Since 1945, the use of pesticides has risen 3,300 percent, however crop loss due to pests has not decreased. Despite the fact that USA (on average) uses 2.2 billion pounds of pesticides annually, crop loss has increased by 20 percent. To make matters worse these statistics were taken a decade ago, and if you remember anything from your high …
Congratulations to Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States of America, who has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”. Here’s what President Obama had to say: Related articles by Zemanta “Breaking: President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize” and related posts (my.barackobama.com) …
Once again, Muhammad Yunus tells it like it is. See the abstract of his talk at the National Press Club the same day: http://www.press.org/wire/article.cfm?id=1282. I haven’t found any more video yet, so please let me know if you find a link to that.