According to, UN populations and environment watch:
• 2/3 of the world’s species are in decline.
• The demand for forest products exceeds sustainable consumption by 25%.
• Amount of land lost to farming by degradation equals 2/3 of North America.
• About 3 million die from pollution each year
• The world must sustain 1 billion more people every 13 years.
These are alarming statistics the human race is confronted with as the millennium begins and our natural resources are under severe stress. Recently, the tragedy of the BP oil spill exemplifies the failure of environmental policies to address towards a sustainable ecology.
- How much longer will we continue to live with in effective policies that challenge the earth’s natural resources and ecosystem ?
While advancement in technology particularly in the area of clean tech aims to tackle today’s environmental challenges, can policies be made to encourage further R&D in areas of clean tech that promote maintaining healthy ecosystem growth.
The tragedy of BP oil spill is a disaster of unprecedented magnitude. But how do you know that and why do you feel that?
While digital media might often be considered the banality of common expression— it plays a key role in the most transformative and progressive moments in humankind.
Ironically, Joseph Stalin made an observation that is apt here where he said, a single death is a tragedy and a million deaths is a statistic. Video content is what brings you the single death, the single bird, and the broader world in which they belong.
Was Obama being optimistic when he promised 90% of oil spillage would be contained by July? …to be continued