Public Talk in the Workers Club, Lismore, NSW, Australia on 30 November 2019.
Talk given to workers, local residents, community members, meditators, activists, firefighters, Extinction Rebellion supporters and more. The following consists of a transcription of the talk, edited and adapted. …
Capitalism, Economic Growth and Consumerism Belong Together like Wood and Trees.
The agents of capitalism refused to consider the Earth as its only capital. Science, religion, education, work, travel and social life function as means to make profit. …
From the Sickness of Economic Growth to Eco-nomicsRead More »
From the Sickness of Economic Growth to Eco-nomics Read More »
The knowledge, expertise and materials have developed to enable the end of the climate emergency. Sadly, there is not the political/corporate will, which resists tackling the emergency.
Economic growth, profit and consumer demand take priority over life on the Earth. …
…
I regularly buy a copy of the London Review of Books, a fortnightly publication which offers extensive book reviews, thoughtful essays and a handful of poems. …
