Society
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Our Global Ponzi Economy
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Our mismanaged world economy today has many of the characteristics of a Ponzi…
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Arresting Blair
His bid for the EU presidency gives us the best chance we’ll ever have. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic…
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A Virtual Geoff Lawton Urges You to Cross the Line
We’ve just happened upon a rather unusual way of sharing the Permaculture ‘get out there and do it’ message. Someone…
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Active Listening
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins I’d be very interested in hearing what coping mechanisms readers have developed for dealing…
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The Population Myth
People who claim that population growth is the big environmental issue are shifting the blame from the rich to the…
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Mullumbimby Community Gardens Makes Headway
Do you remember that a couple of months ago we headed a little east to help some Mullumbimbians out with…
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Letters from Sri Lanka – The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement, and the Ten Basic Needs
Part II of a series – If you haven’t already, read Part I before continuing. What do we really need?…
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Quail Springs Seek to Get Sustainability Legalised
The dried up bed of the New Cuyama River, a few miles from Quail Springs, evidences the impact of the…
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures?
I just read how certain scientists are now describing geo-engineering options as ‘feasible‘. Sigh. As it has become increasingly obvious…
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Throwing Out the Throwaway Economy
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Piles of rubbish, and an incredible stench, border a main market street in…
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In the Transition to Self-sufficiency, Suburban Food Gardens Have a Role to Play
In all my 25 years gardening and landscaping, I’ve never seen anything like the interest in food gardening of the…
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Should We Seek to Save Industrial Civilisation?
A debate with Paul Kingsnorth Dear George, Sitting on the desk in front of me are a set of graphs.…
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