On AlterNet: earth

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The Planet Strikes Back: Why We Underestimate the Earth and Overestimate Ourselves

Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch.com. April 14, 2011.

What Earth does to protect itself from human intervention is unlikely to prove beneficial for human societies.

The Temperature Is Getting Hot as Hell and We're Not Going to Take It Any More

Bill McKibben, TomDispatch.com. August 5, 2010.

Fossil fuel is wrecking the one earth we've got. Polite suggestions won't get us anywhere.

My Mother's Day Gift to the Planet: Not Having Kids

Chris Bolgiano, Blue Ridge Press. May 6, 2010.

Like me, many women could discover that a childfree life offers meaningful experiences that balance the loss of mothering, and theirs could be a great gift to a beleaguered planet.

The Food Nightmare Beneath Our Feet: We're Running Out of Soil

Larry Gallagher, Ode. April 28, 2010.

Each year the world loses an estimated 83 billion tons of soil. What does this mean for food production and what can we do about it?

How Everyday Citizens are Breaking the Law for Mother Earth

Katherine Butler, EcoSalon. March 29, 2010.

Meet the people who like to push the legal edge when it comes to going green.

The Earth Is a Ponzi Scheme on the Verge of Collapse

Matthew Stein, Huffington Post. April 28, 2009.

Our model of exponential growth in consumption of energy, natural resources and raw materials cannot last forever.

How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth

Herve Kempf, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 22, 2008.

We've got to think about our choices for the future collectively, seeking cooperation rather than competition.

Do Humans Deserve to Find Life on Other Planets?

Glenn Hurowitz, Huffington Post. April 8, 2008.

Since we've been discovering new worlds on this planet, we've been destroying them.