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气候变化所引起的担忧还不足以推动除了政治对话之外的实质性行动。
Fear of the distant horrors of climate change isn't enough to drive anything more than just political talk and hand-wringing
中国正在尝试利用水交易来解决保证供应公平和避免生态破坏这个双重问题。
China approaches water trading with the twin problems of ensuring equity of supply and avoiding ecological damage
早在40年前，新加坡领导人就意识到一个社会在污染环境中的生活成本要比在清洁环境中高得多。中国也能认识到这一点吗？
Singapore’s leaders realised 40 years ago that it is much more expensive for a society to live in a polluted environment than a clean one
至年初官方严打危害食品安全犯罪起，已有900余人因生产销售假肉而被捕，其中更有甚者以老鼠肉冒充羊肉。
After more than 900 arrests over the selling of fake meat, including rat as mutton, officials face an uphill battle to change a fraudulent culture
人类在过去100中的过度捕捞导致了鳕鱼、鲨鱼、金枪鱼和箭鱼等大型鱼类数目急剧减少。
A century of overfishing by humans has seen a vast reduction in the numbers of large fish, such as cod, sharks, tuna and swordfish
印度农业遭遇危机，农民自杀事件接连发生，兰詹娜•帕迪的新作《遗孀》讲述了这一背景下妇女的艰难处境。
Written against the backdrop of continuing suicides among Indian farmers, a new book describes the impact of the country’s agricultural crisis on women
短评 in brief
如果人类不能消除对生态和地球系统的无知，世界将会怎样？卡斯帕•亨德森认为，弗雷德•古特尔的《物种的命运》一书对最坏的情形进行了令人惊心的概述。
The Fate of the Species by Fred Guterl is a bracing overview of the worst that can happen if humans do not overcome their ecological and Earth-systems illiteracy, writes Caspar Henderson.
可持续性，粮食和燃料
液态或气态碳氢燃料是否可持续的关键问题在于“其氢和碳来自哪里？”如果来自史前地下存贮，则为非可持续，最终将消耗殆尽。如果来自空气和水，则为可持续能源。
据此，长远来看，石油，煤炭和天然气都不是可持续能源，而中国喜欢着眼未来。不依托食物来源和非占用农田的生物能源将行之有效。生物降解可提供持续的乙醇，甲醇和甲烷（见生物沼气第三章：中国沼气指南）。 大卫·布鲁姆的《酒精制燃气》一书对此颇有见解。在中国，尤其是相关领导人应该阅读这本书。它绘制出一个路线，以可持续农业为核心的体系可以使中国可以实现粮食和能源安全。
Sustainability, food, and fuels
The key question on the sustainability of a liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon fuel is "where does it get its hydrogen and carbon from?" If it gets them from prehistoric subterranean deposits then it is not sustainable. They will run out eventually. If it gets them from the air and water then it is sustainable.
By this logic, oil, coal, and natural gas are all not sustainable, particularly in the long range. China is much more experienced in long range thinking. Bio-fuels that are based on non-food feedstocks, especially ones that do not use farmland are available. Ethanol, methanol, and methane from biodigesters are sustainable (see Biogas Volume 3: A Chinese Biogas Manual). A highly recommended book on this is Alcohol Can Be A Gas by David Blume. This book should be read by many in China, especially people in leadership roles. It maps out a course that China can use to reach food and energy security using a permaculture-centered system.