Privatisation: 1/10 of 10
Struggling for Éire
Molly Scott Cato
11th May, 2009
If it is not to be choked by debt and taxes, Ireland must return to the self-sufficient, localised vision of one of its founding fathers more...
US academic calls for a revolution in copyright laws, arguing that they hinder intellectual progress
News
15th April, 2009
Speaking to an audience at the RSA in London, Professor James Boyle said:‘We need to build a movement to preserve the public domain. I think we need an environmental movement for the public domain of the mind.’ more...
Waste management proves a profitable business
Martin O'Brien
7th August, 2008
Martin O'Brien investigates how waste management has become a lucrative business. more...
Harvesting rain
Michael Kenneth Cowan
1st June, 2008
Can traditional water-harvesting systems teach us how to solve contemporary water problems? Michael Kenneth Cowan says we have a lot to learn from the ancient and troubled ecology of the Middle East more...
Trade in precious minerals and timber continues to fuel violence and conflict across the globe
Ecologist
1st June, 2008
Revenues obtained from the often illegal extraction and supply of commodities such as timber and diamonds are directly bankrolling corrupt regimes and armed insurgency groups, and fund the purchase of weapons and other contraband goods that perpetuate cycles of conflict.more...
The commons: an antidote to globalisation
Jonathon Rowe
1st April, 2008
The corporate market has become the institutional equivalent of a compulsive eater. It has a built-in hunger that cannot be filled, and it is hard to stop the damage within the framework of its own game.more...
The privatisation of water
Jon Luoma
1st March, 2004
The privatisation of global water services means billion-dollar profits for corporations and pollution, disconnection and soaring prices for consumers more...
A thirst for control: water privatisation
The Ecologist
1st March, 2004
During the past decade or so, international trade agreements have been dramatically expanded to encompass affairs that had always previously been strictly matters of domestic concern. more...Bogotá's fight for public water
Maria Teresa Ronderos
1st March, 2004
How the Colombian capital Bogotá defied the World Bank and the multinationals, refused to privatise and turned its water services into the best in the country more...
Bottled Water
The Ecologist
1st February, 2003
Twice as expensive as petrol, three times the price of milk, and 10,000 times more expensive than tap water. Is it worth it, and what impact is it having on our environment? more...
Privatisation: 1/10 of 10
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