Monthly Archives: February 2012

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 … Continue reading →

23 Feb 2012, Samuel Alexander The Simplicity Collective Our country is set up structurally to oppose voluntary simplicity. – Michael Jacobson Our lifestyle decisions, especially our consumption decisions, are not made in a vacuum. Instead, they are made within social, … Continue reading →

by Hilary Wainwright Hilary Wainwright is a founding editor of Red Pepper and research director of the New Politics programme at the Transnational Institute (TNI). http://www.redpepper.org.uk/an-excess-of-democracy/ Here she examines the possibility of forging a new kind of political economy by … Continue reading →

CUBA: Oil Drilling Opens Up New Possibilities By Patricia Grogg http://ipsnews.net/newsTVE.asp?idnews=106785 HAVANA, Feb 16, 2012 (IPS) – The search for oil in Cuba’s Gulf of Mexico waters, launched by the Spanish firm Repsol, has triggered speculation about future prospects for … Continue reading →

Dear colleagues,   The School of Continuing Education on the Ecuadorian Buen Vivir (= Good Living) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration of Ecuador, has the pleasure to present the First International Conference on:   “SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT … Continue reading →

Boaventura de Sousa Santos The treatment given by the major media to two events occurring during the last few weeks – the World Economic Social Forum of Davos and the Thematic Social Forum of Porto Alegre – speaks loudly of … Continue reading →

The High Price of Materialism from the Simplicity Collective Posted: 12 Feb 2012 06:02 PM PST Tim Kasser is a psychologist that has spent many years researching into the effects of materialistic values and practices on human wellbeing. I highly … Continue reading →

The Great Carbon Bubble: Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Fights So Hard by Bill McKibben The giant energy companies are making so much money right now that they can’t stop gorging themselves. ExxonMobil, year after year, pulls in more money … Continue reading →

As governments prepare to sanction a Green Economy at Rio+20, ETC Group provides an update on corporate power and warns that the quest to control biomass will perpetuate the Greed Economy. The world’s largest companies are converging around biomass in … Continue reading →

Alexis J. Passadakis & Matthias Schmelzer Attac Germany, 23 November 2010 1.) Our goal: Social rights – global and concrete 2.) Nature is limited and resistant 3.) Decoupling is not possible 4.) “Leur récession n’est pas notre décroissance!” 5.) …and … Continue reading →