Economics
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Paradigm Shift Urgently Needed In Agriculture – UN Agencies Call for an End to Industrial Agriculture & Food System
A rising chorus from UN agencies on how food security, poverty, gender inequality and climate change can all be addressed…
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Draw the Line Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline on September 21st, 2013
Last week Canadian Prime Minister Harper reportedly offered to make a deal with President Obama to get approval from the…
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The Economics of the Future: Relocalisation
Eight thousand supermarket outlets now account for over 97 per cent of total grocery sales in the UK; a pattern…
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Peak Oil Is Alive and Well, and Costing the Earth
by Dr Samuel Alexander, co-director of the Simplicity Institute and a lecturer with the Office for Environmental Programs, University of…
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Abbottalypse Now
Tony Abbott intends to trash Australia on behalf of the super-rich. by George Monbiot His views have changed, but don’t…
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Volunteering as Education in Transition
We are no doubt living in an era of unprecedented opportunity for change in our economies and our cultural structures.…
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Paradise Lost
Many of us who have been paying attention to the state of the world over the last half century have…
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Resource Testeria
Promoting extractive industries is seen by politicians as a proper, manly pursuit, even if it makes no sense. by George…
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A Computer Geek Starts a Garden, Part II – We Are Chlorophyll Managers
Last night I ate a couple of dozen cherry tomatoes from my just-getting-started garden. A little pepper and salt and…
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Genes Not Eligible for Patents
US supreme court’s final ruling on breast cancer gene patents should apply to all other gene patents, especially on deadly…
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The End of Email Privacy
A month ago, I wrote an article called Internet Privacy for Permaculturists that recommended switching to a secure email service…
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Across the Board, European Farms Planting Non-GMO Seeds More Successful than GMO Crops in the U.S.
by Shicana Allen, Institute for Responsible Technology On its website, Monsanto uses the slogan “Producing more, Conserving more, Improving Lives”…
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