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100 Ways To Undermine The Industrial Machine - Saturday, October 24th 2009 10:07 AM
It takes guts to do something that could change things forever. I’m not the obvious candidate to be a hero, that’s a fact; I have children and a wife, and an extended family...
I Was Wrong (But I'm Learning) - Monday, September 28th 2009 1:58 PM
There is a marvellous moment in a speech by Derrick Jensen1, in which he refers to a chapter in his book “A Language Older Than Words” in remarkably scathing...
Finding My Identity - Monday, August 31st 2009 2:11 PM
I have found an identity. Is that really such a big deal? The thing is, I didn’t realise I was missing one. There are so many things I could call myself: a human, male, a...
As If Humanity Actually Mattered - Thursday, July 30th 2009 11:28 AM
I am about to make you feel uncomfortable. Sorry, but there’s no way of avoiding it if I’m going to tell this story as it should be told.You are a human being; a member of...
The Logical Absurdity Of Climate Change Denial - Tuesday, June 30th 2009 3:52 AM
If someone doesn’t want to believe something then what can you do to change their mind? Trust me, it’s more difficult than you think: it isn’t just the simple case of...
What If...We Connected? - Saturday, May 30th 2009 7:00 AM
The wind is blowing hard, and the trees are bending down low, the air rushing across their branches, dragging leaves and blossom into the sky. The early summer grass, being...
Thinking About The Future - Wednesday, April 22nd 2009 5:53 AM
The future is everything we will ever know, and everything we have never known. Some people deny its existence: one group of people are the Pirahã of Amazonia, who have created...
Time's Up! - Friday, March 20th 2009 2:01 AM
There is a book I would like you all to read, and you don't have to pay a single penny for it, if you don't want to. The book is called "Time's Up! An Uncivilized Solution To A...
The Environmental Mainstream Is Obsolete - Friday, February 20th 2009 2:49 AM
In the 1970s life became simpler. The Age of Aquarius was the stuff of satire and the hippy dream of a world full of love and peace had died; ironically killed off by a war in a...
A Simple Message For Humanity - Tuesday, January 27th 2009 3:35 AM
Human activity is destroying the natural systems that we depend upon for our survival. Our most basic instinct as humans is to survive; yet we continue to destroy our...
If The Economy Doesn't Shrink, We're Finished! - Wednesday, December 31st 2008 5:50 AM
Credit crunch; economic crisis; financial meltdown…2008 became the year of monetary superlatives – and for good reason because, as far as most objective economic observers...
The Problem With...Civilization - Wednesday, November 26th 2008 7:16 AM
Civilization or civilisation n. an advanced stage or system of human social development(Concise Oxford English Dictionary)Something BETTER than civilization is awaiting...
Sabotage Is Not An Option, It Is A Necessity - Monday, October 27th 2008 10:19 AM
When the signal fails during the advertisement break, who will be screaming: the children in the middle of getting their fix of consumer messages; the shoppers finding out what...
Your Contract With Life - Thursday, September 25th 2008 4:24 AM
TO ALL HUMANSOWING TO THE EXCEPTIONAL ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS CURRENTLY OCCURING ON EARTH, ALL HUMANS ARE REQUIRED TO READ AND SIGN THE FOLLOWING CONTRACT IN ORDER TO SECURE THEIR...
What If...Carbon Capture Worked? - Wednesday, August 27th 2008 7:40 AM
Sweep it under the carpetAlways room for moreUntil it hits the ceiling It wasn’t too long ago that I was busily writing about the folly of Carbon Capture and Storage as a...
The Problem With...Work - Friday, July 18th 2008 7:13 AM
At what age do you think your working future is planned out for you? If you are conscious of the impact civilization has on our lives, you shouldn’t be surprised to hear...
A Matter Of Scale - The Story Behind The Book - Monday, June 30th 2008 5:36 AM
How do I summarise something consisting of 100,000 words, 17 chapters, four self-contained and entirely different sections, and containing the solution to most of the...
One (Large) Step At A Time - Wednesday, May 28th 2008 11:10 AM
Here’s a photo of my vegetable patch. At the front are two rows of lettuce and a patch of spinach – the kinds that you can keep picking and they will keep growing. Halfway...
Why The Public Can Change (Conditions Apply) - Monday, April 28th 2008 6:46 AM
On March 11, 2006 – just over two years ago as I write these words – I published an article on The Earth Blog called, “Why The Public Won’t Change”, opening with the...
What If...The Lights Went Out? - Wednesday, March 26th 2008 4:52 AM
A darkened room, its walkways dimly illuminated by emergency lighting and the displays of monitoring equipment, rumbles with the vibrations of cooling systems injecting...
USA Syndrome (or Why China Is Suddenly Bad) - Wednesday, February 27th 2008 6:46 AM
It is often said that the greatest fear of both the politician and the businessman is that somewhere, someone is doing something that he has no control over. Witness the...
The Problem With...Hope - Thursday, January 24th 2008 8:16 AM
I need to talk to you about hope. I need to warn you about having it, for merely by having hope you could become nothing more than a bundle of ineffectual good intentions....
6 Things You Must Do - Friday, December 28th 2007 3:03 AM
Lists are useful things: shopping lists, lists of things to do, lists of addresses, lists of names and numbers, lists of articles to write. I do keep a list of articles to...
The Night Shift - Thursday, November 29th 2007 7:25 AM
It is 3:30 in the morning as the cold winter air paws at the roof tiles, and the drizzle softly obscures the blind windows of our sleeping house. In a chilly annex, unseen, a...
The Problem With...Homogeneity - Tuesday, October 30th 2007 2:14 AM
“Fair and Lovely” advert, Unilever Pakistan. It was one day in 2003, perhaps, when we used to have milk delivered to our door early enough for it not to become curdled by...