The newly released Shell Sustainability Report for 2011 says “Population growth and rising living standards are driving energy demand, contributing to increased environmental stresses. As the world becomes more crowded, the stresses between the essentials of life – water, food and energy – will become more critical. Energy production needs […]
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It’s an intrigue befitting the machinations of classical colonialism in past centuries, such as the Sykes-Picot carve-up of the Middle Eastern Levant territories, or the betrayal of the Arabs after World War I, or the theft of Mesopotamia’s oil by British capitalists. Only this time, it is Arabs who are […]
Monsanto’s disregard for human health is evidenced by their hazardous GMO crops and herbicides, but a shocking new report has revealed the company’s illegal ‘slave-like’ working conditions. Forcing slave workers to work the cornfields for 14 hours per day and buy their food (most likely GMO) at highly-inflated prices […]
Monsanto is not simply a company who sells genetically modified products to those seeking them. This massive corporation is actually very much involved with the passing and proposals of regulations concerning the very GM ingredients they are responsible for. You may think those helping to pass the GMO bills truly […]
“Peak Oil” is the theory that the world is running out of “fossil fuels” whose depletion will turn society on its head. However, there still exist dual theories on the origin of oil, neither of which can yet be fully proven. It is of great importance to weigh both theories […]
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The slow but sure upsurge of an opposition to bad trends undertaken within NZ and done in the name of NZ is growing . A very important addition to this general but historic movement is the Save the Farms development. www.savethefarms.org.nz It is led by concerned individuals from the business world […]
Al Jazeera English Interesting show this one, caught an episode today where they were discussing the need for a global government, like it was no big thing… yikes. I’ll endeavour to post it when it makes it into the “pipes and dump-tucks” of internet land. Here is a good intro […]
In an attempt to be proactive, or seem proactive, governments and scientists are ‘considering‘ changing the climate. Using man made volcano-like smoke stacks, reflective particles in the upper atmosphere, aerosolized particles dispensed from aircraft …and other such dangerous (not to mention expensive) ideas. Whilst I’m in no rush to usher […]
Watch this movie. On at the Auckland film festival https://www.nzff.co.nz/default.aspx?id=8791®ion=2 Still tickets available for the last two shows. … ooooh but hurry. ========================= The official ‘redband’ trailer for American The Bill Hicks Story www.americanthemovie.com This groundbreaking new documentary uses a stunning new animation technique to tell the story of the modern cultural […]