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How Canada Is Endangering Its Natural Wealth
How Canada Is Endangering Its Natural Wealth Impaired ecosystems leave Canada at an economic disadvantage. A Tyee Solutions excerpt. It’s an old economic truism that scarcity creates value. In an era when natural capital is disappearing around the globe, it’s also increasingly highly valued. Beyond degrading biological, intrinsic and cultural values, Canada’s ineffective stewardshipof our ecosystems […]
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Is a Resource-Conscious Blockbuster for Our Time
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Is a Resource-Conscious Blockbuster for Our Time Who ruined Mad Max’s world? The new film isn’t afraid to lay blame — and suggest a way forward. When the first Mad Max was released back in 1979, the era’s reigning existential threats were nuclear winter and, to a lesser extent, peak oil. Set in […]
Breaking: No Action Taken on a Proposal to Repeal Denton, Texas Fracking Ban
Breaking: No Action Taken on a Proposal to Repeal Denton, Texas Fracking Ban Denton’s city council decided not to vote on a repeal of the city’s fracking ban, after almost six hours of discussion on the topic at a public meeting last night. The vote to repeal the ban was called for shortly after Texas Governor Greg […]
Does Anthropocene science blame all humanity?
Does Anthropocene science blame all humanity? The charge that Anthropocene scholars blame all of humanity for the actions of a small minority simply doesn’t hold water. Ecosocialists need to be positive contributors to Anthropocene discussions, not critics sniping from the sidelines. by Ian Angus According to Earth System scientists, the Earth has entered a new […]
The Apex of Industrialism:Manufactured Fake Shit
The Apex of Industrialism: Manufactured Fake Shit The Dr. Pooper Papers, Issue #2: While it would be nice to think that in times before the industrial era that farming was a wholly benevolent practice, the truth of the matter is that similar to today, agriculture actually began with annual monocultures. Nonetheless, there did emerge over […]
Missing from Canada’s Political Debate: Natural Security
Missing from Canada’s Political Debate: Natural Security 25-year review of Canada’s eco-stewardship reveals neglect across party stripes. Canada’s prime minister is pre-campaigning with a strong-on-security message. His government is taking measures designed, among other goals, to protect energy infrastructure from what the RCMP has called “violent environmental extremists.” As I write, enormous forest fires burning out of control across […]
Climate Change
Climate Change Climate change is a controversy. What appear to be independent scientists say that the climate is warming due to greenhouse gases produced by human activity. This warming, apparently measurable, has many impacts on sea levels, and on plant, animal, sea, and bird life, as well as food supply for a heavily populated earth. […]
Sounding The Alarm On The Country’s Vulnerability To An EMP
Sounding The Alarm On The Country’s Vulnerability To An EMP Last year, Elliott Management’s Paul Singer highlighted “one risk that stands way above the rest in terms of the scope of potential damage adjusted for the likelihood of occurrence”– an electromagnetic pulse (EMP). As Michael Snyder previously details, our entire way of life can be ended in a […]
An ecological look at vegetable gardening systems
An ecological look at vegetable gardening systems I’ve examined some different systems of growing vegetables in earlier posts, viewing them primarily from the standpoints of yield (pounds produced per unit area) and inputs required. Now I want to view them from another perspective: that of ecology. What does the science of ecology suggest about how […]
The Gardens of Plenty
The Gardens of Plenty Editor’s Note: In France, Gardens of Plenty help provide not just vegetables but training and job skills. Yardfarms can be developed not just in backyards but in community spaces around towns and cities, helping to train others to not just make a living but to make their communities more sustainable, more food […]
Oasis at Risk: Oman’s Ancient Water Channels Are Drying Up
Oasis at Risk: Oman’s Ancient Water Channels Are Drying Up Since pre-Islamic times, Oman’s water systems known as aflaj have brought water from the mountains and made the desert bloom. But now, unregulated pumping of groundwater is depleting aquifers and causing the long-reliable channels to run dry. It was 47 degrees Celsius. Make that 117 degrees […]
Breaking: Citizens Arrested While Defending Denton, Texas Fracking Ban
Breaking: Citizens Arrested While Defending Denton, Texas Fracking Ban Three members of the Denton Drilling Awareness Group were arrested when they refused to move away from the entrance to a fracking site where work began today. Before arresting them, however, Sergeant Jenkins, a 30-year veteran of the Denton police department, thanked Adam Briggle, a professor at the University […]
“Green” Policies Don’t Make Economic Sense Even on Their Own Terms
“Green” Policies Don’t Make Economic Sense Even on Their Own Terms When confronting the typical proponents of “green” government policies, the free-market economist must make a strategic decision: Since most of these recommended (and often, actually implemented) State measures make no sense even on their own terms, one course of action is to stipulate the alleged […]
Albert Einstein, Soil, Honey Bees and Biodiversity.
Albert Einstein, Soil, Honey Bees and Biodiversity. Among the manifold quotes that are attributed to Albert Einstein, are variants along the lines of: “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, […]
