I, along with a host of others including some famous or household names, signed the CASSE position statement a number of years ago. CASSE is the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy. A steady state economy is something that may never be achieved before the economy we have actually self implodes but... Continue Reading →
My Christmas Message
Here's my Christmas message. I have said this before somewhere but this time it is delivered by well-known, highly respected scientist and environmentalist David Suzuki who begins to look more and more like Santa Claus as time goes by. Personal thoughts It may be thought that this is a bit of a downer at... Continue Reading →
Ich Hatt’ Einen Kameraden
Camaraderie. While there are many things about soldiers that are unsavoury and often better left unsaid, there are also other things that can be considered remarkable, lasting, and to be admired. One of those more shining attributes, deserving of recognition, is camaraderie. As someone who has served in the military (I have this: ... Continue Reading →
Hallelujah! Now Here Is Some Good News (for a change).
I haven't always had good words to say about US President Barak Obama but today, hot off the press this is, he (thank you Sir) has issued an Executive Order titled 'PREPARING THE UNITED STATES FOR THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE'. Like I said, this is very good news. It appears he is finally getting... Continue Reading →
Postcard From My Facebook Page
I sometimes do quick posts to my Facebook page and then wonder why I didn't think to do them here first. Here is one of those: I have a growing respect for this health website for the fine articles they publish. Here is a very down-to-earth one from Peter Gray MD, "a small town family... Continue Reading →
Blood From Stone
One might ask the question as to why it has taken the Shell oil company over thirty years of experimention in Colorado to realise that there is no profit in trying to extract blood from stone, or oil from shale. An article just published on Resilience.org and originally on Resource Insights relates how Shell has... Continue Reading →
“Messieurs, c’est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot.”
The Last Word From the start of my involvement with blogging and social media I have built up a list of favourite quotations. Among them is the following from Louis Pasteur the microbiologist and discoverer of the role of microbes in the process of fermentation and who played a large role in the field of... Continue Reading →
Gender Roles In Collapse
Today I read this excellent article titled 'On Gender, Collapse, & Communities We Can All Abide' by Katherine Acosta at the resilience.org website and was disgusted, though not surprised, to be awakened to the blinkered misogynist views of such otherwise eminent writers on societal collapse and related subjects as Dmitry Orlov and James Howard Kunstler.... Continue Reading →
System Thinking and the Informal Vote
George Monbiot, an author, political commentator and a columnist for The Guardian UK, occasionally gets things right and I have to agree with much of what he says in this article presented by the Permaculture Research Institute Australia. I felt I should comment on his piece by relating why I voted informally (mostly due to... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 