Colleagues,
I am wondering if some of you can point me toward any comparisons of Northern
Southern consumption of various resources (agricultural, mineral, whatever...)
- current consumption, rates over time, etc.
Ideas, citations and naked self-promotion are all most welcome.
--Stacy
Yes, I went here in Boston, and the theater was packed (maybe because it was
the only one accessible by public transit?). I found the film to be more
than a little depressing!
As far as scientific information goes, Al Gore did a better job in An
Inconvenient Truth of explaining why climate
Hi Stacy--
Brand new, easy to access report on consumption of resources worldwide
available at:
http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2009/Overconsumption_Sep09.pdf
Hope this helps.
Gary
Gary Gardner
Senior Researcher
Worldwatch Institute
California office (to reach Gary)
411 Central
I did see it, and have to confess that I was disappointed. A heart-felt and
sincere efort, but, in my view, not successful. Despite some brilliant pieces
and insights, there were a lot of problems. Too many loose ends and points made
vaguely or imprecisely. Too many questions embedded in the
I suspect that many of my colleagues will disagree with me but let me
share some thoughts.
If this film's intent is to catalyze action across a broad range of
demographic groups I doubt it will have its intended effect. Worse, it
might actually have some unintended consequences. I think that
Hi all
related to Stacy's request, can someone tell me the original source of the "20% of population consuming 80% of the worlds resources" dynamic? I think it was a world bank pub somewhere but I can not find it.
Peter
Peter J. Jacques, Ph.D.
Department of Political
I didn't get to see it, but have been following the substantial
publicity, especially with all the celebs and politicians at the British
launch earlier in the year, and the reviews have generally been
positive. http://www.ageofstupid.net/press_reviews
Films can be very powerful emotionally
Dear All
To add slightly different note on activism, and on music rather than film, some
time ago a list was circulated with climate change songs. My students really
enjoyed it. So much so they’ve sent me one of their own. So here’s to add a
song from down under and a GEP student
But this seems to equate people with states. The statement seems to be saying
that high-income countries are consuming 20%, etc. People here are proxies for
states. Consequently, I would not rely on these statistics. After all, there
are now more 'high-income' people in China than in, say,
