This is the eighth and last in the series ˜Our Changing Times". It is about how we are starting to alter our way of living in response to global climate change. Last time we talked about how farming is changing with grain crops yield reduction and potential new farming methods to make up the shortfall. In the last few years we have been hearing about 'the energy crisis' every day. It seems like you can't go anywhere without it coming up as a topic of conversation. Just what is this energy we talk about and how is it made?

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This is the seventh in the series ˜Our Changing Times". It is about how we are starting to alter our way of living in response to global climate change. Last time we talked about how our everyday electronics and applicances are changing - with batteries being used less and most of those are rechargeable either by hand or the sun. It has long been felt by historians that the day mankind went from hunt to farming was the day that our species started on its long journey to civilization. It's on the back of farming that we have prospered. Allowing us to reach from one pole to the other and play golf on the moon.

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This is the sixth in the series ˜Our Changing Times". It is about how we are starting to alter our way of living in response to global climate change. Last time we talked about how there is a tread towards greater communication at all levels of society. This communication results in a reduction in carbon emissions by reducing unneeded paper production and its associated transportation. Changes are taking place rapidly in many of the common items we use everyday. When was the last time you had to windup your radio?

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This is the fifth in the series "Our Changing Times". It is about how we are starting to alter our way of living in response to global climate change. Last time we talked about how there is a tread away from centralization and towards a more distributed system of supply and consumption. While this may seem to increase dollar and carbon costs to the supplier it greatly reduces the same costs to the consumer. This is because alternative forms of transportation are used under this system like bicycles and walking. Overall, both costs are reduced thus providing for a smaller carbon footprint. One other change that is accelerating due to global warming is how we communicate.

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This is the fourth in the series 'Our Changing Times'. This series is about how we are starting to alter our way of living in response to global climate change. Last time we talked about how we're changing the way we eat. There are many other changes that are taking place. Are you centralized?

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This is the third in the series 'Our Changing Times'. This is about how we're starting to alter our way of living in response to global climate changes. Last time we talked about public road design and how it is changing to better accommodate increasing bicycle and foot traffic. There are many other changes that are taking places. Hungry?

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This is the second the series˜Our Changing Times". It is about how we are starting to alter our way of living in response to global climate change. Last time we talked about institutions changing in response to global warming. There is more to it that just corporate paradigm shifts. Changes are taking place at the local level predicated on how we live our lives. An example of this grass-roots type of change is in how we get ourselves from one place to another.

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This is the start of a series called ˜Our Changing Times". It will be about how we are starting to alter our way of living in response to global climate change. Whether we are born with it, or we learn as we grow in the profession, scientists tend to be good observers of what is going on around them. They look for trends in their data and project that into theories with associated mechanisms.

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