Fertilizer

Human Waste Used By 200 Million Farmers, Study Says

National Geographic | Tasha Eichenseher | Posted 08.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Recycling, Sewage, Fertilizer, Human Waste, Environment, National Geographic, Green News

Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 milli...

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Join Me in National "Screw the Oil Companies and Terrorists" Week

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Oil Cartel, Oil Companies, Fertilizer, Food, Carbon, Terrorist, Oil, Rightwing Republicans, Democrats, Economy, Gas Prices, Energy Independence, Environmental Solutions, Green News
Paul Abrams

Current debates about energy independence are future-oriented, and will do nothing in the short term to ease economic woes. Let's use the internet to stop the bleeding: take up the following challenge.

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Schools at Risk: A Unique Perspective

Gerald Bracey | Posted 05.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Education History, Education Reform, Technology, Public Schools, Fertilizer, U.S High School Graduation Rate, Fritz Haber, Pills, Living News
Gerald Bracey

Discussions about the condition of public schools usually center on curriculum, instruction and test scores. A new book by Gene V. Glass reads more like a thriller than an academic treatise.

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Who Are These People?

Jane Smiley | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fertilizer, Starvation, Farming, Hunger, Africa, Famine, Malawi, World Bank, Free Market, Capitalism, Obesity, Politics News
Jane Smiley

The World Bank opposes fertilizer subsidies in order to -- well, it boggles the mind. In order to what? Get rid of the population? Degrade the soil beyond repair? I cannot think of any other reasons.

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