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.

April 25, 2012
Mother Earth News shared Lester Brown's article "Building an Economy Centered on Wind Energy," on its website. They call it "an inspiring new report about the remarkable shift to renewable energy that is now underway across the globe."