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The loss of Democracy in New Zealand

ianhamlin wrote 1 month ago: A great article by New Zealander of the Year Dame Anne Salmond in the Herald about the steady erosio … more →

Tags: Dame Anne Salmond, Neo Liberal, Resource management, Environment, democracy

what's happening in January

wigwamworkshops wrote 4 months ago: This is the beginning of the blog and website for WigWamWorkshops – it’s taken us most o … more →

Tags: creative arts, Environment, recycling, Workshops, Face Painting, Theartre, Earth Charter, creative education

Politics sets out to reclaim the people!1 comment

ecopoliticstoday wrote 7 months ago: Why are people so suspicious of politics? Not only politicians, but politics too. Political debate i … more →

Tags: Ecology, Politics, fossil fuel, Plaid Cymru, Transition Towns, Wales

Death-Dealing Drones and a Dog Called Waldo

ecopoliticstoday wrote 11 months ago: We are living in a planet-sized electronic war game. Those early Space Invaders have a lot to answer … more →

Tags: >DRO)))NE, uav, Surveillance

The Importance of Local: Wendell E Berry's vision of revived communities

ecopoliticstoday wrote 1 year ago: This post is a link to environmentalist, novelist and poet Wendell E Berry ‘s lecture last Mon … more →

Tags: Ecology, Agriculture, Economics, Wendell Berry, Jefferson Lecture 2012

A Specialized Disconnect

Elias G. wrote 1 year ago: Wendell Berry Sorry folks, it’s back to the nitty gritty this week as the unfortunate truth is … more →

Tags: You Think it Doesn't Affect You?, Making Changes for Changes, Discourse and the Environment, consumer, farming, specialization, Wendell Berry, Politics, Ecocriticism

It's Really Fracking Things up2 comments

Elias G. wrote 1 year ago: In 1974, the Safe Drinking Water Act was passed by congress to ensure the safety of water from conta … more →

Tags: You Think it Doesn't Affect You?, chemical pollution, Our Interconnected Ecosystem, Environment, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, Big Oil, Natural Gas, Gasland

Biopiracy: The Heinous Nature of Corporate Swashbuckling

Elias G. wrote 1 year ago: Now the word pirate for many of us brings forth images of Johnny Depp, Captain Hook, Blackbeard, and … more →

Tags: chemical pollution, Discourse and the Environment, Biopiracy, Corporations, terminator seeds, Shiva, Vandana, Oil, India

Planning Policies are Fossilized (Like our Diminishing Energy Supplies)

ecopoliticstoday wrote 1 year ago: Why is our county council so intent upon encouraging developments that are out of all proportion to … more →

Tags: Politics, Economics, Energy, carmarthenshire, Retailing, sustainable development commission, llandeilo, Globalisation, carmarthenshire county council

Why not a two-site secondary school in north east Carmarthenshire?

ecopoliticstoday wrote 1 year ago: Email sent today to Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM and Jonathan Edwards MP, suggesting a two-site secondary s … more →

Tags: Education, carmarthenshire, llandovery, carmarthenshire county council, Ysgol Gyfun Pantycelyn, school closure

The Blurry Line Between Eco-activism and Eco-terrorism1 comment

Elias G. wrote 1 year ago: “When you’re screaming at the top of your lungs and no one hears, what are you supposed … more →

Tags: Discourse and the Environment, E L F, activism, Radical, Arson, Terrorism, eco-terrorism, al-Qaeda, Judicial

Hemp Can Get Us Over the Hump

Elias G. wrote 1 year ago: What?! Our government never flip-flops! Hemp holds largely negative connotations in our society, but … more →

Tags: Our Interconnected Ecosystem, Making Changes for Changes, Hemp, Pesticides, Federal Gov, sustainability, substitute, Textile, Cotton

Random Monday Musings

ecopoliticstoday wrote 1 year ago: Tesco’s announcement of 20,000 new jobs is a gross figure, not a net increase. Households have limit … more →

Tags: Economics, Agriculture, farm workers, Tesco, financial derivatives

Tottering Tower of Financial Derivatives Dwarfs World GDP1 comment

ecopoliticstoday wrote 1 year ago: World GDP, $63.12 trillion. Amounts outstanding in financial derivative 'products', $788 t … more →

Tags: Politics, Economics, bankers' bonuses, financial derivatives, structured financial products, Banker's pay, Satyajit Das, Financial Times

A Tent, a Stove, and an Outdated Planning Regime

ecopoliticstoday wrote 1 year ago: Planning policies lag behind economic realities. Matt and Lily Gibson couldn’t afford to live in a r … more →

Tags: Energy, housing, Planning & policy, Housing Affordability

Shopping: Enough is Enough!2 comments

ecopoliticstoday wrote 1 year ago: The mega retailers which dominate our leisure hours and fill the airwaves with clever jingles – the … more →

Tags: Economics, Retailing, Superstores, Tesco, Sainsbury, asda, Morrisons

Abolition of Slavery Mark II

ecopoliticstoday wrote 1 year ago: What if we as a nation were discussing whether to abolish slavery, rather than to cap bankers’ bonus … more →

Tags: Politics, Economics, Slavery, bankers' bonuses

Fantastical Fantasy?

ecopoliticstoday wrote 1 year ago: The Carmarthenshire News has arrived. This is a promotional publication for Carmarthenshire County C … more →

Tags: Education, carmarthenshire, llandovery, carmarthenshire county council, Ysgol Gyfun Pantycelyn, Peak Oil, Modernising Education Programme

Sainsbury's outside Llandeilo: Yes or No?

ecopoliticstoday wrote 1 year ago: Carmarthenshire County Council is about to decide if Sainsbury’s can build a big new supermark … more →

Tags: carmarthenshire, llandeilo, carmarthenshire county council, sainsburys, Superstores, Peak Oil, Sainsbury, supermarket


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