Thomas Fischbacher
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Jun- 2011 -22 June
When to Not Use Money – and Why
Let us imagine a fictitious mountain village — or, for that matter, any other close-knit community — that has a…
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Apr- 2011 -29 April
The Nuclear Race to the Bottom
One thing that often is forgotten in discussions about nuclear energy utilization is that it involves quite a lot of…
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Feb- 2011 -17 February
Climate Belief Forensics II
Editor’s Note: This is part II of a series. If you haven’t already, read Part I first. Considering the Latin…
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10 February
What Have We Allowed Our Society to Become?
This is a translation of a short sample from a comedy show filmed in January 2011 in Munich. The language…
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Jan- 2011 -19 January
Masanobu Fukuoka
This is a fairly recent video about the Natural Farming pioneer Masanobu Fukuoka (1913-2008) that was produced by one of…
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11 January
Organized Barter and Redistribution of Surplus
In chapter 14 of the Permaculture Designers’ Manual, Bill Mollison gives an interesting example of a restaurant (Zoo Zoo’s) that…
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Dec- 2010 -31 December
Climate Belief Forensics – Part I
Considering the Latin root of the word, ‘forensics’ is about bringing something before the public that they should perhaps know…
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21 December
Gaviotas
This is a video on the work of Paolo Lugari, founder of "Gaviotas", a project that managed to build a…
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Nov- 2010 -26 November
Full Monty Scanner or Enhanced Pat-Down – the Only Options?
There are a thousand things wrong with flying, considering that it’s an excellent way to burn precious liquid fuels for…
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8 November
Early Retirement Extreme
Two issues keep on puzzling me about economics. On the one hand, it undoubtedly is an incredibly important subject. At…
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Sep- 2010 -2 September
Liquid Democracy
Isn’t it time to imagine a new world? Perhaps it is impossible to write an article about politics without evoking…
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Jul- 2010 -23 July
A Fresh Look at Gandhi – Part II
by Thomas Fischbacher. Read Part I here. History has seen many an ideology fail that wrongly believed to "finally" explain…
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