The Police Officer will do a good job. But at the root? it’s not actually his job. The growth of gangs is a symptom that tells us we are failing. So how do we get a passing grade? A fundamental responsibility of our communities is to provide the stew to nourish our individual toddlers into […]
We can refuse to accept the pervasive, but false, claims that money is wealth and a growing GDP improves the lives of all. by David Korten “Money is just a number, an accounting chit we accept in exchange for things of real value because we have been conditioned to do so almost from birth,” David […]
Many thanks to Lyle for the article below, “Turmoil in Saudi water . . . “. Earlier, related postings appear at bottom. First, a bit of background on The Great Land Grab is helpful to understanding the full impact of Lyle’s comment. Note: The Land Grabs usually take place in the Global South. Welcome, Canada! The sale of the […]
https://www.socialeurope.eu/2016/03/how-political-elites-have-failed-to-ensure-social-justice-across-generations/ Social Europe by Joseph Stiglitz on 17 March 2016 @JosephEStiglitz Joseph Stiglitz (CC Raimond Spekking) Something interesting has emerged in voting patterns on both sides of the Atlantic: Young people are voting in ways that are markedly different from their elders. A great divide appears to have opened up, based not so much […]
I highly recommend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-a6jzU0YgQ (1:08:49) John Perkins is essentially another whistleblower. His stories are from his own employment as an “economic hitman” for the U.S.. HOWEVER, he has much more to say (listen to the end). We are not in rebellion, overthrowing the scoundrels. He believes that around the globe we are crafting a new way of […]
These 3 youtubes cover the ground on ecological economics very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d05jEprJxtE “CRASH COURSE” in Ecological Economics (Jon Erickson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhHH5meSLZI Nate Hagens // From Wall St. to Ecological Economics // Part 1 ] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxfGcwfYlAg Interview, William Rees – The Dangerous Disconnect Between Economics and Ecology. Institute for New Economic Thinking
http://www.cbc.ca/1.3254364 This month, the University of Victoria is launching a very exclusive MBA program — it’s only open to Telus employees. The program will be taught primarily by UVic faculty, but it’s being paid for by Telus. The company also played a role in its design. Dan Pontefract is Chief Envisioner with the Telus Transformation Office, the […]
With thanks to Janet Eaton: Richard Heinberg concludes: It is probably not within the capability of philanthropic foundations to avert all the human impacts that will accompany the end of economic growth, nor the environmental impacts of past growth. Nevertheless, the strategic application of some of society’s accumulated wealth toward solving the problem of systemic adaptation […]
2012-04-01 How the Big Energy Companies Plan to Turn the U.S. (and Canada) into a Third World Petro-State http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=4894 2007-05-19 TARSANDS: Backlash against a whistle-blower Globe & Mail, Andrew Nikiforuk http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=4917 2007-06-06 VIDEO: Help “Get the Shell Out” of the Sacred headwaters. (Add to original: call on CPP to disinvest.) http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=4897 2009-09-26 […]
Related: (2015-04-18) Hundreds of Millions of Dollars already paid out to corporations because of trade deals. It’s about to multiply many times over (TPP, CETA, etc.). (2013-11-09) Contrast: Transatlantic Trade Deals (CETA & TTIP), also TPP vs “We Are Living in the World Occupy Made” (2013-06-11) CETA (also about GMO’s): Canada ready to raise threshold […]