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We’re Drowning In Our Own Trash

July 11, 2008

Posted by Peter Lehner

Tags:
chrisjordan, consumption, foodprices, gasprices, malthus, trash, waste

Thomas Malthus has suddenly become popular again. While Americans are concerned about fuel prices, much of the rest of the world is concerned about food prices. In countries like Egypt and Bangladesh, and in regions of Africa, riots have...

The Heart of the World

May 19, 2008

Posted by Peter Lehner in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
colombia, globalwarming, latinamerica, losmamos, poder, sierranevada

I recently had the pleasure to meet Los Mamos de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta at an environmental philanthropy forum in Miami sponsored by Poder, a Latin American business magazine. The Mamos are known as the “Elder Brothers” of...