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Comment on Argentinian activists take on Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold by One Body Animation

One Body Animation — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:28:22 +0000

Canada could promote more responsible practices in the overseas operations of Canadian mining using 3D Animation.

Comment on What does palm oil have to do with orangutans? by Palm oil ingredients: better labeling laws are needed « Palm Oil Consumers

Palm oil ingredients: better labeling laws are needed « Palm Oil Consumers — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:47:58 +0000

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Comment on Blog Action Day on Climate Change: Human Overpopulation by tonyisnt tonyisnt.wordpress.com

tonyisnt tonyisnt.wordpress.com — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:32:25 +0000

Very glad to see this. I too took this “Blog Action Day” as an opportunity to direct attention to population/carrying capacity overshoot. However, I’m not sure on global food shortage. To paraphrase Daniel Quinn, Malthus was worried about the potential failure of agriculture to produce food for billions of people; I’m worried about its continued success. We are literally growing more food to grow more people.

Comment on Blog Action Day on Climate Change: Human Overpopulation by su greendreams.edublogs.org

su greendreams.edublogs.org — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:58:36 +0000

Population control without a doubt is complicated and controversial, but an inevitable way forward. We should also look at other factors that are contibuting to food scarcity…………
In Kenya 80% of food is produced by small scale farmers/landowners. The average age of our farming population is 65 years! The youth are no longer interested is such arduous work for low pay when the slums are beckoning with ‘opportunities’.
We need to help our aging farming population to become ’smart farmers’ by encouraging the Youth to return to the land through empowering them with innovative agri enterprises using new technologies. This does not mean factory farming, on the contrary, using drip irrigation one can produce up to 60% higher yields than normal methods. Water? Yes a problem but again, we need to become ‘water smart’ using harvesting and conservation methods.

At the end of the spectrum and as controversial as controling populations is the question of controling how much a person should eat. (Stats show 17% of US population are obese) Should we create deterents to stop the obese from consuming more than their fair share of food? Fine the obese?
If we farmed smarter in Africa and managed eating habits in developed countries we may realise we need less than 70% increase in food production within the next 40 years.

Su Kahumbu Stephanou

Comment on About Tipping Point by ben

ben — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:07:32 +0000

Just thought you might be interested in another Tipping Point blog – this one based in the UK.
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Comment on Elephants in Zoos: When did Toronto Zoo hire Pinocchio as a spokeperson? by Kestrel

Kestrel — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:45:39 +0000

I was happy to get the above comment “load of crap”. Anyway who has observed the Toronto Zoo elephants aggressive interludes over the years and knows the history of the entire herd to be one fraught with fights will laugh at the ignorance of the poster above who knows absolutely nothing about the Toronto zoo elephants. No, there was no new elephant in the herd. In fact the “matriarch” had died a few months back, or should I say euthanized due to the usual reasons elephants in zoos die prematurely, and revenge tactics were going on in the “herd”, a fact that no one would dispute unless of course being quoted in newpapers.

And of course anyone who knows anything about wild elephants knows matriarchal herds don’t fight the way humans do. Only a zoo employee would think that due to ignorant pride that their concrete prisons could possibly provide some kind of life for these facsimilies of real elephants.

Comment on Elephants in Zoos: When did Toronto Zoo hire Pinocchio as a spokeperson? by rei azalia

rei azalia — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:09:27 +0000

This is the load of crap. So one fight broke out. Humans fight like animals all the time. There may have been a new elephant in the zoo’s herd. The matriarch would be protective of her enclosure. Elephants pee to get eachother’s scents and do mock charges to show dominance. Do some research before you point the finger.

Comment on Ten reasons why decent people should boycott Canada by Cat and dog fur: Another great reason to boycott Canada « Tipping Point Blog

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:04:15 +0000

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Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:33:04 +0000

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Comment on What Pork Producers Call Farming by Bill Bartmann-

Bill Bartmann- — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:26:44 +0000

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