Dead Man’s Chest
Biodiversity, Comedy Break, peak oil — by Marc Roberts
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"War-torn" is such a compact description, isn’t it. It leaves out the economics and the politics and the machinations of great powers, and concentrates on the trauma in the here and now, as though it had sprung fully formed upon an innocent world.
So we watch the seizing of an oil tanker by desperate men from a failed state - whose climate and conditions get crueler by the year - and we imagine that it is not a portent of things to come, but an aberration in an otherwise purposeful, perfectible world. We choose not to look down the path from whence this monster came.
One of many links from today’s extensive coverage, and another one not so well covered, and another BIG ONE - not for the feint hearted.
Comments (0)Posted on: November 19, 2008
Exodus
Biodiversity, Comedy Break, Global Warming/Climate Change, Society — by Marc Roberts
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Whilst the newly elected president of the Maldives brings up the massive issue of the resettlement of whole nations due to sea level rise, the UK panics over a more imaginary inundation, and limits non-EU immigration to ballet dancers and sheep-shearers. The Dutch, meanwhile, - in their great tradition of physical nation building - plan to build a hydro electric island in the north sea. The basking shark, amongst others, begins its long goodbye.
Comments (0)Posted on: November 12, 2008
Elephants and Weasels
Comedy Break — by Marc Roberts
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Living Planet reports the resource crunch, yet again, whilst elephants fear for the worst.
Comments (0)Posted on: October 30, 2008
Letters from Vietnam - a Funny Thing Happened…
Comedy Break — by Craig Mackintosh
Was it the distracting view here in Vietnam, or the mud - or simply carelessness? I’ve parked motorcyces (normally a bit larger than this one…) in some unusual places before, and never had this happen to me. What am I on about? Well, while taking this photo….
… I heard a kind of crashing noise in the grass next to me….
Comments (2)Posted on: October 29, 2008
South Bank Show Demystifies Financial Crisis
Comedy Break — by Craig Mackintosh
Posted on: September 21, 2008
New Permaculturists in Kamiah, Idaho
Comedy Break, Food Plants - Annual, Water Harvesting — by Craig Mackintosh
While on a consultancy at the future site of the Kamiah Permaculture Institute at Kim and Julie Pagliaro’s FNA Ranch, Geoff and Nadia visit the neighbor’s (Carol and David Johnson) permaculture garden in Kamiah, ID. Just a little exposure to permaculture by their neighbour’s students set them off on the high road to sustainability. You know how the advert goes - you tell two people, they tell two people, and so on, and so on….
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Posted on: August 25, 2008
Cantankerous Frank Digs for Victory
Comedy Break — by Craig Mackintosh
He’s lean, he’s mean, and he knows what he wants. It’s Cantankerous Frank, stripped down to his 25-or-so year old vest, brandishing a shovel, and holding firm against the not-so-super markets.
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