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Age of Stupor
Published on: Mar 30, 2009 by Carl Munson
Last updated on: Mar 30, 2009
Keywords: age of stupid, age of stupor, climate change, peak oil
Categories: Society
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.



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Can wild fish be labeled organic?
Published on: Mar 27, 2009 by Abhijit Banerjee
Last updated on: Mar 27, 2009
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Categories: Soil
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



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The Greenhouse
Published on: Mar 26, 2009 by ian russell
Last updated on: Mar 26, 2009
Keywords: allotments, carbon, charcoal, compost, ecology, economics, greenhouse, greenhouse gases, recycle
Categories: Society, Soil
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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Why do we need a religion?
Pamela Warman wrote at 04:59:52 PM on Feb 19, 2011
my understanding is that religions are stories, mythical stories to explain life.
One of the problems is that people have taken it literally, and lost perspective.
Another problem is that more mythical stories have not been written, or the
old stories have not been updated to modern times.
Contemplations during a Pula-Zagreb Flight
Radenko Kosić wrote at 01:08:08 PM on Nov 27, 2010
IKONA (Risto Ratković)

Vidim li koju ženu
Tebi da liči:
U mantilu pepeljastom i belom šeširu,
Dešava se na ulici da zastanem.
I mada znam
Odavno već da truneš
Pomislim: možda si ti.

Inače, ti znaš
U Boga nismo verovali
Ni ja ni ti.
I zaista nema to sa njim veze
Što želim
Pred slikom tvojom kandilo da palim.
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