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Ecuador’s sharing economy
Originally posted on The Earthbound Report:
Not every country in the world is in hock to GDP growth the way that Britain is. More balanced views are out there on the margins, where growth takes its place as one metric among many – not irrelevant, but not “the government’s number one priority” as Gordon Brown…
Earth Baby Has Moved!
Hello lovely people, I’ve got a very important announcement: Earth Baby has moved! My new web address is: http://earthbabyblog.org/ I’ve now got my own domain, to avoid the advertising I complained about in my last post. I’m very excited about it! There’s still lots to do before I’m fully satisfied, but please go to my new … Continue reading
Outrageous WordPress Ads
I’m absolutely livid. Today I looked at one of my older posts, because somebody had commented on it, and I was presented with this message at the end of the article. I knew that WordPress have a special option for bloggers to earn money from their writing by getting ads on their blog. Some people … Continue reading
Public perception vs the facts
Originally posted on The Earthbound Report:
There’s a pretty shocking survey out this week from the Royal Statistical Society. It explores the difference between reality and public opinion on several key social issues. There is in many cases a gaping chasm between the two. The RSS has compiled a top ten, and here are a…
Environmentalism: A Timeline
Last Friday I took an exam and finished my first year of university. Most students probably want to move on as quickly as possible after the stress of revision, but this exam was on something I study in my free time: environmental issues and management. An interesting part of the module I had to revise … Continue reading
One Planet Living
If everyone in the world consumed the same amount of resources and produced as much waste as the average person in Western Europe, we’d need three planets. If we all lived like the North Americans, we’d need five. On the global scale, we’re using just over one and a half Earths worth of resources and … Continue reading
Genetic Monofication
Originally posted on Ecology is not a dirty word:
Genetic modification (GM) has been on the radar for quite a few years – another really important issue that has been misrepresented and misinterpreted for too long to maintain any sort of clarity in the general public’s consciousness. The problems with GM (of crops or animals)…
A Post-Growth Economy FAQ
Originally posted on The Earthbound Report:
Behind the problems of climate change, resource depletion and biodiversity loss, not to mention a fair degree of injustice, is our pursuit of economic growth. It is the driver behind ever increasing consumption, and we will never achieve a sustainable society without addressing the issue of growth. There is…
Solar-Powered Supertrees
Look at these beautiful gardens and structures. These pictures are of a huge redevelopment project in Singapore that consists of huge gardens, solar powered massive ‘supertrees’ and contained biomes. The multi-million project is meant to be an eco-tourism hotspot, educational center, biodiversity haven and relaxation suite. Check out this article to get the full scoop. Is this the future? Continue reading
The Consumption Engineer
con·sum·er·ism Noun: Consumerism is a social and economic order that encourages the purchase of goods and services in ever-greater amounts. – Definition from Wikipedia Consumerism wouldn’t be a problem if we had an infinitely large planet with an infinite amount of natural resources. The catch is that this is pure fantasy and in reality our planet … Continue reading
The Guerrilla Recycler
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about my boss insisting on using paper cups in the student cafe, rather than china cups. I had a problem with this because Starbucks coffee is probably our biggest seller and all the cups are thrown out after just one fleeting use – resulting in heaps of … Continue reading
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,700 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 6 years to get … Continue reading
Hello.
Hello again, any lovely people who might be reading! I’m so sorry I haven’t fed my blog for almost a month, but believe me it hasn’t been down to a lack of inspiration or morale. Basically, in my ”about” page it says that I started this blog a year ago to pactise my writing in … Continue reading
A Toolkit for Sustaining a Positive Attitude
If you’re one of those people that agonize over the world’s many problems, and find that your awareness of current issues is threatening to turn into a black cloud of apathy and despair (rather than a fuel for positive action) then you are who I wrote this post for. Many people I know care a … Continue reading
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