri, 02 May 2008 19:20:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “More needs to be done” said President Bush about the current world food crisis. And one would think he has the right to make that statement after requesting $620 million from congress for food aid (another $150 million for some sort of development project). The problem is that ... http://yourecosource.com/blog/2008/05/02/how-much-food-aid-mr-president/ I try to be an EcoOptimist, and normally I succeed, but the last few days, things have been looking kind of gloomy. I’ve been reading No Impact Man, and have been quite inspired to make some serious changes. I mean, if he can do it in New York, surely I ... http://yourecosource.com/blog/2008/05/01/woe-is-we/ In a word: no. “But I thought this girl was an environmentalist” you say?! Well, I am, but I’m also a scientist, and as such I know that the one thing the nay-sayers have right is that humans are indeed too puny and insignificant to destroy the big rock we ... http://yourecosource.com/blog/2008/04/22/is-the-planet-really-in-peril/ Maybe it was the martinis I had already drunk, or the beers he had already drunk, or maybe it’s just plain impossible to have a discussion about Biofuels without getting heated. But boy, did I have a doozy on Friday. It all started with an energetic, but cool-headed conversation ... http://yourecosource.com/blog/2008/04/15/of-biofuels-and-buffalo-farts/ Al Gore will be speaking to the UN Climate Change Conference this week in Bali calling for a treaty that goes far beyond Kyoto. This treaty will include every country in the world, developed or otherwise. It will call for a moratorium on new coal-fired power generators that ... http://yourecosource.com/blog/2007/12/10/al-gore-bali-and-you/ via:: ecoble While I'm disappointed to see Canada's oil reserves grossly underestimated, the Oil Map does give a startling new perspective to the world. Or more importantly, it shows us all the world as the US sees it. It certainly explains a few things about the US administration's actions. http://yourecosource.com/blog/2007/11/25/the-oil-map-gives-a-new-view-of-the-world/ This was my first post as a Rethos Journalist! As part of the Rethos journalism team, I'll post a new article every couple of weeks, the next coming out November 1. Make sure to check them out, and join Rethos if you haven't already. photo via Treehugger About four months ... http://yourecosource.com/blog/2007/10/26/down-with-ecoelitism/ [tag-tec]Free Burma[/tag-tec] http://yourecosource.com/blog/2007/10/04/free-burma-international-bloggers-day/ UPDATE: An eyewitness from inside Burma reports that injured protesters are being taken to the Yay Way cemetery outside of Rangoon, and burned alive in an effort to destroy the evidence of the genocide occurring. This shocking report comes only hours after news that dozens of high school students were shot and ... http://yourecosource.com/blog/2007/09/30/injured-burmese-protesters-cremated-alive/ The military regime in control of Myanmar ([tag-tec]Burma[/tag-tec]) opened fire today on peaceful protesters led by Buddhist monks, killing 9 innocent civilians. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. The military junta has been responsible for massacring thousands since it seized control of the country over forty years ... http://yourecosource.com/blog/2007/09/27/challenge-stop-the-atrocities-in-burma/