Ben Jervey is a freelance writer, environmental consultant, and ecopreneur who has been working towards a more sustainable life in New York City for years. He recently released a book to help others do the same--The Big Green Apple: Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Living in New York City.
"The depressing reports are coming fast and furious. Germany-based Energy Watch Group says the world has already reached peak oil, and predicts that production will now fall by 7 percent a year. The Worldwatch Institute suggests that 21 cities that will have populations of 8 million or more by 2015 are highly vulnerable to havoc wreaked by rising seas. A new economic assessment from the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research suggests that the U.S. faces hundreds of billions of dollars in weather-related damages in coming years if it doesn't get crackin' on climate-change mitigation. And an informal office poll suggests that no one got laid last night. Will the dry spell never end?" -
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