I had not taken the time to read this case and arguments concerning the paper industry. It's a good example of an interlinked ("complex") problem structure. ...
The image for July 2004 (at www.yahoogroups.com/group/ecolecon) is that of the complete clearfell of one of two extremely damaged streamside reserves in the...
Don't forget the water use!!! IN the high desert of Arizona a paper mill was established to use small diameter wood of which there was a surfeit. However the...
... diameter wood of which there ... water from the aquifer. The long ... important than wood utilization. ... ...A severe drought is now 4-6 years old and...
The multinational corporations have gained so much power in the last 50 years. It is outrageous that they get anything they want by litigation or by ...
Seems to me it was the head of one of the big French water firms who stated that water, within the next couple of decades, will be the next oil - bought and...
check out Herman Daly economist at John Hopkins University for ecological/economic sustainable system thought ... __________________________________ Do you...
dang those ecologists!! of course coming from a publication like The Economist what can one expect?? Will the economists ever get over the hubris of claiming...
'Whose development' .... who benefits? Good questions. [ PEERING AT THE FUTURE The Economist, Jun 17th 2004] Here's another example of 'normal' development...
Hello, I'm currently undertaking a study of the impact of internet communications and resources on the environmetal movement. This is part of a post-grad...
FW: ESEE 2005 ... From: Paula Antunes Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:26 PM Subject: FW: ESEE 2005 Dear friends As chair of ESEE 2005 - the 6th International...
Goncalo Lobo
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Oct 27, 2004 12:09 pm
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Hello, Brenda, These are dark days indeed. I was just looking at the TV screen in the next room, and thought to myself, "are these like the last days of the...
Thanks Ernie A quote from the Jay Hanson article you posted below said: "..Once global oil peaks, and we NEED to start pumping Saddam's oil, I expect Americans...
Ernie, I also often feel like I'm living in the latter days of Rome. Here in a "red" state..... I just hope there are people in the rest of the world that...
Off-topic, but addresses Kelley's hope: http://www.sorryeverybody.com...
Brian Ritzel
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Nov 11, 2004 2:21 am
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Hi All, Follow the link on this one a bit. The PDF is still available to download and view. I don't like what I see, but the prohibition against replanting IS ...
Hi folks Just finished re-reading John Kenneth Galbraith's 'The Culture of Contentment'. In this book (of 1992) Galbraith outlines the anthropological ...
Hello Brenda, Communicating from the belly of the empire, I would predict that the ideology of the conntented electorate has not yet reached a tipping point, ...
Tadit Thanks for your response to my summary of Galbraith's observations. Yes, Galbraith really doesn't come up with a way to counter modern day 'contentment'....
Brenda: I'm not familiar with 'the cultural intensification theory of change and cultural shifts'. T: I'll admit that I have not yet seen an author who has...
... I am reading John Adams ... U.S. second president who wrote a comprehensive treatise in defense of republics. So far, no one I have asked even knows what a...
Louis Agnew's said "..perhaps, what we should be doing is working on is an alignment of the people with the aristocracy to overthrow the tyranny and...
Nice summary Brenda, thanks. Sadly, I am forced to agree with your conclusion, that people fail to recognize the tyranny we already live under here. On the...
Louis I wondered about your statement: "there are two separate groups, the oligarchs are the militarism supporting factions still playing the great oil and...
Brenda, One of the biggest mistakes a nation can do is fail to distinguish between the corrupt faction and the uncorrupt faction of the aristocracy. All...
Louis ... And interspersed them with some my response/comments. There's plenty more thoughts where these came from but I'm restrained by time right now : ...
I don't quite agree with that statement. Maybe the populace has the vote in the U.S., but their views are shaped by advertising of every form, and capital has...
