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Can Africa do what others have failed and develop their economies sustainable? Photo by Africa Renewal.

Africa: The last frontier?

21 September, 2012

These past days about 40 African countries have been huddling with the UN to embark on a post-Rio+20 plan for the sustainable development of the continent and its billion people, a plan they hope will be received as a model … Continue reading

How our economy is killing our planet

The growth machine is killing our planet, so why hasn’t it been stopped?

4 July, 2012

In article after article, book after book, scientists and environmentalists have exposed the devastating effects of constant economic expansion on the global environment. The drive to produce ever more “stuff” is filling our rivers with poison and our air with … Continue reading

Keep calm and continue to consume and everything will turn out okay.

Two Views of Our Future

29 June, 2012

No previous civilization has survived the ongoing destruction of its natural supports. Nor will ours. Yet economists look at the future through a different lens. Relying heavily on economic data to measure progress, they see the near 10-fold growth in … Continue reading

Stephen Harper gives a thumbs-up for climate killing tar sands and environmental destruction

Canada’s conservative government is gutting environment protection

7 June, 2012

Although Canada’s Conservative Party won only 40% of the popular vote in the last election, it captured an absolute majority of the seats in the House of Commons. This gives Prime Minister Stephen Harper the ability to pass any legislation … Continue reading

Photo by Jennifer Köhler.

Focus on your country’s Gross National Happiness

21 May, 2012

What are we in this for, anyway? This thing we call life and living. Is it really to earn enough money to buy lots of stuff, thinking that will bring happiness? The car. The house. You know, the stuff. Well, … Continue reading

Global Economy Expanded More Slowly than Expected in 2011

19 February, 2012

The global economy grew 3.8 percent in 2011, a drop from 5.2 percent in 2010. Economists had anticipated a slowdown, but this was even less growth than expected, thanks to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, unrest in oil-producing countries, … Continue reading

Warren Buffett

The Patriot Tax

28 August, 2011

I read an article last week, which suggested that Warren Buffett, America’s richest man WANTS the IRS to charge him more tax. I initially decided that either the summer heat must be getting to me and I’m seeing things or … Continue reading

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Polish EU budget chief questions global warming and climate targets

29 June, 2011

Janusz Lewandowsk, the Polish budget commissioner and chief architect of the EU’s forthcoming €130 multi-annual budget, is receiving strong criticism after expressing his doubts about global warming and the future emission policies of the EU. In an interview with a … Continue reading

Coal Power Plant south-west of Düsseldorf and Neuss in Germany. Photo by Bruno D Rodrigues.

Fossil fuel expansion is a crime against humanity

27 June, 2011

Marc Lee who is the senior economist for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and chair of the Progressive Economics Forum writes in one of his latest articles that we should see fossil fuel expansion as a crime against humanity. … Continue reading

Photo credit: Keegan

The lightbulb conspiracy

13 June, 2011

An interesting wee film to watch online (a Norwegian TV documentary) “The lightbulb conspiracy” details a process that few people outside of manufacturing industry’s are even aware exists. So-called “planned obsolescence” or to put it in less PC terms, manufacturers … Continue reading

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