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Naomi Klein
"In The Shock Doctrine, journalist Klein trains her sharp investigator's eye upon the flaws of neoliberal economics. This meticulously researched alternative history, ranging from economist Milton Friedman's "University of Chicago Boys" to George W. Bush, brings Klein's argument into the present. Using stirring reportage, she shows the ways that disasters… allow governments and multinationals to take advantage of citizen shock and implement corporate-friendly policies… "
Thomas Pynchon
Gravity's Rainbow
The World is a closed thing, cyclical, resonant, eternally-returning, is to be delivered into a system whose only aim is to violate the Cycle. Taking and not giving back, demanding that "productivity" and "earnings" keep on increasing with time, the System removing from the rest of the World these vast quantities of energy to keep its own tiny desperate fraction showing a profit: and not only most of humanity -- most of the World, animal, vegetable, and mineral, is laid waste in the process. The System may or may not understand that it's only buying time. And that time is an artificial resource to being with, of no value to anyone or anything but the System, which must sooner or later crash to its death, when its addiction to energy has become more than the rest of the World can supply, dragging with it innocent souls all along the chain of life.
--Thomas Pynchon, 1973.
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Climate Laws That WorkAuthor, scientist, policy modeler Mark Jaccard says 20 years of climate failure is enough. read more |
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Climate Code Red • Part TwoClimate policy is characterised by the habituation of low expectations and a culture of failure. There is an urgent need to understand global warming and the tipping points for dangerous impacts that we have already crossed as a sustainability emergency read more |
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We Need Action"We need to understand that earth, air, and water are not limitless resources…" read more |
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Nature, Complexity & GovernanceWe need to see nature as a complex system… we must overcome our tendency to look at issues in categories … read more |
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The Fetish of Economic GrowthMax-Neef reminds us that while measurement is essential, we must not be led to believe that only those things which can be measured have value. read more |
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"Ripening The Time For Change"Professor Ehrlich takes a fresh look at the global problems of overpopulation, overconsumption, and political and economic inequity. Speech Perth Australia, Nov 26th 2007 read more |
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Climate Code Red • PDF+AudioThe Case for a Sustainability Emergency.” The report reviews disturbing new data and scientific understanding of climate change, explains why existing institutions have failed to respond adequately to the problem, and outlines an appropriate response. read more |
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Latest Climate Change NewsNew science points to abrupt climate change. Real science elaborates our situation. read more |
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The Idea of a Local EconomyA total economy is an unrestrained taking of profits from the disintegration of nations, communities, households, landscapes, and ecosystems. " read more |
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Beyond Sustainabilitythe need to move beyond the lulling hope that 'green tech' breakthroughs will allow world-wide 'sustainable consumption' to the recognition that dwindling oil supplies inevitably mean a mandatory 'energy descent' for human civilization across the planet. read more |
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Moral Imagination"the point of my kind of writing is to empower the powerless, to give voice to people who have no voice, but also to educate readers in what I call the moral imagination. And that is the ability to understand the world from other people's points of view." read more |
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Galtung's ListA world expert in conflict resolution, discusses what he believes to be the main challenges currently facing mankind. read more |
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Resilience ThinkingResilience…you may not have heard much about it, but you're going to hear that word a lot in the future. read more |
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The Long EmergencySurviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century: A five-part video exploration with this author, lecturer, and de facto cultural historian. read more |
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End of the Age of Oil • Parts 1 & 2Vancouver's Simon Fraser University's Urban Studies Program hosts this colorful urban critic. read more |
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"Take Serious Care Of This Planet"“Earth, from the stars, in the empty space, from a distance, looks beautiful,” he continues. “But on this planet there are a lot of man-made problems. Unnecessary problems. But despite these problems, there is no other home we can live in …" read more |
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Earth Democracy"We are voting every moment by the way we live our lives, this is the place of democracy and freedom" read more |
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The Real Wealth of NationsWe have been almost brainwashed into thinking we are here to serve the economy, right? But the economy should be there to help us develop our highest potential-to help us find a way of making a living that works for all. read more |
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"Our Economy Is Like A Cancer""In our economy everything has to grow continuously… nothing grows continuously except for cancer… we have an ideology which is like a huge cancer on society. read more |
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Identity and ViolenceNobel laureate Amartya Sen is widely recognized for his ability to join economics and philosophy, reflected in his work through ethics and a sense of common humanity. In this Hitchcock Lecture from UC Berkeley he explores the violence of illusion. read more |
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Interview with Gore VidalEverybody with an IQ above room temperature is on to the con act of our media. They are obeying bigger, richer interests than informing the public -- " read more |
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Corporate Social Responsibility?As the year draws to its close we pay tribute to the late Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, who passed away in early September. In this exclusive clip, filmed in 2006, she discusses the challenges facing corporate social responsibility. read more |
Stolen Worlds"Understanding that we never lost the battle of ideas, that we only lost a series of dirty wars, is key to building the confidence that we lack to ignite the passionate intensity that we need." read more |
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The Trance of EmpireDavid Korten implores us to replace the old control stories with new ones affirming life values of cooperation, community, and interdependence. read more |
The Sustainability End GameSustainability addresses the ways in which businesses might produce products and services more responsibly and ethically. It requires today’s corporations to look beyond remediation and compliance. read more |
Standing Up to Corporate PowerIf there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. This requires building economies with heart. read more |
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Living Democracy"the most important problem in the world today is not global climate chaos or violence, it is people's feeling of powerlessness…" read more |
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Courage in a Culture of Fear"The metaphor of a "network" is not just a metaphor… it is a reality" read more |
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Global Warming"When you go to Western Europe, people there live completely elegant lives… and do it on half the energy that America uses per capita. They place more value on community. They spend less time working and more time living." read more |
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Slow is BeautifulSlow is Beautiful analyzes the subtle consumer, political and corporate forces stamping the joy from our existence and provides a vision of a more fulfilling life through the rediscovery of caring community, unhurried leisure, and life affirming read more |
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Are We Being Change?… Really"I want us to get radical. I want us choir members to make even the hardest decisions while holding the Earth in mind." read more |
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The Shock DoctrineKlein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades… read more |
Transition TownsThe founder of a growing movement shows us around 'Transition Town Totnes' in Devon and talks about peak oil, the origin of the Transition Towns concept and how to help your community develop an 'energy descent plan' and prepare to 'power down.' read more |
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Building MilesWhile green building from the point of energy efficiency is becoming more commonplace, we need to consider the issue of building miles. We need to ask, how far have building materials travelled? read more |
Going Local: Community Choice EnergyA fast-moving 18-minute briefing on Community Choice Energy, showing how local communities are using their collective purchasing power to dramatically accelerate the shift to renewable energy and efficiency. read more |
Transition & ResilienceActualizing local responses to the new realities. read more |
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The Weather MakersHow Man is Changing The Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth. He wants to mobilize the social and political will to address this problem before it is too late. read more |
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The End of AmericaTalk by Naomi Wolf author of "The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot" given October 11, 2007 at Kane Hall on the University of Washington campus. read more |
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The Future With Less OilThinking big and thinking long term. Quensland's doing it! Queensland's newly appointed Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation talks with GPM about his robust new portfolio (with double the previous environmental budget) read more |
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Transforming a CommunityFrom an initial "Think Local First" program, they have expanded to business peer mentoring, and support for local food producers, sustainable buildings, and green energy. An astounding sixty percent of their community are aware of … read more |
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Action on Climate ChangeThe Energy & Climate Program discuss the rationale, aggressive plans, and activities for city-wide energy self-reliance and greenhouse gas reduction. Tools include energy efficiency in buildings, transit alternatives, alternative vehicle fuels, … read more |
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Civilization’s CenturyOver-population and resource depletion are forces that could well unleash catastrophe. Mitigating this will take time and a great deal of effort. But things are changing and there is reason for hope. read more |
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Australia: Model for ChangeAs Australia goes to the polls, Phillip Adams says solutions to the climate crisis requires global unity read more |
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Despair and EmpowermentOur psychological response is often overlooked. Feeling powerless, many people stay in denial. But if we acknowledge our feelings, we can find empowerment arising from our hopelessness. read more |
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Disaster CapitalismAfter 9/11 the Bush Administration launched a new economy, driven by the notion of an endless war against an undefined notion of evil. read more |
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Biofuels = DisasterBiofuel Boom: Greenwashing and Crimes Against Humanity read more |
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Economics 101 Circa 2007Are we at the top of a huge market bubble? University of Chicago MBA and Former Wall Street investments manager has his concerns… read more |
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Abrupt Climate Change Is Upon Us"… our contract with Gaia is not about human rights alone, but includes human obligations. " read more |
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Economics 2.0Decisions economist's are recommending are often destructive of natural, human and social well being… read more |
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Response Ability = AdaptionExtreme climate change discussed in depth by the Climate Institute's chief scientist Dr. Michael MacCracken, author James Howard Kunstler, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ross Gelbspan, & Nefiz Ahmed. read more |
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The Clean Tech Boomfounder of UK Green movement, ex-Director of Friends of Earth, Chair of UK Sustainable Development Commission speech at Vancouver May 2, 2007 (58 min); followed by round-table Q and A read more |
New Years Resolution! "Overcome Denial"Canadian leaders discuss the current energy supply and demand balance, the imminent need to redefine local governance, & imminent mass migration read more |
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Giving a Green ChristmasOrganic Levi's?… You got it! and more… read more |
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Addiction and Economic Demandhow our brains trick us to want more than we need. Nate is a former Wall Street investments manager and has an MBA from University of Chicago. read more |
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Urban Democracy = Public Spaces. Public spaces give the citizen a place to be social and to relax. More importantly, they provide a space for freedom of speech and protest – a vital component of any healthy democracy. read more |
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What Separates Us From The Apes?"Each one of us can make an enormous difference by making ethical choices, if we exercise this power as individuals we will change the world... perhaps that is the next level of consciousness we will discover... " read more |
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The simpleChangeAwardssimpleChangeAwards are given to persons and organizations who have demonstrated passion, commitment, and effectiveness in their arena of activism. They provide inspiration for other activists, groups, and communities to aspire to… read more |
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New Visions In PhotographyChris' astounding images are taken while he soars above the New Mexico landscape in his ultra-light aircraft. read more |
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Activism In Literature"Artists need to be activists. A writer's job is to create in defense of the globe," igniting a "revolutionary consciousness" in the process. John's mission is to be a revolutionary. His writing illustrates an undying dedication to that mission. read more |
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StewardshipTaos based environmental groups join the student activists from Yaxche School to protect the Valle Vidal from destruction by Coal Bed Methane drilling. read more |
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