October 2011
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Kumi Naidoo on the Occupy Movement
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kumi-naidoo/occupy-the-world_b_1021511.html?ref=tw
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Population? Consumption?
The Guardian: “One example of the kind of problem the planet will face has been this year’s devastating famine in the Horn of Africa. Drought was the primary cause, but it has been exacerbated by pressure on the land; the population of the region has doubled since the early 1970s.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/23/child-6bn-population-adnan-nevic
Hmmm…. population isn’t...
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Kumi Naidoo
Kumi Naidoo is a hero of mine. Hear him talk about the environmental movement.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/18/kumi-naidoo-video_n_1016858.html
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WatchGraham Hill: Less stuff, more happiness
Or more meaningful stuff and less crap?
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Nuclear power is a political choice
The argument for nuclear power tends to be two fold:
1) Climate change argument - If we want to stop runaway climate change, we need to switch to low carbon fuels FAST and nuclear, a “bridge” technology, is economically and technically more viable than renewables (that remains debatable).
2) Energy security argument - Renewables alone cannot meet all our energy needs.
And this is...
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Small is Possible
Large scale infrastructure projects are not the only viable intervention to solve some of our key environmental problems. In fact many in the energy sector have started to realise that the community scale is where real innovation is taking place ….Read Small is Possible to be inspired by real life projects by a traveling salesmen turned environmentalist entrepreneur
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WatchElegant. Almost poetic. This is what technology and design should do for humanity. Fuck nuclear. Fuck GM.
