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making the most of global depression
2008-03-21 13:40:00 Richard Heinberg, author of ‘The Party’s Over’ suggests in an article at Hopedance it really is up to us how we react to the unravelling of the global economic system based on cheap oil. The oil is running out, this depression is likely to be like nothing seen before. The implication is clear: if we hope to survive as a species, and ... More About: Depression , Global
no end in sight - incompetence in Iraq
2008-03-20 19:45:00 Whatever your feelings about the invasion of Iraq or American foreign policy generally, this movie will shock you. From day one in Iraq the Bush administration has ignored advisors, cut corners, and done everything possible to alienate and anger the Iraqi population. The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq?s descent into ... More About: Incompetence , Sight
freedom to fascism - US income tax illegal?
2008-03-20 12:25:00 Aaron Russo’s ‘America: Freedom to Fascism ’ is a shocking documentary, informing viewers that there is no legal basis for personal income taxes in the US. In fact the US Constitution forbids any federal income taxes. Russo asks many officials to cite the law which permits a tax on labour, but none can show him and ... More About: Income , Illegal , Income Tax
saving seed
2008-03-15 19:16:00 Clifton Middleton tells us about saving tomato seeds. To grow something and not save it’s seed is a missed opportunity to fully engage in the cycle of life. Only in these recent times of technological growth and mechanisation have humans tried to extract themselves from these natural cycles, depending instead on increasingly large companies for their food and ... More About: Saving , Seed
back yard sustainability
2008-03-15 17:59:00 Intensive gardening for renters. You dont have to buy a smallholding to provide some of your food needs. Peak Oil, climate change and the general endgame of civilisation is going to push us into a style of living that is actually far far better for us than the wage slave reality that we are forced to live now. Start collecting those seed stocks now!! Share This More About: Back , Sustainability , Yard
more on US prison industry - big business or a new form of slavery?
2008-03-11 15:11:00 Human rights organizations, as well as political and social ones, are condemning what they are calling a new form of inhumane exploitation in the United States, where they say a prison population of up to 2 million - mostly Black and Hispanic - are working for various industries for a pittance. For the tycoons who ... More About: Business , Industry , Slavery , Big Business , Prison
warning to the world - survival acres
2008-03-05 19:45:00 I am referring a lot of callers to review some of the data found on this blog, and therefore, am going to state some things here that might be ?old ground? for regular readers, but need to put refreshed near the top of this blog. It is my opinion that the ?trigger events? leading ... More About: World , The World , Warning , Survival , Acres
flow - for love of water
2008-03-05 16:12:00 Water is the essence of life, sustaining every being on this planet. Without water, there would simply be no plants, no animals, and no people. But the global water supply isn’t just at risk, it’s already in crisis. FLOW: For Love Of Water, a new film by Irena Salina, highlights the local intimacies of an emerging ... More About: Water , Flow
russell means on the lakota nation
2008-03-03 15:28:00 Hitler learnt from the USA’s treatment of indigenous population. We want to breathe clean air, we want clean water again. And the only way to do that is to become free again. Freedom brings the freedom to be responsible. Good on you Russell . Share This More About: Nation , Lakota
land of the free?
2008-03-01 15:41:00 1% of the US population is in prison, says a new report from the Pew Centre on the States. The full report can be read here. (pdf doc). A close examination of the most recent U.S. Department of Justice data (2006) found that while one in 30 men between the ages of 20 and 34 is behind bars, the figure is one in nine ... More About: Free , Land
the humanure handbook
2008-03-01 15:03:00 The flush toilet is probably one of the stupidest ideas that civilisation has ever come up with. Instead of a valuable resource, human waste is now deemed a ‘waste product’ It is mixed with drinking water, pumped down long pipes to a treatment works, in the process getting mixed up with all kinds of contaminants (toilet paper, cleaning ‘products’, industrial waste etc), and then has to be cleaned. The ... More About: Handbook
food riots & shortages
2008-02-26 22:20:00 A report from the NY Times states that Syria, Oman, Palestine, Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan, Saudi Arabia & Morrocco are all suffering from massive increases in the price of food. Civil unrest, strikes and rioting are bec oming widespread as basic food staples ha ve as much as doubled in the last few months . ?Now we have to choose: we either eat or stay warm. We can?t do both,? said Abdul Rahman Abdul Raheem, who works at a clothing shop in ... More About: Food , Riots
what a way to go - life at the end of empire
2008-02-24 00:02:00 the website Share This More About: Life , Empire
permaculture 101
2008-02-23 22:32:00 Permaculture - originally derived from permanent agriculture, but maybe a better interpretation is permanent culture - will no doubt be an important solution for for many of the survivors of the mess humanity now finds itself in. Local communities providing their needs in harmony with and observant of the local habitat. The empire’s economic system ...
if it wasn?t them it would be someone else
2008-02-23 22:13:00 This system is heirarchical. Imagine it as a pyramid. Those higher up have more power and wealth. Selfishness and greed is rewarded with more power and wealth. The better someone is at turning the world into resources, and other people into slaves, the higher up the ladder they can move. By its very nature this ...
the final empire - the collapse of civilisation
2008-02-23 20:43:00 Written by William H Kotke, this is effectively two books in one, the first entitled ‘The Collapse of Civilisation’ is another shocking summary of the devastation that civilisation (or the culture of empire) has wrought throughout the planet, while the second ‘The Seed of the Future’ is an attempt to come up with solutions. Book one includes chapters on the history of disintegration, soil, forest, agriculture, ... More About: Final , Empire
food prices escalating
2008-02-17 16:47:00 Worldwide, the prices of staple foods have been increasing drastically. Survival Acres has done some research on food price increases over the past 12 months: The ranges listed below are price increase for the large container sizes (bags or buckets) from 2007 to 2008 (only 1 year): Hard Red Wheat 58% - 76% Hard White Wheat 58% - 85% Corn Whole Yellow ... More About: Food , Prices
as the world burns - 50 things you can do to stay in denial
2008-02-15 20:06:00 The latest book from Derrick Jensen, in collaboration with cartoonist Stephanie McMillan, is not actually a list of 50 things. The title is a parody of all those ‘things you can do to save the world’ books - all the greenwash that attempts to shift the blame for environmental problems onto individuals and their consumer choices. The book, in easy read cartoon format ... More About: World , The World , Things , Burns , Stay
everything I want to do Is illegal - JOEL SALATIN
2008-02-05 22:52:00 The following article was first published in Acres USA v.33, n.9, Sept 2003 1sep03. Everything I want to do is illegal. As if a highly bureaucratic regulatory system was not already in place, 9/11 fueled renewed acceleration to eliminate freedom from the countryside. Every time a letter arrives in the mail from a federal or state ... More About: Joel , Illegal
YAY for urban scout!
2008-02-04 21:40:00 Urban Scout ’s rant about rewilding culture. Share This More About: Urban
Russia to become a nation of ecovillages?
2008-02-04 16:33:00 By William Kotke, reprinted from Truth to Power Vladimir Putin has indicated full support of Dmitriy Medvedev for the post of President of the Russia n Federation. Medvedev, who is presently First Deputy Prime Minister has indicated enthusiastic support for the concept of eco-villages. Medvedev will be the candidate of the Edinaya Rossiya Party. Medvedev expressed his support ... More About: Nation , Ages
endgame - the problem of civilization
2008-02-04 13:56:00 So, hopefully you have read Ishmael, and the gorilla has made you start to think about all the things in your life that you believed were ‘normal’ or unchangeable. Mother culture continually reaffirming the values and belief systems of that culture, over and over, day after day after day. Hopefully you have started to doubt ... More About: Civilization , Problem , Endgame
the corporation
2008-01-25 22:36:00 This film looks at our economic system, where huge corporations make decisions that affect all of us & planetary eco-system, with little or no accountabil ity. Corporation s are legally bound to maximis e profits,while ignoring consequences, for the financial benefit of a few individuals. They are the epitomy of this civilisation - a culture with little or no connection to its landbase. Millions of humans live in cities. Their everyday needs delivered ... More About: The Corporation
celebrating collapse: the coming adventure
2008-01-15 17:07:00 Thank god. It?s coming ? the adventure many of us have been waiting decades - even our whole lives for. It?s been laying quietly, waiting for us, for this juncture, for thousands of years, and now it?s here. We?re about to go back. Back to normal. Back to a life that- if we can survive to ... More About: Collapse , Adventure
peak everything - Richard Heinberg
2008-01-11 18:28:00 PEAK EVERYTHING Author - Richard Heinberg The latest of Heinberg’s books chronicling the depletion of not only our carbon based resources but loads of other important commodities too. easy to read and authoritative. £ 11.99 Click here to view full book details on eco-logic books website Other books by Richard Heinberg include: THE PARTY’S OVER Author - R. Heinberg Another peak oilers’ ... More About: Peak
severe food shortages, price spikes threaten world population
2008-01-10 14:39:00 Worldwide food prices have risen sharply and supplies have dropped this year, according to the latest food outlook of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The agency warned December 17 that the changes represent an ?unforeseen and unprecedented? shift in the global food system, threatening billions with hunger and decreased access to food.The FAO?s ... More About: World , Price , World population , Pike
how Cuba survived peak oil
2008-01-10 00:35:00 The Power of Community: When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba ’s economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half ? and food by 80 percent ? people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during ... More About: Peak Oil , Peak
why what?s happening in Greenland matters now
More articles from this author:2008-01-07 15:07:00 It is hard to shock journalists and at the same time leave them in awe of the power of nature. A group returning from a helicopter trip flying over, then landing on, the Greenland ice cap at the time of maximum ice melt last month were shaken. One shrugged and said, ?It is too late ... More About: Matters 1, 2 |
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