Nature & Ecology

Michael Mozzhechkov19.08.2026

After World War II, Japan lay in ruins. Around 25% of the nation’s wealth had been destroyed, while industrial production had fallen to roughly one-tenth of its prewar level. Under these circumstances, Japan set out to catch up with the world’s leading economies—and too often, that drive for growth came at the expense of both […]

David Tilman26.05.2026

Those who look at the Parthenon, that incomparable symbol of the achievements of an ancient civilization, often do not see its wider setting. Behind the Acropolis, the bare dry mountains of Attica show their rocky bones against the blue Mediterranean sky, and the ruin of the finest temple built by the ancient Greeks is surrounded […]

David Tilman14.02.2026

The importance of Israel in the history of the relationship of mankind to the environment results from the wide influence of the Judaic religion and its implicit attitudes toward the natural world. Israel was a very small country, and for much of its history was at the mercy of the great Near Eastern empires, so […]

David Tilman02.09.2025

Chapter 1. Today more significant changes take place in months or years-or even seconds, in the case of atomic explosions. While the real extent and nature of the impact of ancient technology must not be underestimated, what impresses us almost as much is the failure of the ancients to pursue inventions, and the slow rate […]

David Tilman31.08.2025

The damaging changes being suffered today by the natural environment are far more rapid and widespread than anything known in ancient times. Today deforestation proceeds on a worldwide scale, the atmosphere becomes more turbid and opaque every year, the oceans are being polluted on a massive scale, species of animals and plants are being wiped […]

David Tilman24.07.2025

The attitudes of the early Greeks toward nature were shaped by their religion. They saw the natural environment as the sphere of activity of the gods. Greek religion was in large part the worship of nature, and the old Greek gods were essentially nature deities. The gods ruled nature, they appeared in it, they acted […]

Vladimir Morozov07.07.2025

In 2025-2030, regions will receive subsidies for the implementation of the project “Water of Russia”. It is planned to allocate about 70 billion rubles for these purposes in the next 5 years. The Government of the Russian Federation by Resolution No.869 of June 9, 2025 approved the rules for subsidizing activities for the construction and […]

Vladimir Morozov02.04.2025

Deputy Prime Minister Patrushev congratulated all those involved on the International Day of Forests, which was established in 2012 by the UN General Assembly to remind everyone of the importance of all types of forests and to raise awareness of their role. Quote: “Today, each of us needs to understand how important the topic of […]

Sergey Stankevich17.09.2024

Who has been chatting louder and louder about “green energy transit” to save the planetary climate? The Democratic Party in the United States, almost all parties in Europe, but especially all sorts of “green” and light green ones. Who did they blame and kick first? That’s right, they terribly criticized China, the “main polluter” of […]

Lucy Dickerson27.08.2024

Look at what they’ve come up with — eating meat and cheese and washing it down with milk… No way… It’s time to take care of the planet… They’ve already taken good care of rare birds like the puffin, especially in Scotland, where these little birds foolishly flew into the blades of wind turbines and […]

Minamata Disease: Japan’s Environmental Reckoning

Civilization and Environment

Ancient Israel and the Natural Environment

The Ancient Roots of Our Ecological Crisis (Ch.2)

The Ancient Roots of Our Ecological Crisis

Greek Religion and the Natural Environment

Federal project “Water of Russia” — is it about the process or the result?

How to Manage State Forests in the Dark?

China is the Greenest of All

War on Meat

The GKChP and the Chinese Lesson

Minamata Disease: Japan’s Environmental Reckoning

How a Chemistry Student Defeated the Tsarist Generals

Netanyahu Calls Britain an “Islamic Country with Nuclear Weapons”