Economics
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This Collapse is a ‘Crisis of Bigness’
Living through a collapse is a curious experience. Perhaps the most curious part is that nobody wants to admit it’s…
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Divest from Monsanto this Friday, May 9th, 2014! (USA)
We have teamed up with Food Democracy Now! and others to tell Wall Street to Dump Monsanto this Friday. Read…
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The Art of Advertising
Let’s face it, we are surrounded by ingenious advertisements. Whether you drive or surf the net, you will inevitably be…
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Report: Energy, Work and Finance
Click to download report (2.6mb PDF) Politicians and environmental activists often make it seem as if a transition to a…
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Reframing the Planet
People who think they are protecting nature by costing it are stepping straight into the destroyers’ trap. George Orwell warned…
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Planned Obsolescence – The Foundation of Modern Consumer Society
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfbbF3oxf-E The Light Bulb Conspiracy – Planned Obsolescence (Duration: 53 minutes) ‘Planned obsolescence’ is the deliberate shortening of a product…
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Cheap Oil Begets the Centralization of Power
The oil age allowed us to do the wrong things with unprecedented speed and efficiency. Oil is an almost ideal…
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To the Last Drop: Canada’s Dirty Oil Sands (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61X4IQqnmd0 Part I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8m5PFuYRSI Part II Residents of one Canadian town are engaged in a David and Goliath-style battle over…
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Save Our Foodbowl From Coal Mining (NSW, Australia)
Please take one minute to send an email to protect our national food-bowl, the Liverpool Plains, and the rich groundwater…
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The Meat Industry and Ideas for What We Can Do About It
Some practical ideas about the meat industry Spacious chicken houses — a stark minority (Photo by David Ashwanden) In many…
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Loved to Death
By embracing their critics and colonising governments, corporations engineer a world of conformity and consumerism. How do you engineer a…
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Supreme Court Backs Big Coal Over People (USA)
The Supreme Court just issued its ruling on McCutcheon V. FEC (see background on this case here if you’re not…
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