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 on Science Friday with Ira Flatow, “Nuclear Technologies”
March 08, 2010
Lester Brown weighs in on a nuclear discussion between John R. 'Grizz' Deal (Hyperion Power), Richard Lester (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Scott Burnell (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission) with host Ira Flatow on NPR's Science Friday. Posted March 5, 2010.