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Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change William R. Catton (1980)
Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change William R. Catton (1980) Though, ‘Overshoot’, is ostensibly a book about biophysical limits, the theme that runs through it is about the human propensity for denying obvious facts: Our ability to deceive not only others, but more importantly, ourselves. As with the first review in this four-part miniseries, ‘Farewell to Growth’ (2007), any book […]
‘George Monbiot’s Multi-Level Marketing of Ecomodernism’ – The Meta-Blog, no.24
‘George Monbiot’s Multi-Level Marketing of Ecomodernism’ – The Meta-Blog, no.24 The environmental debate in Britain is maintained by a few unaccountable figures elevated to the role of eco-gate-keepers – which is why the ecological debate fails to make any real progress. To be clear, this isn’t just about George Monbiot specifically. Using George’s recent […]
Stone Age Economics, Marshall Sahlins (1972)
Stone Age Economics, Marshall Sahlins (1972) Beginning as a presentation in 1966, what Sahlins challenged was the historic prejudice which dismissed the rights and value of ‘undeveloped’ societies and their ‘state of nature’. Ramblinactivist’s ‘A Book in Five Minutes’: No.16, 20th August 2022 View the YouTube video of this post ‘A Book in Five Minutes’ Index ‘The […]
Fuel Poverty, the Cost of Living Crisis, and Climate Change: A Data Blog
Fuel Poverty, the Cost of Living Crisis, and Climate Change: A Data Blog Finding solutions to immediate problems and our future needs requires some difficult decisions, and if not thought-out, short-term thinking might create contradictory responses. Though often depoliticised by compartmentalising different problems, across society decisions on energy and the environment are innately tied to lifestyle […]
‘Fuel Poverty, the Cost of Living Crisis, and Climate Change’ – A Data Blog
‘Fuel Poverty, the Cost of Living Crisis, and Climate Change’ – A Data Blog Finding solutions to immediate problems and our future needs requires some difficult decisions, and if not thought-out, short-term thinking might create contradictory responses. This is a film of my latest ‘data blog’: Ripping apart the statistics on energy, carbon emissions, and […]
‘Forgotten, but not gone’: How governments have deliberately ignored the safety of contaminated sites in England – and why climate change makes this worse
‘Forgotten, but not gone’: How governments have deliberately ignored the safety of contaminated sites in England – and why climate change makes this worse ‘The Metablog’, No.18, Podcast: This is an over thirty-year long story about my involvement with contaminated sites, and helping communities to get action to clean them up[1]. It’s innately connected to my home […]
‘Forgotten, but not gone’:
‘Forgotten, but not gone’: How governments have deliberately ignored the safety of contaminated sites in England – and why climate change makes this worse ‘The Metablog’, No.18, Podcast: This is an over thirty-year long story about my involvement with contaminated sites, and helping communities to get action to clean them up[1]. It’s innately connected to my […]
‘Post-Scarcity Anarchism’
‘Post-Scarcity Anarchism’ Murray Bookchin, first published 1971 View the YouTube video of this post ‘A Book in Five Minutes’ Index ‘The Meta-Blog’ Index ‘A Book in Five Minutes’, Podcast no.5: Download this recording as: An MP3 file; or an Ogg Vorbis file Topped by a statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, what remains of Banbury’s Corn […]
The Autumn Raspberry Harvest
The Autumn Raspberry Harvest Preserving food is not just ‘cooking’; preserving food requires that you think about the future. Hence why growing and preserving food can be a window into planning a new future. ‘An Anarchist’s Cookbook’, Part 4 Podcast: Download this recording as: An MP3 file; or an Ogg Vorbis file Page bookmarks (use section […]
‘The Limits to Growth’ (1972)
‘The Limits to Growth’ (1972) Published in 1972, and shrouded in controversy since that date, ‘The Limits to Growth’ is the most successful econometric projection ever made. The idea of these of blog posts is to introduce people to some ‘historic’ books and reports, which I think should be more widely read. To start, I […]
