Thursday, July 19, 2007

NATURAL WORLD HALF GONE: MORE THAN HALF OF FISH, HALF THE BIRDS, HALF THE CORAL, HALF THE BEES

We've halved our most important natural resources. It's as if the world itself--the biosphere itself--has shrunk by half. As if the world is shrinking around us--but all the while, our population is growing. It's like being in a rubber boat that is losing air even as it picks up more and more people.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"When the world is spinning down,
you make the best of what's still
around..." --The Police

Yeah, that's if there's still some left to make the best of and attempt to restore before it's too late. 8^{

Anonymous said...

Can you dance the new memetic craze, The Apocalypto?