Obesity, climate change and hunger must be fought as one, health experts declare

Maybe, when it comes to finding a way out of a global crisis of obesity, we’re just thinking too small.

The best way to fight the obesity epidemic is to tackle
it and the problems of malnutrition and climate change
 at the same time, experts argue in Lancet.

Maybe the steps needed to reverse a pandemic of unhealthy weight gain are the same as those needed to solve two other crises of human health: malnutrition and climate change.

So instead of trying to tackle each of these problems individually, public health experts recommend that we lash the three together.

In a treatise published Sunday in the British medical journal Lancet, a multinational commission argues that consumers, business leaders and policymakers must focus their efforts on steps that address at least two of these crises at a time. Only then can they can resolve this trio of emergencies fast and fully enough to make a difference, they wrote.

And no, the experts added: Tackling climate change, world hunger and obesity all at once is not an overreach

Read the story from The Los Angeles Times by Melissa Healy - “Obesity, climate change and hunger must be fought as one, health experts declare.”

Why We Shouldn’t Think of Climate Change as Only a “Global” Issue

You’re sweltering in the summer heat. Or maybe you saw photos of the giant chunk of ice that broke off Antarctica. Or you read about the climate Armageddon as described in a recent New York magazine article, and wrapped your mind around hot, belching seas, famine, massive waves of climate refugees, and even the possibility of human extinction. But climate change is a global crisis, and only national and international leaders can do anything about it, right?

Actually, some of the most powerful work to combat global warming is happening close to home. With the fossil fuel industry exerting so much power at the national level, much of our strength is in taking a stand together, where we live.

Here’s a success story that convinced me of this. I visited a quiet valley in southeastern Montana on the road trip that resulted in my book, The Revolution Where You Live. The Otter Creek Valley is made up of ranches, a small river, and the rocky outcroppings of the Custer National Forest. Nearby is the reservation of the Northern Cheyenne tribe. The area is also rich in coal, and Arch Coal and its partners wanted to dig the largest strip mine in the state to get at it.

Read the story by Sarah van Gelder on Yes! Magazine - “Why We Shouldn’t Think of Climate Change as Only a “Global” Issue.”

Prince Charles correct about Syria and climate change

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ast week, Prince Charles, known for his occasionally outrageous views, asserted what sounds at first to be absurd: that climate change may have been a cause of Syria’s mayhem, which has become an almost global crisis.

On closer inspection, the evidence backs him up.

While certainly not the only cause, an increasing number of experts agree that widespread famine in Syria, linked to warming global temperatures, contributed to the current chaos that has killed hundreds of thousands of people, created millions of refugees and given birth to Islamic State (IS). And that as our planet heats up, we must prepare for more climate wars.

Read The New Daily story - “Prince Charles is right about climate change and Syria.”

Tom's "Prescription for the Planet"

Tom Blees has a Prescription for the Planet.

He recognises the fact that the earth is ill and in a privately published book has put together his prescription.

The cover of Tom
Blees new book.

Writing in praise of the book, the Director at Plasma Research in the US, Louis J. Circeo Jr., Ph.D. said: “Tom Blees has embarked on an important journey to launch a Global Energy Revolution. This book brings together the most important technologies of the day to counter the effects of global warming and looming energy crisis”.

Blees book is accompanied by the website that helps readers understand what he says is a painless remedy for energy and environmental crisis.

On the book’s back cover it says: “Global crisis, like climate change, pollution, and resource wars simply cannot be managed by the same systems that created them. The unprecedented severity of these problems demands a new world paradigm that actually offers solutions and promises a better life for all.

“Prescriptions for the Planet offers real remedies for all those dilemmas-and more. Impeccably researched and lucidly written, this is a must read for anyone concerned about the health and well-being of Planet Earth and its inhabitants.”