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POPSThe North American Way of Life: An unsustainable ponzi scheme? “You can get this burst of wealth that we have created from this rapacious behavior,” ... “But it has to collapse, unless adults stand up and say, ‘This is a Ponzi scheme. We have not generated real wealth, and we are destroying a livable climate ...’ Real wealth is something you can pass on in a way that others can enjoy.”
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POPSThe Zero Carbon Caravan ...many people simply do not believe that such a world is possible, so they need a good example giving a practical demonstration of what is possible. This is where the Zero Carbon Caravan comes in (here the word ‘caravan’ is used in the sense of a group of people traveling together, rather than a metal box towed behind a car.) Maltese Falcon (290ft), and co., photo RobertGalbraithWe will demonstrate how it is possible to travel, work and play all without generating any carbon emissions at all. We will provide a positive, inspiring vision of the future, where, instead of merely consuming, we lead fulfilling lives.
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POPSSusan George: Transforming the Global Economy Susan George, Chair of the Board of the Transnational Institute ( http://www.tni.org/george ) speaking on "Transforming the Global Economy: Solutions for a Sustainable World", sponsored by the School of International Development & Global Studies, University of Ottawa, 29 October 2008
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POPSFood needs 'fundamental rethink' "Essentially, what we are dealing with at the moment is a food system that was laid down in the 1940s," he told BBC News. It followed on from the dust bowl in the US, the collapse of food production in Europe and starvation in Asia.
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POPSFreeganism Freegans - The ultimate frugalists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeganism Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on "limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources". The website freegan.info states that freegans "embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed." The lifestyle involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters that have passed their display date but haven't passed their edible date. They salvage the food not because they are poor or homeless, but as a political statement. The word "freegan" is a portmanteau of "free" and "vegan". Freeganism started in the mid 1990s, out of the antiglobalization and environmentalist movements. Groups such as Food Not Bombs served free vegetarian and vegan food that wa
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POPSCommon Wealth: Sustainable future We are in one another's faces as never before, crowded into an interconnected society of global trade, migration, ideas and, yes, risk of pandemic diseases, terrorism, refugee movements and conflict. We also face a momentous choice. Continue on our current course, and the world is likely to experience growing conflicts between haves and have-nots, intensifying environmental catastrophes and downturns in living standards caused by interlocking crises of energy, water, food and violent conflict. Yet for a small annual investment of world income, undertaken cooperatively across the world, our generation can harness new technologies for clean energy, reliable food supplies, disease control and the end of extreme poverty.
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POPSDo organic-cotton jeans have better DNA Ideal Bite is a great generator of "green" ideas. Daily newsletters are a must read for me. The permalink to this tip is here - http://www.idealbite.com/tiplibrary/archives/its_in_your_jeans1/
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POPSLose the lawn altogether I don't know why this should be considered the "extreme" option. Seems to me that lawns -- systems on ***high intensity permanent life support -- should be considered the extreme. *** HIGH INTENSITY PERMANENT LIFE SUPPORT ... What I mean is that in order to survive and thrive, lawns NEED: - regular cutting - regular watering - fertilizing - pest and weed control (usually chemical) How did we ever let lawns become some kind of status symbol??? What were we thinking!? /e
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POPSPeak oil and politicians Peak Oil is NOT on the radar of US presidential candidates. Ever wonder why? Why they are like ostriches on this matter-of-fact reality? This article is a "must read" for anyone interested in the answers, and in the future for their children and grandchildren.
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POPSWhy is stiving for sustainability SO important? This piece has been extracted from the Interface Inc. website. Interface is the largest manufacturer of carpeting in the world. In the mid 90's, then CEO, Ray Anderson , had an epiphany... a spear through the chest, and started this multinational corporation down a new path!
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POPSact,build,eat,invent,learn,live,move Laky’s text treatment really seems to declare once and for all that the best solutions might literally be right in our own backyards and communities, with materials and practices that simply need to be re-examined and better utilized. As the artist openly states, “Natural materials are very expressive…they also connect me to nature which is a deep love of mine.” According to her artist website, Laky considers herself to be an environmentalist, with her work often employing materials harvested from nature and/or agricultural sources with select recycled elements incorporated. “She is attracted to humble materials and simple, direct methods of hand construction…Laky has (also) been a strong advocate for the establishment of an environmental sustainability curriculum in design and art at UC Davis.”
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POPSWe have met the enemy... and he is us! Who can't personally identify with this. Sometimes it seems to me that we need to reboot civilization. We seem to have it completely wrong. Even if we reboot, what a total mess we've made of our home... the earth... and what a huge job we have to try to clean up our mess!
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