Worried about debt, defaults and deficits? Save up your concern for the real problem, writes Glen Barry. The systematic destruction Earth's natural ecosystems for short-term profit is the 'bubble' that underlies economic growth - and if allowed to continue its bursting will leave the Earth in a state of social, economic and ecological collapse.
Biosphere collapse: the biggest economic bubble ever Glen Barry | 14th September 2015 Comment Ecology Economy Society Forests Oceans Climate Change clearcut-cut.jpg Worried about debt, defaults and …
Big may look impressive, but life can be hell for the individual in agriculture today. The problems are vast and complex, and do not lend themselves to easy answers. So what is the agricultural crisis all about, and what can be done to tackle it? Steven Gorelick seeks out the true root of the crisis.
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After two decades of neoliberalism, India's magnates and corporations are profiting as never before, writes Colin Todhunter. But the entire economic edifice is built on the dispossession of the poor, locked into debt servitude, and ever rising income inequality. Prime Minister Modi's latest move, 'demonetization', is yet another example of the state stealing from the poor to give to the obscenely rich.
India's 'economic miracle' is built on debt, dispossession and now, monetary destruction Colin Todhunter | 30th November 2016 Comment India Corporations Finance Farming Politics hunger-cut.jpg After …
The idea that GMO cotton offers hope to Africa's impoverished cotton farmers is facile and fraudulent, writes Arya Tajdin. In fact it only adds to their vulnerability. Their real problems lie in the structural oversupply of subsidized cotton on world markets, and the flood of 'kifua' - dead white man's clothing - that undermines the continent's textile industries.
… of the Law of Non-Violence in the domain of economics means nothing less than the …
For decades Israel has been driving Palestinian farmers off their land by imposing restrictions on agriculture, writes JONATHAN COOK. But one company, Canaan Fair Trade, has found an innovative way to resist peacefully, increasing resilience and prosperity in rural West Bank communities, and forging international alliances in the global movement for good food and farming.
Rooted in the soil: the birth of agro-resistance in Palestine Jonathan Cook | 19th August 2016 News Food Farming Middle East Green Economy Seeds Biodiversity Culture picking-olives-cut.jpg For …
Some things are beyond measure and beyond price, writes Charles Eisenstein. No amount of money is enough to compensate for the loss of the sacred or the essential - and to pretend that it is, is to capitulate to the very mentality that is driving the destruction of the biosphere.
… Charles Eisenstein | 15th May 2015 Comment Economics Religion Oceans … science says that nothing is beyond measure; economics that nothing is beyond price. … of several books, most recently 'Sacred Economics' and 'The More Beautiful World our …
Unsustainable farming systems that damage the environment and public health thrive at the expense of sustainable producers. Patrick Holden makes the case for "true cost accounting" ...
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Since 1948 Jordan has taken in millions of refugees from Palestine, Iraq and most recently Syria, writes Doug Weir. Politically and economically the country has proved astonishingly resilient - but the population increase has caused huge damage to its fragile environment. Ecological degradation, pollution and resource scarcity may cause political instability unless more is done to tackle the problems.
… of environmental degradation. Politics and economics take precedence over environment …
The image of the rancher in the rugged West is one of self-sufficiency and a tough defiance of government, writes George Wuerthner. But the truth is that ranchers, especially those using federal land, depend on a host of generous subsidies, both economic and ecological.
We must rid the American West of 'welfare ranching' George Wuerthner | 22nd June 2014 Activism USA Farming Commons Natural World Water grand-view-ranch-cut.jpg The image of the rancher in the rugged …
Fishing quotas were meant to conserve stocks and support fishing communities, writes Emma Cardwell. But they have achieved the reverse - rewarding the most rapacious fishing enterprises and leaving small scale fisherfolk with nothing.
… Oceans Fishing Commons UK Iceland Politics Economics scottish-lobster-cut.jpg Fishing … Policy from the London School of Economics. Her research interests are in … society and food production, environmental economics, research theory, economic and …
Vandana Shiva is more than just a leading scientist, author and campaigner on green issues and anti-globalisation, writes Scott London. She is also among the most prominent of Mahatma Ghandi's intellectual heirs. In this interview, she discusses how this led her to be an outspoken voice on such crucial environmental issues as seed legacy, biopiracy and economic injustice.
In the footsteps of Gandhi: an interview with Vandana Shiva Scott London | 14th February 2016 Comment Seeds Politics Farming GMOs India vandana shiva.jpg Vandana Shiva is more than just a leading …
The Labour party’s manifesto prioritises climate change, air quality and biodiversity decline, arguing that strong environmental policy is a social justice issue. CATHERINE EARLY reports
Labour commits to 2050 'net zero' target Catherine Early | 25th September 2018 News Labour Climate Change Fracking Farming Fishing Politics sustainable_fishing.jpg The Labour party’s manifesto …
The True Cost Accounting in Food and Farming conference was remarkable - star speakers ... fine food, drink and music ... even an impromptu Panto performance. In short, writes Sharon Garfinkel, it was an inspiration to all who attended.
… | 3rd January 2014 Reviews Food Farming Economics farmers-market.png The True Cost … of nature and converting those examples into economics may sound banal, even silly and immoral, but is necessary because economics today is the language of politics." …
To understand how technology is used in the real world we must appreciate who owns and controls it, writes Colin Todhunter: whose interests it serves, and how it works in an economic system driven by profit, geopolitics and the compulsion to capture and control markets - while the monopolists proclaim a noble ideology of 'free choice' and 'democracy'.
Feeding the bank balance: GMOs, development and the politics of happiness Colin Todhunter | 14th March 2016 Comment Food Farming Politics Corporations USA kalimantan-cut.jpg To understand how …
As the Arctic warms and its ice melts, growing numbers freight ships are reaping big savings from the 'Arctic short cut'. But this is creating a huge risk of invasive species spreading in ballast water and on hulls - disrupting both Arctic and temperate ecosystems.
The Arctic shipping boom - a bonanza for invasive exotic species Natasha Geiling Smithsonian | 27th June 2014 News Oceans Transport Natural World Ecology redkingcrab-cut.jpg As the Arctic warms and …
Farming today is well on the way to becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the agro-chemical-biotech industry, writes Colin Tudge. Defra and the European Commission are all too keen to make it so, reflecting the interests of an agro-oligarchy obsessed with profits and growth at all costs. But there is an alternative. Join the 'real farming' agrarian renaissance ...
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Jairo Restrepo is a leading champion of organic farming in Brazil, writes JuanFran Lopez, and now his influence has spread across the world. His mission too has expanded to include campaigning for the rights of small scale farmers, and an even wider project of economic, technological and societal transformation to put people at the centre of political power.
Defending life! Jairo Restrepo, organic revolutionary JuanFran Lopez Ragmans Lane Farm | 27th July 2015 Comment Food Farming Organic Brazil South America jairo-4-cut.jpg Jairo Restrepo is a leading …
Last December's Barker Review replaces democracy with economic growth. Ex <i>Ecologis</i>t editor Simon Fairlie claims our land is being sold to the highest bidder
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The Bering Sea is America's biggest fishery - but factory trawlers are ripping the guts out of the ecosystem, writes Jeffrey St.Clair, as they have already devastated fishing communities. Mix in nuclear bomb test fallout - an unlikely savior?
… So Long It Looked Like Green to Me on the economics and politics driving the looting of …
What's the point of farming? To produce an abundance of wholesome food, writes Colin Tudge, while supporting a flourishing rural economy and a sustainable, biodiverse countryside. Yet the powers that be, determined to advance industrial agriculture at all costs, are achieving the precise opposite. It's time for a revolution in our food and farming culture, led by the people at large.
… Tudge | 22nd April 2016 Comment Farming Food Economics Corporations Society Politics GMOs … modern lore, not to say dogma, in science and economics, derives from the musings of 200 … behind the 'deregulated', 'free global market economics that is called 'neoliberal', and now …
The Maldives, a vast republic of scattered islands in the Indian Ocean, has worked hard to make its fisheries among the world's most sustainable, writes Tony Juniper. But now the EU has slapped a 20% levy on its fish exports due to human rights concerns - a move that mainly hits poor fisherfolk innocent of any wrongdoing.
Human rights vs sustainability? EU must not attack Maldives 'green' fishery Tony Juniper | 27th November 2014 Comment Maldives Oceans Fishing Human Rights maldives-pole-and-line-cut.jpg The Maldives, …
As hundreds of British dairy farmers are forced out of business by milk prices well below production cost, writes Patrick Holden, it's time for a 'fair trade' British milk label that guarantees a fair price to smaller scale farmers operating to good environmental and animal welfare standards.
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Members of the food movement share an infectious vision, writes Jonathan Latham - one which is constructive, convivial, classless, raceless, international, and embraces the whole world. Unled yet inspirational, it rests on a novel, harmonious philosophy that combines science, recognition of planetary boundaries, and the universal need for wholesome sustenance.
… from the standard enlightenment framings of economics and social Darwinism, but also … reductionist society. Much of standard economics, large parts of biology such as …
Incorporating the ocean into visions of an environmentally stable future would first require a change in our ocean imaginary.
Blue imaginaries for Green New Deals Jessica Lehman Elizabeth Johnson | 10th September 2021 | Comment Perspectives On A Global Green New Deal Oceans Environmental Justice maritime_organisation.jpg …