Serendipities Of A Nomad's Life

In Case You Missed It:  This report came my way this morning and I think it’s worth reposting. It’s not the first time I’ve read that Israeli Intelligence doesn’t believe Iran is pursuing a nuclear bomb.  But, in view of all the war preparations and the sanctions against Iran, it’s important to keep in mind [...]

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Why Consumerism is Doomed (part 2 of 2) (go to part one) We have brainwashed ourselves into the superstitious belief that endless growth, endless increases in the consumption of natural resources, is actually possible. On the basis of that break from reality, consumer civilization can’t have much longer. Even the term “consumer civilization” is an [...]

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Why Consumerism is Doomed (part 1 of 2) Whatever object you’re looking at right now is proof that the “Age of Consumerism” is going to end sooner rather than later – like the “Age of Faith” and the “Age of Enlightenment” before it. You may want to comfort yourself by thinking I am exaggerating. But, [...]

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In Case You Missed It: Canadian Goverment Muzzles its scientists People who know the Harper government will not be surpruised by accusations that his government is muzzling government scientists – whose work is paid for by the people of Canada -  in order to control the message about controversial subjects such as oil sands, climate [...]

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Secret Memos Expose Link Between Oil firms And Invasion of IraqBy Paul Bignell April 19, 2011 “The Independent” — Plans to exploit Iraq’s oil reserves were discussed by government ministers and the world’s largest oil companies the year before Britain took a leading role in invading Iraq, government documents show. The papers, revealed here for [...]

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AS THE CONTROVERSY AROUND the documentary Gasland 2010 continues, you might appreciate some context to the arguments about natural gas reserves. (If you don’t think it’s important – that’s even more reason to take 120 seconds to read about it. In January 2011, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported that the world may have twice [...]

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At the danger of confirming my new nickname as  “doom and gloom Dennison” with which a friend recently hailed me, I’m posting this summary of a feature by Lester R Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute, about global food. Many of us may want to keep our heads stuck in the sand, but even [...]

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If you think we have environmental and energy problems now, take a look at what modest annual economic growth of 4.4% could do to this planet by 2027. National economies around the world are expected to grow in 2011 by an average of 4.4% – much more in China, India and the rest of Asia, [...]

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On the last day of last year – 2010 – a friend and I were talking about the state of the world and the possibilities for certain events in 2011. When I brought up the subjects of: peak oil and the likelihood of the price of oil increasing dramatically as global production falls, and the [...]

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Cultivating optimism for the 21st century. Many people in the West are familiar with Pandora’s Box – you know, the Greek myth about the young Pandora who opened the box or jar she had been given with the express warning not to open it.  All the evils of the world flew out. But do you [...]

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