The Recipe for Change in a Post-Carbon World
http://transitionculture.org/ Book Review-Part V (of VI) Fleeing Vesuvius, New Zealand Edition (2011, Feasta and Living Economies) Parts 5 and 6 of Fleeing Vesuvius are entitled “Changing the Way We...
View ArticleThe World Economic Forum Weighs In
Leaders from 2008 World Economic Forum This is the second of two posts on Global Risks 2012, a discussion document the global elite is considering this week at the World Economic Forum meets in Davos...
View ArticleThe Origins of the Club of Rome
Famous Diagram from Limits to Growth (This is the second of four blogs about the Club of Rome, which along with Bilderberg, the Trilateral Commission and the Council on Foreign Relations, is an...
View ArticleThe Politics of Hemp
How to distinguish industrial hemp (the first plant) (This is the first of three posts about the Industrial Hemp Farming Act Bill sponsored by Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate...
View ArticleThe Female Face of Poverty
Happy International Women's Day Today (March 8th) is International Women’s Day. This year the UN has declared the theme “Empower Rural Women: End Hunger and Poverty.” According to the UN Food and...
View ArticleTaking on Big Coal – and Winning
More good news this month. All signs suggest that ordinary Americans are winning the battle against Big Coal (see * below). However you won’t read it in the New York Times. The mainstream media is...
View ArticleBank of America Turns Over a New Leaf
Welcome to Your Bank of America (from http://www.yourbofa.com/) Dear Fellow American, Welcome to your Bank of America. Today, it’s time to acknowledge that our Bank isn’t working anymore—not just for...
View ArticleGrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth
2011, Directed and produced by Dave Gardner http://www.growthbusters.org/ Film Review Growthbusters is the inspiring story of Dave Gardner’s efforts to challenge conservative Colorado Springs’ failed...
View ArticleWho Funds the Climate Denial Industry?
According to the Guardian, a newly released Greenpeace study reveals it’s not just Exxon and the Koch brothers who fund the climate denial industry. In a recent article, they describe how a secretive...
View ArticleCollapse: Revisiting the Adam and Eve Myth
A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright (2004 Caroll and Graf) Book Review The theme of A Short History of Progress is social collapse. In it, Canadian historical archeologist Ronald Wright...
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