by Guest Contributor | Nov 29, 2015 | EarthDesk Sunday
In this Thanksgiving season of loosely woven traditions about Native Americans, the photography of Edward Curtis is a welcome relief and “one of the most impressive historical records of Native American life at the beginning of the 20th century.”
by John Cronin | Nov 27, 2015 | Economics, Health, Human Sustainability, Poverty, Sustainability
Last year, hunger and food insecurity increased America’s health costs by $160 billion, more than 1/3 the U.S. deficit, and 48 million Americans, one in seven, lived in food insecure households in 2014, according to the global 2016 Hunger Report by Bread for the World Institute.
by Guest Contributor | Nov 22, 2015 | EarthDesk Sunday, General
Some of the greenest political cartoonists have cast a skeptical eye toward the annual United Nations global climate conferences. Their common theme, the powerful neglect the less so, is a wake-up call to the COP 21 conference attendees — both governments and NGOs.
by Guest Contributor | Nov 19, 2015 | Climate Change, Human Sustainability, International, Poverty, Water
In the wake of the Paris massacre by Da’esh, Yonatan Zunger, chief architect at Google+, wrote that religion and oil “have little or nothing to do with what we’re seeing.” Rather, dwindling water, compounded by climate change, is “one...
by Guest Contributor | Nov 16, 2015 | EarthDesk Sunday
«« »» Arcadio Esquivel, via Cartoon Movement: Born in Costa Rica. Graduated as Caricaturist in the CEAC Institute from Spain, 1982. Graduated as Advertising Designing in the University of Cience and Arts of Costa Rica in Costa Rica, 1999. Professor of cartooning at...
by John Cronin | Nov 4, 2015 | Ecology, Education, Higher Education, Pollution, Water
Environmental Consortium of Colleges & Universities to Present Rachlin the Great Work Award at its Annual Meeting November 7, Vassar College. There are 3.5 million miles of rivers and streams in the U.S. Add to that our estuaries, bayous, bays, lakes, wetlands and...
by Guest Contributor | Nov 1, 2015 | EarthDesk Sunday, General
IN THIS SEASON OF MASS MIGRATIONS, the visually stunning trailer for Winged Migration, Le Peuple Migrateur, is by itself worth a watch. The full-length documentary, released in 2001 and directed by Jacques Perin, is a literal birds-eye view of the mysteries and...