Archive for February, 2008

Contradictory goals in Bali sounds familiar

Friday, February 1st, 2008

It seems as though there are other countries whose politics and business goals seem to be at loggerheads with one another. In the downhill run to catch up with the runaway train of traditional capitalism, our human-centered political rickshaws have got to stop stumbling. Here’s a very thorough treatise on some of the issues that polarize. http://www.redpepper.org.uk/article1008.html

Don’t forget the Rainforests

Friday, February 1st, 2008

It seems as though the once-dear campaign for rainforest consciousness and conservation has quietly been labeled “not important” by people. Certainly the media. Here’s a great post about the need to keep this still-very-alarming phenomenon close to the lens: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-there-is-a-way-to-save-the-rainforests-776113.html