Calling All Map Geeks
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Resource - Planet | Comments OffCool site. Visit now. Go here. Now. Or maybe don't, if you don't want to get sucked into a vortex of clever map awesomeness. This tidbit was originally posted on the Sightline Institute's blog, The Daily Score. ...
The Atlas of Hidden Water
Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Green News, Resource - Planet | Comments Off[Image: From the "atlas of hidden water." Check out the original PDF or simply view it larger]. An "atlas of hidden water" has been created to reveal where the world's freshwater aquifers really lie. "The hope," New Scientist ...
Today is Earth Overshoot Day
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in Green News, Resource - Planet | Comments OffCreeping steadily up the calendar page is Earth Overshoot Day, the day our demand surpasses nature's budget. In almost 10 months, humanity has consumed all the new resources the planet will produce this year, according to ...
Corn v. Crude
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Resource - Planet | Comments OffWhy are corn and oil prices rising in tandem? I've become a bit obsessive about oil prices -- I check them online several times each day, just out of habit. But most other commodities remain ...
SUV Rollover
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Resource - Planet | Comments Offby Clark Williams-Derry From the Sightline Institute's Daily Score Gas guzzlers are losing their resale value--fast. ...