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The presidential candidates will soon receive a briefing from our nation's Intelligence Community with the upcoming 'Global Trends 2025', an overview of international factors that will shape our world and our place in it. Dr. Thomas Fingar, the chairman of the National Intelligence Council, recently gave a preview of the key findings. It is not a cheery picture.

A world in which we harvest energy generated by our own bodies, grow our own food on rooftops and balconies, and use virtual windows to cut down on long-distance travel sounds like science fiction. Yet, according to a project designed to visualise life in a low-carbon future, these are just some of the products we could be using within 15 years.

Today on Vulpes Libris' Environment Week: Raz Godelnik, the co-founder and CEO of Eco-Libris, writes about few key elements that can significantly impact the future of the book industry and determine how green it will be.

A book review and commentary of The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler.

According to a new study, if current trends persist, 100% of American adults will be overweight in 40 years.  The figure might sound alarming, or impossible, but researchers say that even if the actual rate never reaches the 100-percent mark, any upward movement is worrying; two-thirds of the population is already overweight.

Political leaders have a key role to play in developing and taking action to combat the world environmental degradation, according to a recent survey of 1,350 professionals in position to make or influence large climate-related decisions in their governments, companies, or other organizations across 120 countries

A case can be made that both hydrogen and compressed natural gas (CNG) would offer more advantages as companions rather than competitors in future cars.

As going green becomes more and more popular, it seems that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.

If you can believe it, Shell Oil company provides two plausible future scenarios in which oil supply drops in either case. No surprise there. The biggest surprise is the fact that such a company would release these scenarios to the public to help usher in more renewable energy. Perhaps that is no surprise either. Take a look!

From the GreenerBusiness Podcast "This week we speak with Jaime Salm, who founded the sustainable design firm MIO, based out of Philadelphia."

What's it like to be a young person today, knowing everything we do about what we're doing to the planet and its future? We asked all applicants to universities and colleges in the UK what they really think about the world, the future and our current host of leaders - and we got over 25,000 responses.

On a recent morning here, teams of elementary school students participating in a Ford Motor Co. competition were putting the finishing touches on their environmentally friendly car designs. "In 100 years, oil will be gone," said Andrew Friedman, 11, one of...

Have we become more sustainable in the last then years? This is a brief discussion to find out more.

I know there's a lot of talk on the internet about "how to produce the free energy", "how to capture it" or simply how to lower or eliminate your monthly bills (electricity, gas, heating). In fact, the energy harvested here, on this site, doesn't come for free. It simply exists in space and time and we just find ways of collecting it with some price. What could be such price? What could be the price of denying that we all have to pay something one day and our children will breath a cleaner air than we do? What could be the "reasonable" price?

In the end, it’s love for each other — and those close to us — that will motivate us to make the changes we need to make. It’s love that helps us put the good of others before our own wants and desires. It’s love for future generations (our grandchildren included!) that drives us to leave the world in good shape for them.

So today, focus on love. Focus on being loving and remembering those who love you.

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant presents an interesting thought experiment. They store the nation's most dangerous nuclear waste, and the US Department of Energy is legally required to dissuade anyone from coming too close to the site for the next 10,000 years. How do you do that?

There is more than just the Tesla Roadster soon to be zooming down our streets. Here's a list of 11 (there's one honorable mention) cars that are already in market or have an impending release date within two year's time. The list includes Zap Cars, Think City, Phoenix Motorcars, Aptera Motors, and, of course, the Tesla Roadster.

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