David Woolfson's Blog – April 2009 Archive (9)

The Green House of the Future

The Wall Street Journal published this article the other day. "We asked architects to draw up plans for the most energy-efficient houses they could imagine. They imagined quite a bit."

Added by David Woolfson on April 29, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

The WorldShift 2012 Declaration!

The Declaration has now been renamed and rewritten as a one-page powerful statement. This document, now posted in the left column of the site, can change the world with the support and signing on of tens of thousands and ultimately millions of global citizens worldwide! This web network will soon be be the main gateway to public endorsement and signing on to the WS2012 Declaration. Please view the new version and let us know… Continue

Added by David Woolfson on April 28, 2009 at 6:00pm — 5 Comments

Climate Catastrophe? Here's What the U.S. Could Look Like in 2100

MSN article of today - Earth Day - considering the severe impact of climate change on the USA by 2100 if no action against warming is taken.

Added by David Woolfson on April 22, 2009 at 9:27am — No Comments

I.M.F. Report puts Global Losses From Crisis at $4.1 Trillion

From New York Times article dated April 22, 2009.

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WASHINGTON — With the global economic downturn deepening and confidence in the financial system still elusive, the International Monetary Fund estimates that banks and other financial institutions face aggregate… Continue

Added by David Woolfson on April 21, 2009 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Climate change will overload global humanitarian system by 2015 warns Oxfam Report

This article article was published in the Guardian UK newspaper today. Here are the main points:

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Emergency organisations could be overwhelmed within seven years by the rising number of people in poor countries affected by floods, droughts, heatwaves, wild fires, storms, landslides and other climate hazards. Analysis by Oxfam… Continue

Added by David Woolfson on April 21, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

FRACTAL TIME: The Secret of 2012 and a New World Age -very important new book by Gregg Braden

I just finished reading Fractal Time by Gregg Braden which has recently been published by Hay House. I recommend this book as essential reading for anyone interested in humanity's immediate future focused on 2012. The book explores three underlying elements of time: fractals, cycles and patterns. Basically what has gone around comes around again and again over eons of time. We are in at the end/beginning of such a great time cycle right now - both the end of a 5,125 and 25,625 year cycle… Continue

Added by David Woolfson on April 14, 2009 at 12:06pm — 1 Comment

Gorbachev Calls For Dramatic Boost In Solar Energy To Revitalise Economy & Fight Climate Change

March 30, 2009. San Antonio -- Green Cross International Founder Mikhail Gorbachev has urged world leaders and the private sector to make big investments in solar energy swiftly as a way out of the current economic crisis and as part of an emergency response to climate change. Mr. Gorbachev was addressing a press conference in San Antonio, Texas, where he addresses the 33rd NPRA International Petrochemical Conference.

“The oil industry is a key stakeholder. Their commitment is… Continue

Added by David Woolfson on April 10, 2009 at 10:08am — 1 Comment

The Unthinkable Becomes Thinkable: Towards Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

This article one one of the major threats facing humanity today was written by two former Presidents and a former Prime Minister of Poland and published in Poland's biggest daily newspaper on April 3, 2009.

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The Unthinkable Becomes Thinkable:

Towards Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

By Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Lech Wałęsa

The meeting of US and Russian presidents has prompted… Continue

Added by David Woolfson on April 9, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Ice shelf about to break away from Antarctica

PARIS - A massive ice shelf anchored to the Antarctic coast by a narrow and quickly deteriorating ice bridge could break away soon, the European Space Agency warned Friday.

The Paris-based agency said satellite images show the bridge that connects the Wilkins Ice Shelf to Charcot and Latady Islands "looks set to collapse."

The Wilkins Ice Shelf — which like the rest of Antarctic's ice sheet "was formed by… Continue

Added by David Woolfson on April 3, 2009 at 8:19pm — 1 Comment

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