Consumerism
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The Roots of Change – in Ourselves, or Government and Industry?
“The American Frankenstein” I could very much relate to an article I read today, albeit with some reservations: WOULD ANY…
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Our Moral Dilemma: Because We Don’t Live on an Inflatable Earth
The Group of Eight members have just decreed we should limit global average temperatures to no more than 2°C above…
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Carbon Offsetting – Is it Cheating?
A couple of years ago I discovered a site called cheatneutral.com. I thought I’d share it with you today in…
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Rich Nations Buying Up Land in Poor Countries at Escalating Rate
As concerns over food security – and maintaining a lavish lifestyle – deepen, people in poor nations are seeing their…
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Monsanto Runs Into Wall. Yes!!
Say NO to Monsanto, GMOs, and the patenting of life The frustration about this company – Monsanto – and others…
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The Oil Intensity of Food
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Today we are an oil-based civilization, one that is totally dependent on a…
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A Better Way of Making a Living
Making a living in our modern culture usually requires that you participate in the destruction of the world. We can’t…
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Oil and the Darfur Conflict
In a bid to join the dots a little further after the previous post, here’s an additional clip. This one…
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The Video Shell Doesn’t Want You to See
Photo credit: Ed Kashi The video below was originally displayed on wiwavshell.org – the website for the plaintiffs filing a…
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Blue Desert
Why is no one brave enough to stand up to the fishing industry? by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and…
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