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...When something is in its beginning stages, it’s impossible to really detect what the trajectory is,” he says. “With the organic movement, there’s quite a shift in world consciousness, concern for the survival of the planet, and people are changing their lifestyle...this bodes well for organics...
...What happens is that people with a special relationship to the earth start to get squeezed out...this is about building a relationship with the land. If all you have is something cheap from the grocery store, that’s not necessarily going to transform the planet...it’s going to require some economic resources to make it happen...
...four Hollywood-based movies after Rush Hour 2, plus three starring roles in Hong Kong films, but they didn't do much business, and one, Around the World in 80 Days, cost $110 million to produce and took in far less than half that. After 53 years on this planet, 30 as the hardest working star on any continent, with virtually every bone in his body broken while performing his daredevil stunts, Chan may have worn out not his welcome so much as himself...
...Germany were hit by spells of torrential rain exceeding any in more than a century. The WMO, a branch of the U.N., says the global average for land-surface temperatures in January and April were likely the warmest since records began 127 years ago. Parts of the planet that have been spared weather-related misery may not be lucky for long. The Intergovernmental Group on Climate Change says it's "very likely" that heat waves and heavy precipitation will occur with increasing frequency in years to come...
...billion people around the world lack safe drinking water, a number that could reach 5 billion by 2025. Very few of them live in the U.S., however. Turn on a tap almost anywhere in America, and you'll get clean, safe water--a minor miracle on much of the planet. But you wouldn't know that from the giant plastic bottles of water that many of us haul around as if preparing for a stroll in the Sahara. Americans drank more than 8.25 billion gal. (more than 31 billion L) of bottled water in 2006, a 9.5% increase from...