Archive for the ‘World’ Category

A Guardian article claims that toilet paper is worse for the environment than gas-guzzling Hummers.

Link to article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/26/toilet-roll-america

A video on Hulu called “The Future of Food” is a very interesting account of how companies own patents to different varieties of seeds in the U.S. Monsanto, one of the largest seed owners (and producers of pesticides) has genetically engineered seeds to resist their own pesticide products. The company has then filed numerous lawsuits against farmers for “illegally” obtaining these seeds, even though they were inadvertently blown onto their land by wind and grown their accidentally.

This is a very interesting topic because it shows how the nature of agriculture has dramatically shifted since it  started during the Mesolithic/Neolithic periods. Who knew that people can now legally “own” seed varieties and then prosecute others for obtaining those seeds. What’s to keep all varieties of seeds from being owned by corporations and virtually controlling the U.S.’ (or world’s) entire food stock??

Link to video: http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food

The FDIC has published a list of over 100 failed (closed) bank branches since October 2000. There is a link to each bank to help those affected by closings.

I was reading a chapter from Archaeology: Down to Earth by Thomas and Kelly when I got sidetracked and decided to search online for more information about a set of mounds at Poverty Point in Lousiana. In my search for more information, I found an interactive video created by The Bradshaw Foundation of chronicling mankind’s early start from Africa through out the world. The video is a nice way to understand where and when mankind traveled through out the ages.