Month: January 2012
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EDITORIAL: Transforming Transformation in 2012
As 2012 begins, we witness a world in the throes of transformation. There is nothing particularly new about this. The contemporary world, born out of the great revolutions of the modern era (the American, the French, and perhaps most of all the Industrial), exists in a state of perpetual transformation. Very little seems to last…
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Major Media Ignoring The Reality of Climate Change?
The reality of climate change is increasingly obvious to most Floridians, and indeed people worldwide. The economic and cultural consequences are also increasingly apparent. Food prices continue to escalate, severe weather impacts more of us every year, electrical power consumption steadily increases, 20,000 species a year become extinct, diseases migrate, and we may be reaching…