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Population growth and climate change

Posted on 21 August 2009

Reading through the various reports on climate change and environmental damage it can sometimes seem as though the problems we face are insurmountable. That, despite the hard work of environmental campaigners and those concerned with fair trade and green issues, we are merely forestalling inevitable environmental collapse.
As the overdue realisation dawns on governments around the [...]

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Time for optimism?

Posted on 16 February 2009

The prospects for the emergence of a genuinely sustainable global economy have been given fresh impetus with the election of Barack Obama, extending beyond the well intentioned rhetoric characteristic of new administrations. I think we can be optimistic for several reasons.
Firstly, it signals a radical departure from the previous administration’s policy of denial, apathy and [...]

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Time to step back from globalised trade?

Posted on 07 February 2009

In 1929 the start of the Great Depression was hitting the USA. President Roosevelt proposed the ‘New Deal’, a giant monetary injection, to stimulate markets and reduce poverty. Part of the New Deal was the Work Projects Administration, whose task it was to create millions of new jobs for the unemployed across the USA.  Overnight, [...]

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The death of the free market, An environmental plus?

Posted on 30 September 2008

The credit crunch, wall street crumbling, markets dropping all around the world , ‘Times they are a changing’.
What significance does this have for the Environment?
Well in times of hardship people become more prudent with their spending. Generally this is good on a local level, people start to buy second hand items, get things fixed [...]

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The Environment according to Sarah Palin…

Posted on 12 September 2008

…First female US Vice-President?
“I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country,” she said. Bring it on I thought, this is America’s first possible female Vice President. Sarah Palin’s gusto image invoked a warm glow in my soul. Don’t be deceived, this Alaskan coined herself the pitbull with lipstick for a reason.
You [...]

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Canvass Your MP campaign kick off

Posted on 10 June 2008

This is probably the fastest campaign ever.
A bunch of 10 strangers met for couple of hours, came up with some solid ideas, exchanged few emails and after only a week(!), a simple, single-minded and hopefully effective campaign was born!

Well done to all people involved.
The Canvass Your MP campaign aims to encourage members of the public [...]

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Making Democracy Work For You

Posted on 12 February 2008

At last year’s Glastonbury Festival I stood in the Left Field Tent and listened to politician, Tony Benn make a rousing speech on democracy.
Tony’s message was clear. “Democracy is not just voting every 5 years, watching Big Brother in between and wondering why nothing happens. Democracy is what we do and say. Where we [...]

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