Articles 2010

Il y a cinquante ans, des chercheurs du Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) développaient un modèle informatique prédisant l’effondrement de la civilisation pour le siècle à venir. Une vision apocalyptique du monde, qui aujourd'hui ressemble malheureusement de moins en moins à de la fiction.

Here are the real reasons we’re not building clean energy anywhere near fast enough.

In the early 1970s, ecologist Barry Commoner wrote The Closing Circle, in which he discussed the rapid growth of industry and technology and their persistent effect on all forms of life. He suggested that we can reduce the negative effects by sensitizing, informing and educating ourselves about our connection to the natural world. Commoner summarized the basics of ecology into what he termed “laws of ecology.” Others have also used this idea to develop simple statements that help us understand and remember our connections to nature. Here are five laws of ecology: