The European Commission ? the executive branch of the European Union (EU) ? will be voting in the next couple days whether to designate Canada?s tar sands [search] as being ?highly polluting?. Given tar sands? terrible ecological impacts upon our shared global atmosphere ? and Canadian boreal forests, water, and indigenous peoples – the answer should be painfully obvious, and a resounding YES. Such a designation would be a significant setback for tar sands growth. Yet given the power of the ecocidal oil oligarchy which rules Canada and much of the world, empowered global citizens need to let the EU know the world expects, indeed demands, the EU do the right thing in condemning tar sands ? in order to establish a level playing field for a renewable, efficient, and conservation based energy future.

By Dr. Glen Barry, Ecological Internet
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Human Family?s Ecocidal Death Wish

The ecological foundation of being is unraveling before our very eyes. Without ecosystems there is no life. Fiercely loving Earth is the answer. Let’s sustain global ecology together like our shared survival and abundance depends upon it. And while we set out using classic civil disobedience tactics, let?s not dismiss out of hand any obstruction, uncivil disobedience, sabotage and targeted insurgency tactics ? that are non-terrorist ? and that may be necessary to achieve global ecological sustainability. The human family?s shared survival depends upon passionately defending Earth using all means necessary.

Earth’s ecosystems are collapsing under the burden of human growth, destroying our one shared biosphere that makes life possible. Industrial growth ? frantically destroying ecosystems to feed insatiable, ever-growing appetites ? is an aberration, a mistake, a disease. If left untreated, this will be the end of the human family, all life, and Earth’s very being. Infinite economic growth at the expense of ecosystems is impossible, and seeking endless and inequitable growth in consumption and population can only lead to collapse and massive die-off.

Humanity?s last best chance to justly and equitably sustain a livable planet is to protect and restore ecosystems, end fossil fuels, and a people’s power Earth revolution to utterly destroy the ecocidal industrial growth machine. We are all bloody fools to tolerate and not immediately overthrow a violently ecocidal system that is killing us all. If we all understood the implications of global ecosystem collapse, we would go now, together, and slay the global growth machine. It is too late to escape profound ecological decline, yet complete disastrous social and ecological collapse ? and possible end to most or all life ? may yet be avoided.

Sustaining ecology must become society?s central organizing principle or humans and all species face horrendous death. Globally it is time for radical change to simply survive converging ecology, food, war, water, inequity, population, climate, jobs, ocean, and extinction crises. It is deeply troubling most “environmentalists” deny the severity of ecosystem collapse, rejecting out of hand revolutionary measures sufficient to sustain ecology.

Due to its booming ecotourism and became the fastest-growing and most dynamic sector of the global tourism market. This movement appeared in the late 1980s, and has already managed to attract enough international interest to the extent that the UN dedicated 2002 to eco-tourism. See all the beauty that Australia has to offer for less with great deals on Gold Coast accommodation!

The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) defines ecotourism as “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improve the welfare of local people”. Genuine ecotourism should take the following seven principles, both for those who operate services to those involved: minimize negative impacts to the environment and the community, which generate: build respect and environmental awareness and cultural, provide positive experiences for both visitors and hosts, provide direct financial benefits for conservation, provide financial benefits and enhance participation in decision-making of the local community, create sensitivity to the political climate, environmental and social host countries and supporting universal human rights and labor laws.

Despite its short existence, ecotourism is seen by several conservation groups, governments and international institutions as a viable alternative for sustainable development . There are countries like Costa Rica , Kenya , Madagascar , Nepal and Ecuador ( Galapagos Islands ) where ecotourism produces a significant portion of foreign exchange earnings from the tourism sector, and in some cases, the country’s economy.

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Plans are to build a highway through Alto Purus – Peru?s largest national park ? comprised of vital intact Amazonian rainforest ecosystems and inhabited by at least two ‘uncontacted’ indigenous tribes [search]. The Alto Purus protected rainforest in south-east Peru is an area of incredible biodiversity covering some of the most pristine forests in the southwestern Amazon and home to jaguars, monkeys and pink dolphins. To cut it with a road would compromise the integrity of the entire Amazonion basin and trigger the swift demise of some of Earth?s last isolated hunting and gathering tribes. One of the ‘uncontacted’ tribes in the park is known as the ‘Mashco-Piro’, thought to be the largest group i

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Earth is facing the twin global ecological emergencies of abrupt climate change and land being scoured of natural ecosystems. Sadly, corporate American NGOs and the United Nations are responding to these crises by further promoting logging ancient forests. The United Nations REDD+ program to protect primary and old growth forests as a climate change and deforestation solution has been hi-jacked by logging interests [search] and their big pro-logging NGO friends, and will instead subsidize primary forest logging for new plantations. REDD has become a gravy train for consultants, greenwashing NGOs and charlatans of many sorts – claiming logging ancient rainforests for the first time protects them! Old standing natural forest ecosystems are key to sustaining climate, ecosystems, biodiversity, local livelihoods humanity and the Earth System. Corporate NGOs supporting REDD+ must be compelled to stop their old forest logging greenwash – or face ridicule, protest, and an end to public support, until they do.

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The world is careening towards abrupt climate change and global ecosystem collapse. Global climate talks have been stymied by an inability to reconcile the historic carbon debt for past inequitable development with reasonable demands that all nations commit to differentiated emissions reductions. Tell Durban climate meeting delegates that failure to act now upon the looming climate emergency means governments have abdicated and the people will lead.

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One natural resource that is finite and non-renewable is natural gas. Yet, we have become extremely dependent on natural gas for water heating purposes. In fact, over half of all single family homes in the United States, are heated with natural gas.

Air quality is the result of the moeasure of the condition of the air in relativity to the requirement of one or more biotic species, human need or purpose. These air quality indicaters are then used by governement agencies to specifiy the quality of the air at any given location. As this number increases, a ever increasing percentage of the population is likely to experience adverse health effect. For that reason it is important to have in place ambient air quality measurement in place to deal with this ever increasing problem.

Statistics prove and natural gas companies don’t dispute, the finite nature of this resource. However, many argue there are several decades of supply available, which is probably true. The problem is we will need to destroy many more acres of wilderness to continue to fulfill our supply needs. It’s clear we need clean and sustainable alternative fuel sources to continue our existence.
This is why utilizing biomass fuels as an alternative to natural gas is crucial. When biomass fuels are used with the right energy conversion technology, a large variety of fuels can be created as cost-efficient, clean alternatives.

Biomass is a mixture of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Biomass energy can be derived from sources such as, garbage, wood waste, landfill gases, and alcohol fuels. These come from places such as municipal landfills, and manufacturing waste. Writing, calling and emailing your local representative about the importance of green energy sources, will help bring legislature to enforce the use of biofuel alternatives.