German climate talks: ‘Waiting not an option’ Merkel

DW: At Germany’s annual Petersberg climate talks, German Chancellor Merkel has called for a binding pact by 2015 to reduce carbon emissions. She said inactivity only increased the cost of combating climate change later on. At Monday’s Petersberg Climate Dialogue, as the meeting is officially called, Chancellor Angela Merkel called for an internationally binding climate…

The Crisis of Civilization

A dark comedy remix mash-up bonanza about the end of industrial civilization. Website http://crisisofcivilization.com Facebook :http://www.facebook.com/thecrisisfilm a film by Dean Puckett Listen to our response to some of the your comments herehttp://crisisofcivilization.com/podca… Directed by Dean Puckett Animations by Lucca Benney Based on the Book by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed :http://crisisofcivilization.com/book/ Like the book on which it is based, the…

Lester Brown: Perspectives on Limits to Growth / World on the Edge

We are facing issues of near-overwhelming complexity and unprecedented urgency. Can we think systematically and fashion policies accordingly? Can we move fast enough to avoid environmental decline and economic collapse? Can we change direction before we go over the edge? I will look at the economic future through and environmental lens to fashion a plan…

Climate Change Denial made by Frank Luntz

Excerpt from BBC documentary – Earth: The Climate Wars from 2009 with Dr Iain Stewart. Scope: Trace the history of climate change. Watch it here http://climateforce.net/2012/01/21/video-earth-the-climate-wars/ Frank Luntz in the Denial Machine (CBC – Fifth Estate) Bush climate speech follows Luntz playbook: “Technology, technology, blah, blah, blah.” http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2007/09/28/201917/bush-climate-speech-follows-luntz-playbook-technology-technology-technology-blah-blah-blah/ Frank Luntz Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Luntz