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The Butterfly Effect: Reject Speciesism | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust March 18, 2013 “There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.” - R. Buckminster Fuller A recent New York Times ...
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Predator Scorecard: Sharks: 7, Humans: 50-100 Million | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 28, 2013 “Our human blind spot is how we treat animals, and by extension, our only home: planet earth.” - Sue Coe It’s the type of story ...
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The End of the Shale Bubble? | John Michael Greer
Feb. 27, 2013 (Archdruid Report) -- It’s been a little more than a year since I launched the present series of posts on the end of America’s global empire and the future of democracy in the wake of ...
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Scientists Confirm: Arctic Sea Ice 'Collapse' at Our Door | Jacob Chamberlain
Warming planet and new evidence portend future of ice-free Arctic Arctic sea ice volume in 1000s of cubic kilometers (via Robinson) Feb. 15, 2013 (CommonDreams) -- The Arctic Sea is experiencing ...
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Nuclear Calendar -- Jan. 22, 2013 | FCNL
Nuclear Calendar -- Jan. 22, 2013 | Friends Committee on National Legislation Jan. 22 Israeli general elections. Between Jan. 22 and 25 National Security Advisor Tom Donilon meets with Russian ...
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Speciesism: The Forgotten Privilege | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan 22, 2013 The future will only contain what we put into it now (graffiti, Paris 1968) Last week, a friend of mine in Hong Kong brought to my ...
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The Myth of Human Progress | Chris Hedges
Illustration by Mr. FishJan. 13, 2013 (TruthDig) -- Clive Hamilton in his “Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change” describes a dark relief that comes from accepting that ...
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A Wish List for Krampus | John Michael Greer
Jan. 9, 2013 (Archdruid Report) -- It's always a bit of a gamble to sit down at the computer and start writing one of these weekly posts. I don’t know how it works for other writers, but for me, the ...
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Define 'Invasive': A Starling Taught To Speak | Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 7, 2013 “Birds scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth. They know the truth. Screaming ...
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To Bee or Not Have Bees | Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.” - Albert Einstein Did you know that when “scout” bees discover food, ...
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Globe Risks ‘Cataclysmic Changes’ From Warming, World Bank Says | Alex Morales
Current national pledges to reduce greenhouse gases won’t do much to change the current trajectory of temperatures, which are set to rise by about double the United Nations target of 2 degrees ...
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