At a global level, the percentage of people with access to electricity has been steadily increasing over the last few decades.
In the visualization, we show global death rates from air pollution over time – shown as the total air pollution, in addition to the individual contributions from outdoor and indoor pollution.
Philosophical and deeply motivated by the love of learning, the other side of planksip art is also fun, playful and an extension of community expression. For example, the series on Wife Art isn't so much an art movement as an expression of a movement. These Reflections from our culture and how we view women in union with the tradition of marriage. The meaning is not only in the meme, but the narratives we tell ourselves and others. Reflections change over time, will our aestetics?
Covering such topics as; Coral Reefs, Protected Areas and Conservation, Threats to Wildlife, Biodiversity and Wildlife, Mammals, Birds, Fish, Living Planet Index, Extinctions, Poaching and Wildlife Trade, and Habitat Loss.
Our featured images and articles occupy a revolving yet functional aesthetic on the planksip home page, the Aikos of dissemination writ large!
Lack of access to safe water sources is a leading risk factor for infectious diseases, including cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid and polio.
To slow down – with the eventual aim of halting – rising global temperatures, we need to stabilize concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere.
There is also a highly unequal distribution of land use between livestock and crops for human consumption.
Explore the long-term history of Earth's extinctions, and where we are today.
Figures of Speech is a collection of over 1,500 quotes (and growing) from famous figures of our past. Giants from the past worthy of our remembrance. Co-authorship is recognized on each speech act (blog post). As these tidbits of romantic tendencies arise, 'ent-sprechen' emerges and the reflection subsides, ephemeral yet less so as we culturally transmit the Logos of learning and all that we value. 'O sepi to poli' is courtesy of Aristotle.
See the long-term changes in coal, oil and gas production and consumption.
Inspired and brought to life through the imaginings of one Samir Samson, these reviews embody the character, virtuous and otherwise, of a lover of literature, life and the hell all around us. The struggle is all around us, will you turn to the classics? We hope so!
Centric to the only hegemony that matters. The RATE at which our climate is changing is alarming! Does that make us all either alarmists or deniers? The dichotomy may be false but the threat is real. Navigating towards a better future is an ideal worth living for. Come on people let's do something about this!
Indoor air pollution is caused by burning solid fuel sources – such as firewood, crop waste, and dung – for cooking and heating.
The extensive land use has a major impact on the earth’s environment as it reduces wilderness and threatens biodiversity.
The living Planet Index is one of the most common biodiversity metrics. What does it tells us about the world's wildlife?
The number of deaths from natural disasters can be highly variable from year to year; some years pass with very few deaths before a large disaster event claims many lives.
The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF) maintains a database on oil spills caused by tankers, combined carriers and barges since 1970. The data covers the entire planet.
Outdoor air pollution is one of the world’s largest health and environmental problems.
The emission of ozone-depleting gases impacted the earth’s ozone layer – a layer that absorbs most of the Sun’s ultraviolet radiation.
All human thinking proceeds by means of 'concepts'. Find out why.
Welcome to Against Professional: A Co-Authored Anarcho-Philosophical Diary
An exploration of science, faith, and philosophy. Join George Gantz on this spiral journey as he inquires into topics at the intersection of scientific knowledge, human experience and spiritual insight, in the effort to understand, to grow, to change and to make the future a better place. Explore a diverse collection of essays, posts and videos.
post-Keynesian Economist
The work explores psychological ruptures wreaked on those most vulnerable-the mentally disabled, the elderly; those in extreme poverty and other disenfranchised populations suffering from homelessness, hunger, and violence.
The lasting effect of this series is one of foulness, a biological tradition of shared space and living a life together. Art is an expression, Wife Art is questionable by definition.
“My art is a glimpse through the doorway into the country of emotion – but it is your country, not mine.”