«the tar sands are an immensely destructive project. To date, tar sands oil extraction has devastated an area the size of the city of Toronto. If oil extraction from the tar sands continues unchecked, it has the potential to destroy an area the size of England.

tar sands tailings lakeToxic tar sands tailings lakes already span 170 square km, which is an area larger than Lake Muskoka, and they are growing every day. Downstream, primarily First Nations communities, are seeing increased sicknesses in their communities, seeing a traditional way of life becoming further displaced and many are afraid of drinking the water. Everyday, 11 million litres of toxic tailings leak into the surrounding environment. The current greenhouse gas emissions of the tar sands is equivalent to that of 9 million cars. By 2020, it is projected that the greenhouse gas emissions will rise to the equivalent of the annual emissions of over 26 million cars, which is 1.5 times the greenhouse gas emissions of all the cars in Canada. »

Source: greenpeace.org
Watch the greenwashing campaign at: capp.ca

«The Planet is a unique collaboration between a film-production company, a science portal and Swedish public-service television. Our aim is to enhance public awareness about the planet and our future; to show the limits, threats, and possibilities we are facing today. During the campaign global change issues headlined the news, and was a subject much discussed among Swedes.»

Source: svt.se

(Video) “The planet”: part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

(Video) “Planète sous pression”: part 1: Le grand tournant | part 2: Chacun pour soi | part 3: Dans notre bulle | part 4: Réagir

« L’obsolescence programmée, symbole de la société du gaspillage. Le cas des produits électriques et électroniques. Ce rapport montre que les stratégies mises en place pour réduire la durée de vie des produits augmentent considérablement le volume des déchets, mais aussi qu’elles contribuent à l’épuisement des ressources naturelles.»

Source: amisdelaterre.org

«Firefighters watch a “fire tornado” wreathed with dust and smoke as it swirls on the south slope of Hawaii’s Mauna Kea volcano Sunday. The fiery column was spawned during a 1,400-acre (566-hectare) brush fire triggered by regional drought.»

Video: Fire Tornado Filmed in Hawaii
source: nationalgeographic.com

«Recycler les déchets qui asphyxient les mers en créant une île artificielle dans le Pacifique Nord? Un projet pas si utopique..”100 % recyclable”, elle aurait pour soubassement les tonnes de détritus plastiques charriés dans le Pacifique Nord et dont l’amoncellement a donné naissance à un gigantesque dépotoir marin.»

Source: lexpress.fr

«Le ministère de l’agriculture s’apprête à homologer deux pesticides : le Cruiser pour le maïs et le Protéus pour le Colza. Une décision qui excède les apiculteurs alors que le taux de mortalité des abeilles n’a jamais été aussi élevé. Pour eux, ces neurotoxiques contribuent fortement à détruire ruches et abeilles. Entretien avec Olivier Belval, apiculteur et responsable de l’Union nationale de l’apiculture française.»

Source: bastamag.net
A lire aussi: Nucléaire pas cher: la fin du rêve

«Deep within the countless mounds of trash at the Middlesex County Landfill, a special truck is waging a desperate battle for the hearts and minds — and noses — of nearby residents..»

Source: nj.com

«A partir du 21 août et jusqu’à la fin de l’année 2010, les Terriens vivront à crédit sur les ressources de la planète. Cette année 2010, annonce lundi l’ONG Global Footprint Network (GFN), l’«Earth Overshoot Day» aura lieu le samedi 21 août..»

Source: 20minutes.fr

This is a video that starts slow, but around 3 minutes in… well. It shows every nuclear bomb explosion on the Earth from 1945 — the US test before the bombs dropped on Japan — to 1998, when India and Pakistan joined the madness.

Source: discovermagazine.com
and also: ctbto.org

«Financial and environmental pressures on modern agriculture have sparked new interest in vertical farming. With global population expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050, competition for land to grow both food and energy crops will become increasingly fierce. Four-fifths of us will live in dense urban areas, and increasing awareness of the carbon and water footprints of well-travelled food will have pushed locally grown produce even further up the list of desirables.

So it’s easy to see the appeal of a system which, its proponents insist, can surpass the productivity of existing agricultural spaces by up to 20 times, while using less water, cutting mileage and energy costs, and delivering food security..»

Source: guardian.co.uk