Monthly Archives: July 2011

by Life Poets Simplicity Collective on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 3:59pm I’ve recently drafted a working paper on ‘degrowth’ for a journal which I’ve summarised below. The full working paper can be downloaded here: Planned Economic Contraction: The Emerging … Continue reading →

By Wayne Roberts There’s only one issue that gets all right-thinking North Americans yelling out of the far left side of their mouth. Roads. It’s almost universally believed that roads should be built by the state, from each according to … Continue reading →

by Janelle Orsi on June 30, 2011 This piece was originally published on shareable.net here. The Rise of Fast Homes I recently drove through Lakewood, a city 10 miles south of Los Angeles, just to see for myself what it … Continue reading →

COLOMBO, Jan 24, 2011 (IPS) – A Sri Lankan scientist is calling for the drafting of “Millennium Consumption Goals” to force rich countries to curb their climate-damaging consumption habits, in the same way the poor have Millennium Development Goals to … Continue reading →

Submitted [to defenestrator.org] by rosa on Mon, 2010-03-08 01:20 The South American Nation of Bolivia has filled the headlines of the global press with their fight against water privatization, struggle for nationalization of Gas, non-compliance with Free Trade policies and … Continue reading →

From Copenhagen and Cancun to Bonn and Durban, Climate Meetings are Conferences of Polluters Patrick Bond Judging by what transpired at the global climate negotiations in the former West German capital, Bonn, it appears certain that in just over five … Continue reading →

Leonardo Boff http://leonardoboff.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/is-the-crisis-of-capitalism-terminal/ I believe the present crisis of capitalism is more than cyclical and structural. It is terminal. Are we seeing the end of the genius of capitalism, of always being able to adapt to any circumstance? I am … Continue reading →

June 28, 2011 Bill McKibben: “Exploiting the tar sands is a crime, pure and simple—and, given the stakes, it is one of the most staggering the world has ever seen.” by Bill McKibben New Republic, June 27, 2011