Tuesday 6 November 2007

What on Earth are we doing?


The growth in human population and rising consumption have exceeded the planet's ability to support us. From deforestation to collapsing fisheries, desertification, the global spread of chemical toxins, ocean dead zones, and the death of coral reefs, an array of interrelated declines is evidence of the breadth of our impact.
Add the depletion of finite resources such as oil and ground-water, and the whole of the challenge upon us emerges.
Barring decisive action, we are marching, heads down, toward global ecological collapse.
Read the rest of this rather depressing article but remember it can be stopped or at least slowed down – so read it all. Click here.

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