We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Monday, November 4, 2013

Climate Change Seen Posing Risk to Food Supplies

Click here to access article by Justin Gillis from the NY Times (requires registration) via Information Clearing House. This posting includes an excellent 9:18m video from the livehistory.net website (appears to be extinct).
Climate change will pose sharp risks to the world’s food supply in coming decades, potentially undermining crop production and driving up prices at a time when the demand for food is expected to soar, scientists have found.
....  The warnings come in a leaked draft of a report under development by a United Nations panel, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.