Consumerism
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The Gospel of Consumption
It’s with a degree of dark fascination I watch as the current financial crisis brings substantial funding to the same…
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Plastic Fetish
by George Monbiot – journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist Do you remember that unspeakably naff designer accessory,…
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More Nails in Satire’s Coffin
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins Truth is far stranger and dumber than fiction. Noel Lynch brought the Tesco idiocy…
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Choice and Prosperity
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins It’s a conundrum, isn’t it? Development and climate change. Such a dilemma – convoluted…
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Food Forests Across America Campaign Hits the Airwaves
Food Forests Across America: it’s more than just a wonderful concept – it’s a campaign. If you missed our recent…
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A Farm for the Future
Seeing Permaculture promoted on the BBC is yet another positive sign of the times. In this 50 minute presentation, wildlife…
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Michelle Obama Begins Kitchen Garden on White House Lawn
Here’s a little more on arguably the best news to come out of politics this year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTISywReu4o And, word around…
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Following Orders
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins More than 7 million quids worth of police will be ensuring that protestors don’t…
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In Memory of Dorothy Stang
Preamble: I post the following today, as next Wednesday night (8pm March 25, 2009) HBO2 in the U.S. is running…
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Veggie Garden on White House Lawn
We asked for it – a veggie garden on the White House lawn. Could this be true? ABC News’ Brian…
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Will Obama Allow Organic Farming and Farmers’ Markets to Effectively Get Banned?
A potential new legally enforced system of regulating how food is produced and processed currently before the U.S. Congress has…
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A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Editor’s Note: While we may tire of hearing bad news – the reality is that this tendency to only want…
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