Society
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A Civilisational Tipping Point
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute In recent years there has been a growing concern over thresholds or tipping…
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Life at Zaytuna – Why Work When You Can Fish?
Note for American readers: Exchange the word ‘dam’ in this post for ‘pond-that’s-formed-by-a-dam-wall’, and you’ll get what we antipodeans mean…
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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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Subsidising the Climate Crash
Why have government agencies been paying to increase the number of flights? by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental…
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Urban Design Patterns in Melbourne
by Dan Palmer, Very Edible Gardens As more and more people become aware of the many reasons to provide for…
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The Commencement Address by Paul Hawken to the Class of 2009, University of Portland, May 3, 2009
When I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that…
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Stop Building Tanks
Let’s divert the money spent on arms to addressing the real strategic threat. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and…
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Home (video)
The following documentary, ‘Home‘, is almost perfect. As a photographer, I was totally engrossed in the imagery – mostly shot…
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Update on Shell Lawsuit
I know many of you will be wondering what happened in the Wiwa vs. Shell case I wrote about recently,…
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