Category Archives: News and politics

Unsustainable Muse

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Thanks to my brother, I’ve been introduced to Muse. Night 2 at the O2 Arena, London. Muse performing ‘Unsustainable’. All natural and technological processes proceed in such a way that the availability of the remaining energy decreases. In all energy … Continue reading →

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Bee the change

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

Neonicotinoids are pesticides. The last time I checked, bees were not pests. On the contrary, bees are essential to our survival, as they and other insects pollinate the crops upon which we rely for our food. And yet our economic … Continue reading →

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Occupy Love

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

About the film – Occupy Love

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Ding, dong, the witch is dead

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

On the radio yesterday I heard the compère read out a tweet that described as ‘obscene’ the act of spending £10k£10m from the public purse on a funeral for the Iron Lady. (I agree with that stance myself; but then … Continue reading →

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End ecocide in Europe

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

I heard the other day that the UK Conservative party is considering leaving the European Convention on Human Rights — the BBC quoted Theresa May earlier this month as saying that “it restricted the UK’s ability to act in the … Continue reading →

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A fork in the road – James Hansen

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

On the grounds that it’s too important not to repeat (and because it’s all too easy to not follow hyperlinks), I offer you the recent words of Dr James E Hansen, written in response to yet more nonsense penned by a … Continue reading →

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POTUS: it’s time to lead on climate

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

Following on from my post the other day trying to do my little bit to promote: the Forward On Climate rally in Washington DC on 17Feb2013… Stepping Towards Sustainable Solutions pointed me to: an open letter to the President Of … Continue reading →

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Oblivious to the crash

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

(With thanks to Guy McPherson on TransitionVoice.) From “The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future” (Daedalus, Winter 2013) by Oreskes and Conway (who you may know from their seminal book Merchants of Doubt): By blocking anticipatory action, … Continue reading →

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Join the #ForwardOnClimate Rally on 17Feb2013

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

From the video above, Bill McKibben, commenting on the fact that half of the North polar ice cap is ‘missing’ as a direct result of our fossoil addiction: We have taken one of the Earth’s great physical features – and … Continue reading →

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Homo fatuus brutus: veni, vidi, abii

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

In the end, entropy always wins. Sometimes, it can be hurried along. On an insignificant speck of rock hurtling along in a vast expanse of nothingness, a thin film of gas nurtures a rare and wondrous thing that has, over … Continue reading →

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