Soil Erosion & Contamination
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Making the Case for the Genetically Modified Human
If we fail to change trajectory, then perhaps we should be re-engineering the root cause of our problem — ourselves?…
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“Civilisation Needs to Change Its Intent” – Interview with John D. Liu
Although recorded back in May, for International Permaculture Day (see here and here), I found out about the interview below…
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Hunger Games
The rich world is causing the famines it claims to be preventing. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental…
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Why Australia Needs a “Peoples Food Plan”
by Richard Widows We are in the early stages of a global food crisis, the likes of which has never…
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We Can Reforest the Earth
by Lester R. Brown , Earth Policy Institute Protecting the 10 billion acres of remaining forests on earth and replanting…
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Lead Soldiers
A new front opens up in the war against nature. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political…
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The Australian National Food Plan – Have Your Say!
National Food Plan, Green Paper 3.75mb PDF The Australian federal government has issued a green paper on a National Food…
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Throwaway Economy Headed for Junk Heap of History
by Lester R. Brown , Earth Policy Institute In their book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things,…
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Anomie
Enclosure and dispossession have driven us, like John Clare, all a little mad. by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and…
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Letters from New Zealand – Koanga Sows Seeds of Change
Current evidence indicates that New Zealand may well be "the youngest country on earth". Possible fellow competitors for this claim…
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Coal to Liquids – Racing to the Bottom With the Fuel from Hell
I thought I’d add to George Monbiot’s recent post highlighting moves to persevere with fossil fuels by sharing a little…
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