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| Age of Stupor |
| Published on: Mar 30, 2009 by Carl Munson
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| Last updated on: Mar 30, 2009 |
| Keywords: age of stupid, age of stupor, climate change, peak oil
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| Categories: Society
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You may have heard that a new 'last chance to tackle climate change' film has been released. Its name: Age of Stupid; its effect, so far fairly minimal, apart from its re-rousing of the 'converted' when it comes to such issues.
In my world, climate change (as well as its troublesome relatives - peak oil, the capitalism crunch and a gross misunderstanding of what human beings are really for) is a given, a foundational issue around which I structure my lifestyle.
A site I facilitate, ...
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| Can wild fish be labeled organic? |
| Published on: Mar 27, 2009 by Abhijit Banerjee
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| Last updated on: Mar 27, 2009 |
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| Categories: Soil
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When we buy a pork chop labeled "organic" we can assume that the pig that produced it ate only organic food, roamed outdoors from time to time, and was left free of antibiotics. An organic tomato must flourish without conventional pesticides. An organic chicken cannot be fed antibiotics.
But when it comes to deciding what makes a fish organic, it is rather baffling. How does one control the wild fish which swim in pristine waters? This is a major issue in organic aquaculture
It a...
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| The Greenhouse |
| Published on: Mar 26, 2009 by ian russell
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| Last updated on: Mar 26, 2009 |
| Keywords: allotments, carbon, charcoal, compost, ecology, economics, greenhouse, greenhouse gases, recycle
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| Categories: Society, Soil
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Tales from the Allotment
Late March
It's been ten weeks since I was last formally employed in exchange for money and I've settled into a routine so naturally, I can't quite believe it. My biggest fear now is having to go back to work, something that will have to be considered in due course unless providence shines its light upon me for the rest of my working life. For the first time in thirty years of working for a living I realise what ''working for yourself'' and ''being your own ...
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