The Generator is founded on the simple premise that we should leave the world in better condition than we found it. The news items in this category outline the attempts people have made to do this. They are mainly concerned with our food supply and settlement patterns. The impact that the human race has on the planet.
Here are some transition towns. Transition Towns The Transition Towns concept attempts to provide a local focus for organising within local communities to encourage a shift towards sustainable living. It ties together concerns about climate change and peak oil and the longstanding green precept to “think global, act local” into the concept that Continue Reading →
‘Transition’ Sustainability Movement Launches at MasonFalls Church News Press18 of the documentary, “In Transition 1.0,” a film that introduces audiences to issues like climate change and peak oil. “What I see the transition movement to be,” he said, “is an almost community renaissance of culture, economy, and energy.See all stories on this topic »Trabsition Sustainability
High-tech tea bags transform dirty water By Eleanor Bell, ABCFebruary 28, 2012, 7:45 pm South African scientists have developed a high-tech tea bag-like filter that fits into the neck of a bottle and turns polluted water clean as you drink from it. While it may look like an ordinary tea bag, the small sachet could Continue Reading →
Civilisation faces ‘perfect storm of ecological and social problems’ Abuse of the environment has created an ‘absolutely unprecedented’ emergency, say Blue Planet prizewinners Share 1422 reddit this John Vidal, environment editor guardian.co.uk, Monday 20 February 2012 14.45 GMT Article history Smoke billows from burned trees. A collective of scientists and development thinkers have warned that Continue Reading →
Hold the salt: Coastal drinking water more vulnerable to water use than climate change Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:39 AM PST Human activity is likely a greater threat to coastal groundwater used for drinking water supplies than rising sea levels from climate change, according to a new study. You are subscribed to email updates from Continue Reading →
ScienceDaily: Oceanography News Even in winter, life persists in Arctic Seas Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:46 PM PST Despite brutal cold and lingering darkness, life in the frigid waters off Alaska does not grind to a halt in the winter as scientists previously suspected. Microscopic creatures at the base of the Arctic food chain are Continue Reading →