Category Archives: Inequality

Allan Savory – Reversing Global Warming?

Posted on March 21, 2013 by macca

Allan Savory presented an important lecture on January 25, 2013 at Tufts University. He explained how Holistic Management restores grasslands from land that’s degraded to desert. This innovative, natural, and simple idea mimics Nature by using careful management of livestock … Continue reading →

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Paul Ehrlich: “Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?”

Posted on January 29, 2013 by macca

Dr. Paul Ehrlich (author of “The Population Bomb”) talks about his new scientific paper, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, with Alex Smith from Radio Ecoshock. The title of this peer-reviewed paper is “Can a collapse of global … Continue reading →

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Oliver Stone on “The Untold History of the United States”

Posted on November 27, 2012 by macca

Part One Part Two From DemocracyNow! via YouTube: Academy Award-winning Oliver Stone has teamed up with historian Peter Kuznick to produce a 10-part Showtime series called, “Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States.” Drawing on archival findings and recently … Continue reading →

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“A four-degree warmer world can and must be avoided” – President, World Bank

Posted on November 19, 2012 by macca

From ABC News | More… | Download the PDF report The World Bank has warned global temperatures could rise by four degrees Celsius this century without immediate action, with potentially devastating consequences for coastal cities and the poor. Issuing a … Continue reading →

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Climate Change: The ugly, hidden truth

Posted on November 14, 2012 by macca

Dr. Kevin Anderson is Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in the UK. Here he is addressing an audience at the Cabot Institute (University of Bristol) on November 6. Anderson called the lecture “Real clothes for … Continue reading →

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The Julian Assange Show: Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali

Posted on October 23, 2012 by macca

Julian Assange interviews both Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali on his short-lived TV Show on Russia Today. Mac laptop journalism from our embassy-bound wayward son; faked fairly badly in sections of the video. My favourite quotes are from Chomsky, commenting … Continue reading →

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Remember when we were able to swim in the ocean?

Posted on October 7, 2012 by macca

I predict we will not be able to eat seafood by 2050. It will simply be too toxic, because of the plastics we dump into the ocean. What a waste, when we could have done something about it – even … Continue reading →

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Big Oil: Stealing from The Poor?

Posted on October 5, 2012 by macca

Not much comment needed from me… An ethical masterpiece, from ABC Australia’s Four Corners program, absolutely vital to the public interest, worldwide. Awesome work from our public broadcaster! Watch it here, or watch it at the ABC: Taxing Times in … Continue reading →

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Peak Oil: The 9 billion ton hamster

Posted on September 26, 2012 by macca

I’ve always thought of myself as a smart guy. There I was, at 30 years of age, producing award winning advertising, designed to manipulate people – through fear, envy and stupidity – into consuming more and more, exponentially. Pretty smart, … Continue reading →

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John Cook: A Christian view on climate change

Posted on September 13, 2012 by macca

John Cook is climate change communication research fellow from the Global Change Institute and runs the website “Skeptical Science”. He recently presented a talk on climate change at Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland. This talk presents a “Christian … Continue reading →

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Government’s data storage plans to impact all Australians

Posted on September 5, 2012 by macca

From the ABC’s Lateline program: Data-retention plan likened to Gestapo tactics Critics of the Federal Government’s plan to store the internet and phone data of every Australian say it amounts to constant surveillance. Attorney-General Nicola Roxon yesterday announced the controversial … Continue reading →

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Montara oil spill turning fishermen into people smugglers

Posted on July 29, 2012 by macca

Indonesian authorities estimate that damage from Australia’s Montara oil spill has cost around $1.7 billion a year in lost earnings. Waters that supported 8,000 fishermen now only support 1,000. So it is more than a little ironic that these fishermen … Continue reading →

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