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A dollar in the cage

The Cage redefines nomenclature for the uber-wealthy

Geoff Ebbs /30 September, 2016

Philip Adams is interviewing Brooke Hamilton in repeat as I type. Listen here. They are discussing the theft of wealth by those running the neo-liberal agenda. Both broadcasters keep referring to “the one percent”. One percent of the world’s population is 70 million people. There are many more millionaires than that in the world, so Continue Reading →

Climate chaos outpaces all predictions

Geoff Ebbs /27 September, 2016

Hundreds of scientists, including 30 Nobel Prize winners have published an open letter to governments pointing out that recent data indicates climate chaos is happening much faster than predicted and major economic and political disruption is inevitable. The 375 scientists openly criticise major world leaders for ignoring climate change and thereby risking significant harm to Continue Reading →

Mutant bacteria resisting antibiotics

Superbugs make it into UN General Assembly

Geoff Ebbs /27 September, 2016

World leaders have finally taken heed of the evidence that mutant bacteria resistant to all known antibiotics threaten the basis of modern medicine. The General Assembly of the United Nations last Wednesday discussed the crisis, recognising that the impact potentially threatens major outbreak of disease in humans population and the collapse of global food production. Continue Reading →

satellite image of forest fires

Indonesian fires responsible for 100,000 deaths

Geoff Ebbs /27 September, 2016

Indonesian agribusiness interests are responsible for hundreds of thousands of premature deaths from the after effects of smoke from last year’s forest fires, according to a report released by Harvard University this week. This time last year, the smoke haze from the fires blanketed South East Asia, diverting aircraft and causing illness in countries from Continue Reading →

Bill Mollison

Father of Permacuture, Bill Mollison dead

Geoff Ebbs /27 September, 2016

The founder of Permaculture and advocate for sustainable cities and food systems, Bill Mollison died last Saturday. Permaculture is a system of growing food that requires minimum energy, water and fertilizer and works with nature to reduce the ecological impact of feeding humans. It has also been applied to greening the desert in places as Continue Reading →