Did you know? China is planting a belt of trees to protect land from the expanding Gobi Desert. This Great Green Wall is projected to extend some 4,480 kilometers (2,800 miles), stretching from outer Beijing through Inner Mongolia (Nei Monggol). Unfortunately, recent pressures to expand food production appear to have slowed this tree planting initiative. For more information view the text and data in Chapter 8 of Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization.
Lester Brown's 80th Birthday Guestbook
Looking Back On An Illustrious Career
This blog is intended as an on-line festschrift celebrating Lester Brown’s career, which has spanned over 50 years beginning with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Overseas Development Council, Worldwatch Institute, and now Earth Policy Institute. As this is a moderated blog, comments will be posted after review by the online moderator.
So please join us in celebrating Lester's career with your thoughts below.
Cheers,
The EPI Team