Expensive, inconvenient, and scratchy: solutions are easy

by mwmwm

In response to a comment in a recent post of mine, I replied,

"I think lots of us know what we have to do -- change radically -- but far too few are actually doing it. Problems abound, but so do solutions -- they're just expensive, inconvenient, and scratchy.

That's the theme of this diary -- that we can no longer be lazy, and that it can't be cheap, or convenient, or easy to save ourselves.

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A Key Strand in the Web of Life: PhytoPlankton

by jamess

Please watch the Planet's Forests, Inhale and Exhale, with the Seasons ...

Observing Plant Life Health From Space

http://www.youtube.com/...

Now, watch Earth's "Ocean Forests", Breathe in and out, as well ...

Observing The Biosphere From Space

http://www.youtube.com/...

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Humans Destroying Major Food Source: Fish

by Steven D

This isn't a story about BP's oil gusher in the Gulf, though God knows when all is said and done if the "moderate impact" of that catastrophe may very well mean the end to much of the edible marine life, including shrimp and fish stocks, in the Gulf of Mexico for decades to come. No, bad as the BPocalypse may be, that's not the main reason for this story.  You see, human activity, from pollution and overfishing, has been rapidly depleting fish stocks around the world and destroying the fragile ecosystems of the world's oceans.   (Also at Booman Tribune)

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