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Randy Chatterjee's Blog – June 2012 Archive (2)
A Call in Scotland to Grow Food on Unused Land - BCC
An article from BBC Scotland about the movement to free up unused public land for market gardens is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18405257
This issue is crucial to us in a City regulating itself and its residents to death, or at least into homelessness and malnutrition. In my book, homelessness and malnutrition are tantamount to death,…
ContinueAdded by Randy Chatterjee on June 12, 2012 at 9:42am — 1 Comment
Earth Over the Brink - and article by David Roberts of The Grist
We’re about to push the Earth over the brink, new study finds
By David Roberts
There’s a new scientific paper out in the journal Nature called “Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere.” In a sane world, it would be front page news. This is from the…
Added by Randy Chatterjee on June 7, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments
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