The Generator is founded on the simple premise that we should leave the world in better condition than we found it. The news items in this category outline the attempts people have made to do this. They are mainly concerned with our food supply and settlement patterns. The impact that the human race has on the planet.
Resistance to the super-antibiotics Carbapenem and Colistin is spreading from farm animals to people in over 25 countries. The bacteria resistant to these anti-biotics of last resort, first appeared in the industrial-harming centres where animals are pumped full of antibiotics to keep them alive in unhealthy conditions. The mrc-1 gene that gives bacteria resistance to Continue Reading →
Prominent medical cannabis advocate, Lucy Haslam says current marijuana laws are so convoluted they will prevent patients buying cannabis. She spoke to the ABC last month. The challenge is that States have carriage of the laws regulating medical cannabis. In October 2016, the federal government legalised the cultivation and manufacture of medicinal cannabis in Australia. Continue Reading →
At a forum held in solidarity with Brisbane’s homeless at the ETU offices in South Brisbane last night, Jonathan Sri took up the challenge of a homeless person to “walk a week in my shoes”. Starting from today, December 16th Councillor Sri will spend a week on the streets, sleeping, eating and using the toilets that Continue Reading →
A flesh-eating bacteria related to cholera has terrified beach goers along the Southern US coast as reports of amputated limbs and deaths from the previously rare infection begin to mount. The Vibrio Vulnificis bacteria is infects humans who eat infected shellfish or who expose cuts and abrasions to infected water. It is most common after Continue Reading →
Activists staging a mock trial of Monsanto for Crimes Against Humanity in the Hague have successfully garnered world attention, forcing the company to release a statement and Forbes Magazine to run an article on the situation. The objectives of the mock trial are to test the legal strength of such a case thereby building a Continue Reading →
The first war crime committed in any war of aggression is against the truth Michael Parenti In 2015 the US imposed penalties on Volkswagen for emission violations of more than $13b. In revenge the EU imposed a $14.5b fine on Apple for unpaid taxes. The US now seeks penalties of $14b against Deutsche Bank for its part Continue Reading →