ITEMS WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT

These are articles we can either highlight by doing a page about, or posting on facebook, or by including in our key Signs of the Times pages.


ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURE   CREATIVE VIDEOS    INSPIRING IMAGES 

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ENVIRONMENTAL

EXTERMINATION OF PLANET'S WILD LIFE

World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns (The Guardian, 10-26-16) NEW

Living Planet Index shows vertebrate populations are set to decline by 67% on 1970 levels unless urgent action is taken to reduce humanity’s impact LIVING PLANET INDEX

 

Study: We've wiped out half the world's wildlife since 1970 (VOX, 9-30-14)   WORLD WILD LIFE REPORT

An article and report about how human activity has destroyed half of the world's wild life.

 

Global Warming’s Terrifying New Chemistry (Bill Moyers, 3-24-16)    GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTER

A terrifying new study that shows how methane emissions (much of which is caused by the new boom in fracking) are much worse than we thought.

While some have argued that methane can trap 30 times as much heat as carbon dioxide, Howarth argues that a more accurate figure over the next two decades is 86 - 105 times.

The United States is now pumping much more methane in the air due to its "natural" gas industry, which completely undercuts the efforts to release less greenhouse gasses.

 

Scientists Build Case for 'Sixth Extinction' ... and Say It Could Kill Us (NBC News, 6-19-15) SCIENCE ADVANCES

Even conservative calculations show the world is in the midst of a sixth mass extinction that's being caused by our species — and is likely to lead to humanity's demise if unchecked, scientists reported Friday.

 

Ocean fish numbers on 'brink of collapse': WWF (Reuters, 9-16-15) WORLD WILDLIFE FUND REPORT

 

July Was Earth’s Hottest Month Ever Recorded (Slate, 8-20-15) Chart   NASA's Data

 

New UN report finds almost no industry profitable if environmental costs were included (Exposing Truth, 4-9-15) REPORT

 

RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Pope | Care for Creation

 

Pope Francis: Heed ‘the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor’ (Crux, 6-18-15) OFFICIAL STATEMENT/REPORT FROM THE POPE: "LAUDATO SI"

In encyclical, Pope Francis laments global environmental degradation, but offers hope.

 

Muslim scholars name climate change as dire threat (RTCC, 7-15-15)

 

CELEBRITIES SPEAK OUT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Leonardo Di Caprio

Leonardo Di Caprio addresses UN (Our Page, not published)

Leonardo DiCaprio (UN Messenger of Peace) at the opening of Climate Summit 2014 (YOUTUBE)

Leonardo Di Caprio addresses the UN about Climate Change in a call to action.

 

OTHER PEOPLE WHO SPEAK OUT ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE

15 Year Old Climate Activist (Our Page, not published)

15-Year-Old Climate Activist Speaks To UN General Assembly (Huffington Post, 7-2-15)

 

CLIMATE CHANGE

Global Warming Has Been Greatly Underestimated [STUDY] (Value Walk,10-6-14) REPORT (Nature Climate Change)

The scientific community has significantly underestimated the extent of global warming, a new study reveals. Scientists analyzed satellite observations of ocean data and then compared the results with climate models.

 

Greenland Is Melting Away (New York Times, 10-27-15)

Land Degradation Could Create 50 Million Climate Refugees Within a Decade (Truthdig, 9-21-15) Report (PDF)

The European Accounting Error That's Warming the Planet (Pulp Fiction, 10-20-15)   NEW

Cities Could Save $17 Trillion Just By Reducing Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Think Progress, 9-8-15)

Even Big Oil Wants a Carbon Tax (Bloomberg View, 6-1-15)

The world’s most famous climate scientist just outlined an alarming scenario for our planet’s future (Washington Post, 7-20-15)

 

POLLUTION

What Humans Are Really Doing to Our Planet in 19 Jaw Dropping Images (News Mic, 5-4-15)

 

OCEANS

We dump 8 million tons of plastic into the ocean each year. Where does it all go? (Vox, 10-21-15)

These 5 Countries Account for 60% of Plastic Pollution in Oceans (Eco Watch, 10-15-15)

Ocean fish numbers on 'brink of collapse': WWF (Reuters, 9-16-15) WORLD WILDLIFE FUND REPORT

NASA Video Reveals How 35 Years of Trash Turned Into Ocean Garbage Patches (Take Part, 8-31-15)

Rise in global sea levels inevitable says Nasa (International Business Times, 8-28-15) Facts from NASA Site

NASA Model Maps Show Sea Level Rise (Space.com, 8-26-15)

Warming of oceans due to climate change is unstoppable, say US scientists (The Guardian, 7-16-15)

Toxic Time Bomb: Abandoned US Military Nuclear Dome Threatens Pacific Ocean (Nation of Change, 7-14-15)

Where Has All the (Sea Trash) Plastic Gone? (National Geographic, 12-20-14) REPORT  (Royal Society Open Science)

Inside the lonely fight against the biggest environmental problem you've never heard of (The Guardian, 10-27-14) REPORT (Environmental Science and Technology)

New Map Reveals Extent of Ocean Plastic (Plastic Oceans, 8-14-14)

New Study Finds 88 Percent of Earth’s Ocean Surface Now Polluted With Plastic Trash (Collective Evolution, 7-7-14) REPORT (PNAS)

 

FORESTS

Earth Lost Half Its Trees to Humans (Live Science, 9-2-15)

The ‘Family of 5’ Primary Forests: A Snapshot of What Remains (National Geographic, 7-16-15)

 

FOOD AND WATER SHORTAGE

New NASA data show how the world is running out of water (The Washington Post, 6-16-15) NASA SATELLITE DATA

 

'Epidemic of food riots' could trigger society collapse by 2040, warn scientists (RT, 6-24-15) REPORT (Lloyd's of London)

The global food system is under chronic pressure to meet an ever-rising demand, and its vulnerability to acute disruptions is compounded by factors such as climate change, water stress, ongoing globalization

and heightening political instability.

 

New NASA data show how the world is running out of water  (The Washington Post, 6-16-15) REPORT (Water Resources Research)

More than half of the Earth's 37 largest aquifers are being depleted, according to gravitational data from the GRACE satellite system.

 

FRACKING

The Climate Risks of Natural Gas (Union of Concerned Scientists, No Date) NEW

 

ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTO ESSAY

Mongolian Lake of Death    Current WFF Version    My Updated Version with more description

The dystopian lake filled by the world’s tech lust (BBC, 4-2-15) (We have something on this, but we need to elaborate)

Hidden in an unknown corner of inner Mongolia, is a toxic, nightmarish lake created by the first world's thirst for smart phones, consumer gadgets and green tech.

 

OTHER

What Cities Would Look Like if Lit Only by the Stars (Wired, 11-13-14)


GLOBALIZATION

Globalization and Terror (Common Dreams, 11-3-15)


CREATIVE NATURE VIDEOS

TOP

THE EARTH AS A LIVING CREATURE: NASA HD (a page we put together)

This video just released by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio uses real data to simulate volume-rendered clouds to depict seven days in 2005 when a category-4 typhoon developed off the coast of China.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL

25 Of The Most Polluted Places In The World

A video of the 25 most polluted places on Earth.

 

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Aluna Film: Tribe makes film to save world

More than 20 years ago, Alan Ereira made a film about an elusive Colombian people who changed how he saw the universe. A follow-up has an urgent warning for mankind

 

The Message - Indigenous Peoples of the World through the voice of Chief Oren Lyons

This film is an initiative by Green Cross in cooperation with Plantagon. This message, through the voice of Chief Oren Lyons, is on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples of the World, as the ice is continuing to melt in the North. Humanity is at the crossroads. What we do now and the choices we make in our relationship to the earth, will affect the future of our children and all coming generations.

 

MORE CREATIVE NATURE VIDEOS

Time-Lapse: Mesmerizing "Stormscapes" Dominate Skies

The menacing, magnificent storm clouds of Wyoming come to swirling life in this time-lapse, "Stormscapes," by photographer Nicolaus Wegner.

 

The Planet 2006 Documentary

This Scandinavian production draws on some of the observational strategies of Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi,

allowing us to reflect on patterns and phenomena of human and natural existence from both intimate and sweeping viewpoints.

 

The Great Bell Chant (The End of Suffering) - Thich Nhat Hanh

Beautiful imagery along with

 

This Earth That We Have is Precious Beyond Measure

Montage created by R. Smittenaa, visuals from: HOME, Earth and Baraka

 

In a Forest of Gods

The people of Niyamraja mountain believe that the forest is populated with Gods. They believe this not out of superstition but out of a deep understanding of its significance to them and the survival of future generations.

 

A Winter Morning

When Winter Comes


CREATIVE VIDEOS IN GENERAL

What is Wrong With Our Culture [Alan Watts]


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FINANCIAL ARTICLES

REPORTS

The New Debt Trap REPORT: How The Response to the Last Global Financial Crisis Has Laid The Ground For The Next (PDF)

Jubilee Debt Report Press Release

 

Record Global Debt (RT, 9-30-14)  REPORT

A record level of $158.8 trillion in global debt, together with low economic growth is creating a serious threat of a new financial crisis, says the sixteenth annual Geneva Report.

 

Richest 1% to own more than half world's wealth by 2016 - Oxfam REPORT

Global wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small wealthy elite.

 

CHARTS

THE U.S. BUBBLE ECONOMY IN FOUR CHARTS (Our chart, not published)

The U.S. Federal Reserve injects trillions of dollars of newly created money into the economy. Is this a house of cards waiting to collapse?

 

Money Supply: The New World Economy in Four Charts (Financial Times, 10-8-14)

Four financial charts that show the state of the world.

 

ARTICLES

Argentina

Obama could quickly end the Argentina Debt Crisis (Our Article, Not Published)

Should Obama let a small group of hedge funds threaten the ability to renegotiate global debt world wide? There is a simple solution that he could take to stop this crisis.

 

What Argentina’s Sovereign Debt Dispute Means for Global Finance ( NACLA, 11-18-14)

Why is Argentina's debt crisis such a threat to the structure of global finance? It's because it threatens the ability to renegotiate global debts.


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INTERNATIONAL

The Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe Is Greater Today Than During the Cold War (The World Post, 1-20-16)

More Civilians Killed by US Drone Strikes Than Al-Qaeda Terrorists (Sputnik News, 9-15-15)

 

German Writer Interviews ISIS in person

Brave German Writer Interviews ISIS (Our Page, not published)

 

Syrian Women who fight ISIS (This is on UWW, but needs to be on WFF too)

 

PENTAGON CONCLUDES AMERICA NOT SAFE UNLESS IT CONQUERS THE WORLD: LINK TO REPORT

Press Release on Pentagon Website

I know you don't want to link to the Paul Craig Roberts thing, but I just have this here for reference (Paul Craig Roberts, 7-10-15)  

 

Putin Speech: "New Rules or a Game Without Rules?" (Our Page, Not Published)

Should The West be able to do what it wants without abiding by International Law? Russia thinks not. Putin speaks out. He says its time to set up a more stable world order.

 

Top UN Official Says 'Global War on Terror' Is Laying Waste to Human Rights (Common Dreams, 2-6-15)

Battling terrorism shouldn’t justify torture or mass surveillance, says Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein

 

Can China and Russia Squeeze Washington Out of Eurasia? (Common Dreams, 10-6-14)

One reason why the U.S. won the Cold War was because of an alliance with China. The reason why The West won World War II was an alliance with Russia.

Yet as U.S. policy continues to enforce Western hegemony, China and Russia become more likely allies. This does not look good for the future of the U.S.

 

Alexander Dugin: Letter to the American People on Ukraine (Open Revolt, 3-8-14)

"In this difficult hour of serious trouble on our Western borders,

I would like to address the American people in order to help you understand better the positions of our Russian patriots which are shared by the majority of our society." ~ Dugin

 

VIDEOS

No Judge, No Jury, No Trial - Brave New Films Drone Strikes (We Produced this)

BRAVE NEW FILMS PAGE

The U.S. has conducted over 400 drone strikes on Pakistan.

While on the ground, Brave New Films interviewed real people whose innocent relatives like an elderly grandma and beloved children were killed in drone strikes.


POLITICAL

Hillary Clinton and the Syrian Bloodbath (Common Dreams, 2-14-16)

A Jeffrey Sachs article detailing Clinton's role in the Syrian disaster.

 

Obama's EPA breaks pledge to divorce politics from science on toxic chemicals (Public Integrity, 1-23-15)

The Obama administration's pledge has been a failure. In the past three years, the EPA has assessed fewer chemicals than ever.

Last year, it completed only one assessment. Today, the agency has even embraced measures sought by the chemical industry that have led to endless delays.

 

Frontline Interviews: United States of Secrets Part I

Frontline Interviews: United States of Secrets Part II

The loss of privacy, as the NSA and government are increasingly allowed to spy on U.S. Citizens (PBS, 5-20-14)

 

U.S. Maternal Death Rate Now Highest In The Western World, Thanks To GOP War On Women (Addicting Info, 6-8-15)

Worldwide, fewer women are dying during pregnancy. However, in the United States, women are TWICE as likely to die in pregnancy than they were 15 years ago.


AMERICAN IMPERIALISM - FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Iraq's Shocking Human Toll: About 1 Million Killed, 4.5 Million Displaced, 1-2 Million Widows, 5 Million Orphans (2-1-09)

An account of America's genocide on Iraq through sanctions in the 90's, to today's "war on terror."


POETIC AND CREATIVE WORKS

TOLKIEN QUOTE

What we have so far

Tolkien's quote is a powerful message about the return of the ancient ways in a synthetic world.


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