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Shameless birthday fundraising plug
Today is Transition Voice publisher Erik Curren’s birthday. I thought that was reason enough to make one of our occasional plugs for donations to help support the work at Transition Voice.
Republican renaissance through climate change
Forget conventional wisdom. Climate change is the ultimate issue for a Republican comeback. It threatens our freedom, angers God, and is all about national security.
Convinced that food can save America
Local food is no longer just about taste and health. As the economy gets tougher, local food could also be your city’s meal ticket to have any businesses at all.
Climate collision course: CO2 levels about to hit 400 ppm
Carbon dioxide concentration in the Earth’s atmosphere is poised to reach 400 parts per million, a first in human history and a dangerous climate change milestone.
The climate change mountaintop
On climate change, we may be past denial. But to be effective climate activists, we need to accept that the world in which we grew up is gone, for good and ill.
A world without landfills? It’s closer than you think
Entrepreneurs in Colombia and Italy show how trash can be reduced, reused and recycled enough to stop filling landfills, adding new life to the zero-waste movement.
Emancipating slaves then and now
Though slavery is outlawed in every nation on earth, today there are more slaves than ever before. Why? The technology that enables global trade could be at fault.
The Cotton Gin Paradox
The 1790s cotton gin dramatically increased the efficiency of processing cotton. Ironically, this labor saving device led to an explosion in demand for slave labor.
