December 2009
8 posts
Why Copenhagen will fail and why that doesn’t... →
I’m choosing to respond to Copenhagen thus, I have to, otherwise I’d be in a crumpled heap in the corner: “…You see we’re not ready to fix climate change, not yet. We have not accepted the scale of the problem. Nor have we established the political conditions necessary to fix the problem when we do. However Copenhagen does signify the shift between two eras and if you watch...
This is bigger than climate change. It is a battle... →
“…While economies grow, social justice is unnecessary, as lives can be improved without redistribution… But, like the bankers, we stave off trouble today only by multiplying it tomorrow. Through economic growth we are borrowing time at punitive rates of interest… Even if we manage to prevent climate breakdown, growth means that it’s only a matter of time before we hit...
excellent copenhagen reportage... →
a GREAT way to keep up with the copenhagen shenanigans…and you really should try and keep up with them: this is monumentally important stuff… “For the next couple of weeks, newmatilda.com will be turning our group blog over to the COP15 climate talks. Our Copenhagen correspondents will be posting their thoughts, reactions and insights as the talks unfold. It will, as you’d...
My family is so cool!
This is what we’ve all agreed to do regarding ‘gifts’:
No-Cents Secret Santa
Please prepare/devise/create/scrounge a gift for the name to the right of your own. In the interest of non-consumerism, saving the planet, being creative, having fun, feeling the love, taking the challenge, being silly, being heartfelt and saving some money, you can do anything other than actually...
SCHOOL REPORT EXCERPT FROM THE YEAR 3050 (approx)
The Age of Stupid constitutes the period between the ascent of the internal combustion engine in the late-19th century and the crossing of the 2 degree Celsius threshold to runaway global warming in the mid-21st.
This era was characterised by near-total dependence on energy from fossil hydrocarbons, together with exponentially increasing consumption based on the destruction of finite natural...
November 2009
15 posts
““This wondrous miracle did love devise,
For dancing is love’s...”
Breathless
Not written by me of course….but very much enjoyed by me - especially this morning :)
‘Breathless’… by Mr. Nick Cave
It’s up in the morning and on the downs Little white clouds like gambolling lambs And I am breathless over you And the red-breasted robin beats his wings His throat it trembles when he sings For he is helpless before you The happy hooded bluebells bow...