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August 21, 2010 September 25, 2009
This has nothing to do with giant killer asteroids nearly demolishing the planet. (That’s Near Miss Day, celebrated on March 23, the anniversary of the the day in 1989 that a 1000-foot asteroid passed the spot Earth had been six hours earlier.) No, Earth Overshoot Day is a symbolic measure of humanity’s energy consumption, and it falls on a different day each year. Put simply, Earth Overshoot …Read more 
May 16
Today is the anniversary of the Farakka Long March in 1976. The march protested the construction of the Farakka dam, aka the Farakka Barrage. The dam is located just 11 miles from the border of Bangladesh, and it diverts up to 200,000 gallons of water per second from the Ganges River that would have flowed to Bangladesh. “If ever there was a lesson in the unintended effects of damming rivers, the Farakka Barrage …Read more
April 22 “It’s April 21st Everybody knows today is Earth Day… Happy Birthday To whoever’s being born.” Well, Dramarama was just one day off. Today, April 22, is the unofficial birthday of Earth. She won’t say exactly how old she is this year, but rumor has it, it would take about 4.5 billion candles to light her cake. (Although flattering Creationists insist she doesn’t look a day over 6,014.) Earth Day as we know it–as celebrated …Read more 
March 26, 2011 Earthrise Lights out, aha, blast blast blast I know it’s wrong to be dancing with no lights on… Dancing in the dark to the radio of love… – Peter Wolf, Lights Out Break out those candles. Close the lights (as my grandmother used to say). Tonight, March 27th, at 8:30 local time is Earth Hour. A ritual that began in 2007 in Sydney, Australia spread across the globe in 2008. …Read more |
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