Planet 3.0

Larry Lessig’s much-watched call to action is America-centric, but it has much to offer the rest of us too, especially in parts of the world subject to the infestations of the Murdoch Press. The question relevant to us here really is cui bono, who benefits? Who benefits, that is, not from overstating or understating specific issues, but who benefits from the collapse of civilized discourse itself?

Andrew Freedman at Climate Central reports on an extraordinary ongoing heat wave in Alaska. [more]

via Shrink That Footprint

The new layout you see is just the first of many improvements we have in store for the site. In addition to the clean modern look, it will be readable on small screens, so you can catch up on the planetary perspective on the run. If you see something that isn’t quite right please let us know in the comments.

“Isn’t it sad that you can tell people that the ozone layer is being depleted, the forests are being cut down, the deserts are advancing steadily, that the greenhouse effect will raise the sea level 200 feet, that overpopulation is choking us, that pollution is killing us, that nuclear war may destroy us – and they yawn and settle back for a comfortable nap.