Economics
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Thoughts on Vocational Training Centers for Ecological Restoration
John D. Liu I’m often asked “What can I do to help?” to restore the Earth. Over the years I’ve…
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The Gift of Death
Pathological consumption has become so normalised that we scarcely notice it. by George Monbiot There’s nothing they need, nothing they…
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Letters from Ladakh – Culture Demolition in Fast Forward
Editor’s Preamble: Despite the title, I’m no longer in Ladakh. Indeed, it was way back in August 2009 when I…
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Exxon Hates Your Children
Exxon hates your children. Yes, that’s what I said, and no, I’m not kidding. The truth is, if you judge…
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Forbidden Planet
We cannot restrain climate change without a political fight against plutocracy. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and…
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Consumer Choices
by William Park, Eco Ola, Peru Heritage varieties of Quinoa outside Alausí, Ecuador Can consumer choice be a driver of…
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The Fat of the Land
Robbing the poor, trashing the natural world: Europe’s farm subsidies are an obscenity. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and…
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The Sufficiency Economy – Envisioning a Prosperous Way Down
Editor’s Preamble: I would exhort readers to ignore the potentially off-putting length of this piece, to instead step into, and…
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Nature Resilience – Organizing Ecological Restoration by Partners in Business for Next Generations
I was recently invited to contribute to a concept paper (2.2mb PDF) authored and edited by Willem Ferwerda. Mr. Ferwerda,…
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The Guardian Institutions of Hierarchy
One aspect of human culture that seems irresistible to the ancient status-seeking part of our brain is the development of…
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Building Markets or Building Society: Responses to Food Speculation
There are 154 million reasons why speculation via the commodity markets needs to be stopped – and stopped fast. 154…
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A 50,000-Foot View of the Global Crisis
We are now well into a global crisis that may mark the end of this cycle of human civilization. In…
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