Monthly Archives: December 2008

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The Cancun Declaration

Veg Climate Alliance has recently compiled a declaration, supported by thousands of people in the groups listed below. There are also translations of the declaration listed at the end. Declaration on Meat Consumption and Climate Change A call from people … Continue reading

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Don’t Eat Our World

This article about Professor Tim Lang is housed at Western Morning News (a UK publication) . Prof Lang, professor of food policy at City University, said the Government had to intervene to force through policy changes to the way Britain … Continue reading

From Deadlock to “Yes We Can”

Commentary that is both critical and hopeful from WorldWatch Institue. The message emerging from the climate negotiations in Poznań, Poland, last week was clear: the world has a long, rocky road to travel over the next year if it is … Continue reading

EVANA Food vs Feed

http://un.evana.org/ Dear Mr. Secretary-General, In 1996, the “Rome Declaration of World Food Security” reaffirmed “the right of everyone to have access to safe and nutritious food“. The signatories also pledged their political will “to eradicate hunger in all countries.”

Google Search: “climate change” OR “global warming” AND meat OR livestock.

Google Alerts is a handy tool offered freely. Instead of making repeated web searches for a particular topic, you can have regular search results sent to your email or contained in a syndicated RSS feed. This feed returns the results … Continue reading

Dr. James Hansen’s Presentation to the American Geophysical Union

This MS Powerpoint file is from Dr. James Hansen’s December 17 2008 presentation to the American Geophysical Union. Each chart is presented with descriptive and very informative text which there is no doubt will enlighten you on current scientific understandings … Continue reading