Dennis Bushnell is the chief scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.  Below are excerpts from an article he wrote for THE FUTURIST magazine, with links added by eco-S for this post.

Original article: Conquering the Climate Crisis, Dennis Bushnell, THE FUTURIST

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JUNE 24, 2010
Indigenous Rights March, Toronto
Tell the World the Truth About Canada's Record on Indigenous Rights

 

 
                                Watch: Part 2 (9:51)                 Watch: Part 3 (9:37)

"...the way we're living right now is an historic anomaly and it can't continue." ~ Richard Heinberg

On March 22, 2010, Post Carbon Toronto presented a talk by peak oil/energy expert and author, Richard Heinberg -- "Life after growth: Why the economy is shrinking and what to do about it" -- at Trinity-St. Paul's Church, Toronto, Canada.

And below are two brief excerpts from the introductory summary and conclusion of an essential, March 15, 2010, report, Tipping Point: Near-term Systemic Implications of a Peak in Global Oil Production, by David Korowicz, Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability (FEASTA)...

A People's Climate Summit from Peter Armstrong on Vimeo.

OneClimate Channel reports live from Cochabamba, Bolivia, April 2010.