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Days of world consumption: A warning label for oil and gas discoveries | Energy Bulletin - 0 views
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"Days of world consumption: A warning label for oil and gas discoveries\nby Kurt Cobb "\n"We should leave fossil fuels before they leave us."
Monbiot.com » Consumer Hell - 0 views
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"How do we break a system which now permeates every aspect of our lives?"
The Visual Du Jour - What If…? | The Global Sociology Blog - 0 views
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"How long would certain resources last if current patterns of consumption persist (outer number) or if the world consumed at half the US pace (inner number). Click on the image for a much larger view:"
Ethanol and Food: Feeding Grain to Cars While Hunger Rises | Sustainablog - 0 views
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"The 107 million tons of grain that went to U.S. ethanol distilleries in 2009 was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels."
The bottleneck century | Energy Bulletin - 0 views
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Book review of " Bottleneck: Humanity's Impending Impasse", William Catton, Jr. dispenses with "the happy chapter" altogether and simply gives us the grim prognosis. Human society is now on an unstoppable trajectory for a significant die-off. Not cheerful stuff, but a viewpoint non-the-less.
Naomi Klein on how corporate branding has taken over America | Books | The Guardian - 0 views
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"Ten years after the publication of No Logo, Naomi Klein switches her attention from the mall to Barack Obama and discovers that corporate culture has taken over the US government"
So You Want to Cut Your Resource Usage? : Casaubon's Book - 0 views
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"After 3 years of living at between 1/5 and 1/10th of the energy the average family uses, there are some generalities I can offer to people. But they aren't the ones you'll see in most of the "10 tips to go green" articles." Sharon Astyk's 10 tips!
Recycling centre locator, recycling news, tips & advice for improved recycling. - 0 views
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"Recycling.co.uk is The Heart of Recycling in the UK, providing advice and tips to the public about what can be recycled and how to recycle it. We update our Recycling Guide regularly as new processes and technologies are developed. "
Environmentally Friendly Ways to Re-use All Your Waste at Green Uses For Waste (UK) - 0 views
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A practical guide to recycling with adverts
Oxfam GB :: Ethical Purchasing policy - 1 views
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"Oxfam strives to purchase goods and services which are produced and delivered under conditions which do not involve abuse or exploitation, and which have the least negative impact on the environment."
Defra, UK - Environmental Protection - Recycling and Waste - 0 views
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"Taking action on waste is essential. We consume natural resources at an unsustainable rate and contribute unnecessarily to climate change. Each year we generate about 100 million tonnes of waste from households, commerce and industry."
The Freecycle Network - 0 views
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"grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills."
Ethical Trading Initiative | Respect for workers worldwide - 1 views
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"The Ethical Trading Initiative is a ground-breaking alliance of companies, trade unions and voluntary organisations. We work in partnership to improve the working lives of people across the globe who make or grow consumer goods - everything from tea to T-shirts, from flowers to footballs."
wabi sabi article - 0 views
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a western insightful view of ordinary beauty and how it relates to impermanence, painfulness and insubstantiality
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