Earthbags: Why hobbit-holes are part of green building’s future | Grist

For one thing, they're an alternative to cement -- "a major expense and cause of global climate change," Geiger writes.

70 months and counting ... | Andrew Simms | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Reckless practices in the banking and oil industries are tying us together in what Ban Ki-moon calls a 'global suicide pact'

If we all try to commit suicide by breathing air containing, say, 600ppm CO2, how many of us will die?