Spend, Don’t Mend.
Monbiot. Awesome. Read it… Spend, Don’t Mend.. Advertising and consumerism dull our capacity for empathy. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 26th November 2013. Guilt is good. It’s … Continue reading
Wanting makes us happier than having!
Originally posted on SIMON WILD:
Great news for the environment bad, news for retail. Interesting study from the University of Missouri that has studied the happiness effect from stuff and…
Twitter Roundup
The hideous Belgian Blue SUPERCOW. Can people be persuaded to alter their diets for health and sustainability? http://t.co/2Io9l6tmbC Sweden’s energy supply now over 50 percent renewable! http://t.co/xgNKG6SMqA Amazing reality for … Continue reading
How to be green – Solar Power is cheaper than carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Originally posted on SIMON WILD:
Getting to zero carbon or 80% by 2050 is a tough task, its going to cost money but as with anything that costs money we…
Oblivious
Blindness and ignorance veil the realities of modern impacts on the environment perpetrated by our daily choices. We see it on the news, we hear it on the radio, we … Continue reading
Adbusters’ Buy Nothing Xmas
Reblogged from Adbusters.org Attention shoppers! As our planet gets warmer, as animals go extinct, as the humans get sicker, as our economies bail and our politicians grow ever more twisted, … Continue reading
Originally posted on Truth11.com:
Jurriaan Maessen Infowars.com July 17, 2010 Bangladesh leader Zillur Rahman and others in Asia are pushing for population control. As we know, the globalists endeavor…
Challenges, what challenges? Where’s the remote…
Yes sir, but can we switch off the tube for a minute please, sir? Can we sit and think for a few minutes maybe? Shouldn’t we be concentrating on the … Continue reading
Will Technology be Our Safety Net?
Is technology a safety net, or does it just get in the way of what’s really important? Safety net for what? What is the problem we are trying to solve … Continue reading
Natural Resource Depletion, Enviro-Degredation
The OECD ties Natural Resource Depletion and Environmental Degredation directly to human well-being. In order to properly respect the environment and our biosphere to ensure it remains in tact for … Continue reading
Annie Leonard and her Wonderful Stories of Stuff
We all need stuff to live. Seems simple. We need food, shelter, clothing, education, representative government, healthcare and employment. But our contemporary culture, and more importantly the people around us, … Continue reading
Tar Sands? Holy Mother Earth – What are They Thinking?
Talk about raping the planet?!? Yeah, you can get oil out of the bitumen that is eked out of tar stands extraction, but holy Moses is it a bastard on … Continue reading
Product Ecolabelling or Greenwash?
The website Environmental Graffiti has posted this great infographic illustrating ways in which product manufacturers use environmental greenwash in an attempt to hoodwink us into buying their products under the … Continue reading
Community ‘Consumption’
New research is emerging indicating the success of community sharing, swapping and reselling – these actions begin to create a culture of experience versus one of ownership and consumption. Fascinating. … Continue reading
