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People First Economics
No-one could have predicted – or planned – the revolution that we’re in. For it is a revolution – not just a temporary aberration or passing hurricane. Capitalism as we know it is falling about our ears and the world will never be the same again.
People First Economics [...]

The growth of ‘de-growth’ in France: Bringing greens and the left together

The growth of ‘de-growth’ in France: Bringing greens and the left together
By Derrick O’Keefe
| August 21, 2009

In a world marked by capitalism’s twin crises — economic and ecological — there is an increasing amount of discussion, thinking, writing and activism that seeks to fuse greens and the left (broadly defined). Ian Angus, occasional rabble [...]

EARTH DAYS trailer
Official Selection 2009 Sundance Film Festival
It is now all the rage in the Age of Al Gore and Obama, but can you remember when everyone in America was not Going Green? Visually stunning, vastly entertaining and awe-inspiring, Earth Days looks back to the dawn and development of the modern [...]

The (un)Happy Planet Index 2.0: Why good lives do not have to cost the Earth

nef (the new economics foundation) is pleased to announce the release of the Happy Planet Index 2.0, the second global ranking of the ecological efficiency with which the worlds nations deliver long and happy lives for the people who live there. The report reveals a surprising picture of the relative wealth and progress of nations:
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“British companies are killing us”: Indigenous campaigners join Climate Camp to launch anti-Tar Sands action in the UK

For Immediate Release
18th August 2009
”British companies are killing us”: Indigenous campaigners join Climate Camp to launch anti-Tar Sands action in the UK
For interviews and further information contact Jess Worth on
07946645726 or jessworth@riseup.net or Clayton Thomas-Muller, Indigenous Environmental Network, (001) 218… or monsterredlight@gmail.com.
Five indigenous representatives from Canada’s First Nations will be joining the London Climate Camp [...]

OTTAWA – Finally – someone tells the truth in city hall. We are looking for comments – how is your city doing?

Please comment – how is your city doing? Should Councillor Clive Doucet receive accolades for saying out loud what no one wants to acknowledge?
City of Ottawa all talk, no walk on environment: Doucet
By Patrick Dare, The Ottawa Citizen August 25, 2009Comments (6)
OTTAWA — The City of Ottawa talks big about being a green city and [...]

Canada’s bloody oil | The Guardian Two Articles

Canada’s bloody oil
UK companies are extracting oil from our traditional lands. We believe it’s killing us – and that’s why I’m attending Climate Camp

George Poitras
guardian.co.uk, Monday 24 August 2009 16.30 BST

My people are dying, and we believe British companies are responsible. My community, Fort Chipewyan in Alberta, Canada, is situated at the heart of the [...]

The Big Ask: Climate change, “ACT NOW!”
We need strong leadership on climate change. Too many politicians are happy to speak about the issue, but their promises have often turned out to be just a load more hot air. One exception is the United Kingdom, where a climate law has just been [...]

‘July CO2′ continues dangerous rise: 51 straight years

August 20, 2009
‘July CO2′ continues dangerous rise: 51 straight years
Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii (USA) Atmospheric CO2 reached 387.81 parts per million (ppm) in the month of July 2009, according to scientific data released August 10, 2009, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the United States. At the same monitoring location, the Mauna [...]

A sobering wake up check

Protecting ‘national sovereignty’ or the right to exploit? Harper in north for military exercise, Operation Nanook
August 20, 2009
The Toronto Star reports today, “In a display of bravado, boasts and a flexing of military might, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has vowed to stand up to nations that are already “probing” Canada’s North. Harper led the [...]