Cities getting too big for the planet Jan. 26, 1999 Ecological economist at UBC foresees serious problems as humans consume more than they can produce or recycle:
"The rest of the landscape is being used more intensely than ever
before to sustain the activities of people in cities who are getting richer
and consuming more."The Sixth Extinction In the history of the Earth there have been 5 mass extinctions. We are now on the brink of a sixth, and this time man is to blame. From BIODIVERSITY: The Fragile Web, National Geographic cover article, Jan. 1999'One World' Guide to Biodiversity 'One World' Guide to Ethical Consumerism A guide to exercising your political power economically, or how your daily spending can help promote a sustainable future British Farmers Invade Eastern Bloc an invasion of speculators from Britain, Holland, Germany, Scandinavia and Australia are snapping up farmland in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic at fire- sale prices A Village of 100 What the world would look like if we took the all the people in the world, and, keeping the ratios the same, shrunk it to a village of a hundred people.Organizations:
International Institute for Sustainable Development - based in Canada Sustainable Development Gateway The SD Gateway integrates the online
information developed by a network of some
of the world's leading sustainable
development institutesSustainableBusiness.com CANADIAN ENVIRONMENT ONLINE Listing of Ontario Environmental Member GroupsInstitute for Local Self RelianceCanadian Renewable Fuels Association Homepage
