Reflections on an environmental catastrophe
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 Posted in Environmental cleanup, Disaster relief, Human Impact, False Solutions, Energy, ethics, water | 1 Comment »Abel Collins from RI Sierra Club raises the big questions with strong words at RI Future: Let’s not mince words. We are watching one of the worst environmental disasters humans have ever caused unfold off the coast of Louisiana in ...
The Wrong Kind of Green
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 Posted in Charitable giving, Environmental cleanup, Denial, False Solutions, Politics, Conservation, ethics, climate change | 1 Comment »Johann Hari writes in The Nation on how the environmental movement has, for decades, been co-opted by corporate interests. A must-read for anyone that wants to know the real rules of the game.
From the mouths of teens
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Environmental cleanup, non-human rights, Human Impact, ethics, general, Conservation, deep ecology | No Comments »This video is making the rounds now, but actually comes from a speech by Severin Suzuki at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. Severin is the daughter of Dr. David Suzuki. Could any corporate or government leader look her in ...
Monbiot: Stock collapse petty compared to the nature crunch
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in ethics, Social Justice, Economy, Money, adaptation, climate change | No Comments »George Monbiot writes about the larger view in this article in The Guardian. As we goggle at the fluttering financial figures, a different set of numbers passes us by. On Friday, Pavan Sukhdev, the Deutsche Bank economist leading a European study ...
Intergenerational larceny: Henry Paulson in action
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Politics, ethics, Economy, Money | No Comments »Newsweek this week had a cover story on Treasury Secretary Paulson, entitled "King Henry." We offer this video as evidence that Paulson is an opportunistic criminal out to grab unbridled power and rescue the rich at the expense of the ...
Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in ethics, spirituality, climate change | No Comments »So we take a break from Peak Oil (but don't forget to read that last post--and everything else for that matter) This is Don Brown from the Rock Institute at Penn State. Below is the pdf of the White Paper ...