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POPSOverpopulation: A Facebook Group Thanks to OpenIntelligence for following up on my earlier post. This is one of (at least) two difference Facebook groups on the topic of Overpopulation. I'll amplify the other one right after this.
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POPSDegrowth: Books on the topic I started this category on my little bookstore this morning, after being inspired by the Degrowth speech referred to on my other amplifications this morning.
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POPSGPI: Genuine Progress Indicator Following on my theme of degrowth, I remembered a few years ago seeing and thinking about the GPI as an alternative measure of success to the GDP. Seems like it's time to give this idea much more serious thought. /e
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POPSThe North American Way of Life: An unsustainable ponzi scheme? “You can get this burst of wealth that we have created from this rapacious behavior,” ... “But it has to collapse, unless adults stand up and say, ‘This is a Ponzi scheme. We have not generated real wealth, and we are destroying a livable climate ...’ Real wealth is something you can pass on in a way that others can enjoy.”
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POPSThe Zero Carbon Caravan ...many people simply do not believe that such a world is possible, so they need a good example giving a practical demonstration of what is possible. This is where the Zero Carbon Caravan comes in (here the word ‘caravan’ is used in the sense of a group of people traveling together, rather than a metal box towed behind a car.) Maltese Falcon (290ft), and co., photo RobertGalbraithWe will demonstrate how it is possible to travel, work and play all without generating any carbon emissions at all. We will provide a positive, inspiring vision of the future, where, instead of merely consuming, we lead fulfilling lives.
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POPSSusan George: Transforming the Global Economy Susan George, Chair of the Board of the Transnational Institute ( http://www.tni.org/george ) speaking on "Transforming the Global Economy: Solutions for a Sustainable World", sponsored by the School of International Development & Global Studies, University of Ottawa, 29 October 2008
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POPSFood needs 'fundamental rethink' "Essentially, what we are dealing with at the moment is a food system that was laid down in the 1940s," he told BBC News. It followed on from the dust bowl in the US, the collapse of food production in Europe and starvation in Asia.
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POPSFreeganism Freegans - The ultimate frugalists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeganism Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on "limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources". The website freegan.info states that freegans "embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed." The lifestyle involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters that have passed their display date but haven't passed their edible date. They salvage the food not because they are poor or homeless, but as a political statement. The word "freegan" is a portmanteau of "free" and "vegan". Freeganism started in the mid 1990s, out of the antiglobalization and environmentalist movements. Groups such as Food Not Bombs served free vegetarian and vegan food that wa
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POPSCommon Wealth: Sustainable future We are in one another's faces as never before, crowded into an interconnected society of global trade, migration, ideas and, yes, risk of pandemic diseases, terrorism, refugee movements and conflict. We also face a momentous choice. Continue on our current course, and the world is likely to experience growing conflicts between haves and have-nots, intensifying environmental catastrophes and downturns in living standards caused by interlocking crises of energy, water, food and violent conflict. Yet for a small annual investment of world income, undertaken cooperatively across the world, our generation can harness new technologies for clean energy, reliable food supplies, disease control and the end of extreme poverty.
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POPSDo organic-cotton jeans have better DNA Ideal Bite is a great generator of "green" ideas. Daily newsletters are a must read for me. The permalink to this tip is here - http://www.idealbite.com/tiplibrary/archives/its_in_your_jeans1/
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