Our “end of the economy” moment
This past week at the Transition Network Conference 2010 in the UK, the speaker Stoneleigh rocked everyone’s paradigm with her talk “Making Sense of the Financial Crisis in the Era of Peak Oil”.
Archive for July 2nd, 2010
Back to our roots
Last September I attended the Prairie Festival at The Land Institute in Salinas, Kansas. At the institute, Wes Jackson and his colleagues are undertaking one of the most important agricultural research projects in the world. They have gone back to first principles and are breeding new grain crops that are perennials rather than annuals…They have taken the long view.
Myths from the right about the disaster in the gulf
A new narrative reverberating in right-wing political circles blames the Deepwater Horizon disaster on a favorite scapegoat: the federal government.
Declaration adopted by the Ecojustice People’s Movement Assembly at the US Social Forum, in Detroit, June 2010
We support the conclusion that only by “living well,” in harmony with each other and with Mother Earth, rather than “living better,” based on an economic system of unlimited growth, dominance and exploitation, will the people of this planet not only survive but thrive.
Deepwater Horizon watch - July 1
-Exclusive: Was disregard for industry standards on BP rig worse than we thought?
-Deep Water Oil The Final Frontier
-Senate Panel Ends Liability Limits for Offshore Spills
Economics - July 1
-RBS tells clients to prepare for ‘monster’ money-printing by the Federal Reserve
-Peak Metals - What happens when we run out?
-A quiet crisis whispers of impending poverty