Vandana Shiva: Why We Face Both Food and Water Crises

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An epidemic of extinctions: Decimation of life on earth

The world’s species are declining at a rate “unprecedented since the extinction of the dinosaurs”, a census of the animal kingdom has revealed. The Living Planet Index out today shows the devastating impact of humanity as biodiversity has plummeted by almost a third in the 35 years to 2005.
The report, produced by WWF, the [...]

China Sichuan 7.8-magnitude quake 12/05/2008

Death toll: 22,069.
News report indictates that the poorer, rural villages were hardest hit.
Almost five million people have been left homeless by Monday’s devastating earthquake in China’s south-western Sichuan Province, officials say

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