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Radical Green: Turning Our Shit into Electricity

Monday, 15 June 2009 10:58 A GMT+01

More than half of the 15 trillion gallons of sewage Americans flush annually is processed into sludge that gets spread on farmland, lawns, and home vegetable gardens. In theory, recycling shit is the perfect solution to the byproduct of civilization.

The 'Green' Revolution: Camouflaging Consumerism

Tuesday, 24 March 2009 9:11 A GMT+01

It's impossible to shake the lurking suspicion that these demonstrative efforts to become 'green' lack the depth to be more than a passing fad and may be instead a means of simply camouflaging a new type of consumerism.

Decriminalize Marijuana [A Personal Response to Recession/Depression]

Tuesday, 10 March 2009 11:01 A GMT+01

It looks like the weed debate just got real. As the nation faces its worst economic crisis in generations, California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has introduced a trailblazing bill to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol.

"Save the Planet from Capitalism"

Monday, 9 March 2009 12:06 P GMT+01

Evo Morales: “Under capitalism we are not human beings but consumers. Under capitalism mother earth does not exist, instead there are raw materials. In reality, the earth is much more important than the stock exchanges of Wall Street and the world."

The Revolution Is Here! No More Toilet Paper!

Saturday, 7 March 2009 10:08 A GMT+01

While I was suffering an inevitable bout of Delhi belly in India, I was staying in a room with a spray attachment that allowed me to clean my anus – let's call spades spades here, it is not my bottom – without having to touch it or use paper.

Worried about Climate Change? Stop Eating Meat!

Wednesday, 4 March 2009 9:16 A GMT+01

The meat industry produces more carbon emissions than the auto industry (cows belching - amazing but true). For example, 4oz of steamed vegetables have a carbon footprint of 0.18lbs, 4 oz of pasta has 0.39 lbs and 4oz of steak has 10.5lbs.

Obama Taken in by Biofuel 'Hoax'

Saturday, 20 December 2008 10:07 A GMT+01

Obama has bought into the neocons' absurd claim that biofuels are the answer to our energy challenge. There are big problems with biofuels, including serious deforestation and pollution impacts. But the key problem is their effect on food prices.

'Green' Imperialism

Wednesday, 10 December 2008 9:48 A GMT+01

The rush for land was triggered by this year's food crisis and the European push for biofuels. The South Korean firm Daewoo made headlines last week when it sought a 99-year lease on 1.3 million hectares of Madagascar to grow maize and oil palm.

Charles Windsor Condemns Consumerism

Monday, 1 December 2008 9:31 A GMT+01

The Prince of Wales has delivered an impassioned plea against Western civilisation's burgeoning consumerism, warning that it is leading to an increasing dislocation between humanity and nature.

Greenwashing America

Friday, 28 November 2008 10:36 A GMT+01

Greenwashing is when WalMart claims to be "green" because they put solar panels on their big box stores. We're meant to ignore its destruction of the planet through excessive fossil use to transport cheap slave-made goods.

Go Green! How to Have Sex in a Small Car [Flog the Blog]

Thursday, 20 November 2008 10:07 A GMT+01

1. Radical Green Sex 2. For the Earth to Live, Capitalism Must Die 3. The Agony of Gaza 4. Obamania: The Manufacture of Illusions 5. A Brief Socialist History of the Automobile 6. Obama Will Be "Good for Israel"

Radical Green: The Low Carbon Lifestyle

Wednesday, 22 October 2008 9:05 A GMT+01

A poll of 12,000 people examined their commitment to environmental practices - reducing energy use at home, buying energy-efficient appliances, boycotting companies with bad environmental records. Seven percent earned the top designation, dark green.

Radical Green: Eat Less Meat! [Sickening Factory Farming Video]

Thursday, 11 September 2008 8:32 A GMT+01

Diet change is important because of huge greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental problems - including habitat destruction - associated with rearing cattle and other animals. It's easier to change eating habits compared with transport habits.

Fuck Tourism! It's Destroying the World

Wednesday, 3 September 2008 8:39 A GMT+01

The streets of Paris and Venice are so crowded that you can barely move. Cruise ships are filling harbors and disgorging hordes of day trippers the world over. Towering hotels rise in ever-greater numbers along once pristine and empty beaches.

"Going Green" - Middle-Class Smugness

Wednesday, 20 August 2008 9:01 A GMT+01

Drowning in ecojunk...I have a lifetimes' supply of ballpoint pens made with recycled paper and half a dozen miniature solar chargers for gadgets that I don't possess. Ethical shopping is in danger of becoming another signifier of social status.

Hollywood's Recent Releases: On the Edge of Despair

Thursday, 14 August 2008 8:39 A GMT+01

To varying degrees, this summer's blockbusters are forgoing irony as they deliberately move into the darker realms of storytelling. Critics are embracing that darkness, whether it's an undercurrent (Iron Man) or a defining principle (Dark Knight).

What We Really Need is $8 a Gallon Gas [Car Culture Clips]

Sunday, 20 July 2008 9:30 A GMT+01

We spent 50 years using government money to build the freeways that led to the driving-centric, mall-rat lifestyle. We need to restructure society into something better. As bummed as I am to pay a lot for gas, it's a fair price for improving society.

Sex Files: Bouncing Breasts - Bionic Bra

Thursday, 17 July 2008 7:49 A GMT+01

Human-powered devices are showing up everywhere, from Rotterdam's sustainable dance floor to human-powered gyms in Hong Kong. The timing seemed perfect ? perhaps even overdue ? for a bra that could harness the untapped power of breast motion.

Radical Green: A Dying Car Culture

Tuesday, 8 July 2008 9:13 A GMT+01

America's all-consuming love affair with the car is fading. Surging petrol prices have worked where environmental arguments have failed. Many Americans have long been told to cut back on car use. Now, facing $4-a-gallon fuel, they have no choice.

Radical Green: Eat Less Meat!

Tuesday, 1 July 2008 8:22 A GMT+01

The Peta attacks are seen as a sign of the radicalisation of vegetarian groups. They claim eating meat causes environmental destruction, damages human health and contributes to global hunger, as well as inflicting suffering on billions of animals.

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Weather Disasters: Capitalism Can't Cope with Climate Change

Wednesday, 25 June 2008 8:42 A GMT+01

A series of flooding, storms and tornadoes throughout the Midwest has once again called attention to the crumbling nature of America's public infrastructure and the increasing crisis of global warming. It's no longer a threat. It's become a reality.

Radical Green: Which Car? Buy a Tata Nano [The People's Prius]

Thursday, 19 June 2008 7:36 A GMT+01

You can show off your green credibility with a car that costs about five times less than the cheapest cars now on sale in America and ten times less than a Prius. The Made-in-India Tata Nano does over 50 mpg in the city and over 60 on the highway.

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