February 2009
For survivalists the end is always nigh
Tim's brief article gives some insight into the 'survivalst' approach to concerns surrounding peak oil, climate change and economic meltdown. The Transition movement is different in its approach as noted by our own Russ Grayson. While Elliot associates Permaculture and the Transition movement with survivalism, we must point out that both of these focus on proactive moves to build sustainability and resilience for whole communities and in that they are very different in attitude and action from survivalism as we know it. Read the article here
Eco-suburb plan unveiled for city
Now we're talking! Time for Sydney and the NSW Government to start thinking and doing along these lines. Here's the article in The Age.
Accelerating into disaster – when banks manage the food crisis
The latest conference in Madrid on solving the food crisis was as usual dominated by banks and global agrochemical interests and produced more of the same food imperialism that has produced the crisis in the first place. Read the declaration of the coalition of small peasant-farmer organisations presented to that conference in the minimal time they were allocated to address the conference.