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Author: Shaun Bartone
Shaun Bartone is an independent journalist and cultural producer.
Pope Francis Against Free Market Ideology
Pope Francis: “Unbridled consumerism” will have destructive consequences for the planet In letter to host of upcoming G-20 summit, the pope decries free market fundamentalism LUKE BRINKER Pope Francis (Credit: AP/Alessandra Tarantino) Free market fundamentalism poses a grave threat to both economic security and the health of the planet, Pope Francis warns in a letter to… Read More Pope Francis Against Free Market Ideology
US & China Set New Goals for Greenhouse Gas Reductions
BEIJING • The United States and China pledged Wednesday to take ambitious action to limit greenhouse gases, aiming to inject fresh momentum into the global fight against climate change ahead of make-or-break climate talks next year. U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the U.S.would move much faster in cutting its levels of pollution. Chinese President Xi Jinping… Read More US & China Set New Goals for Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Monbiot: The age of loneliness is killing us
For the most social of creatures, the mammalian bee, there’s no such thing now as society. This will be our downfall. George Monbiot The Guardian, Tuesday 14 October 2014 19.49 BST ‘Social isolation is as potent a cause of early death as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Loneliness is twice as deadly as obesity.’ Photograph: Feri… Read More Monbiot: The age of loneliness is killing us
Don’t Just Sit There, Do Something
Western Buddhists are very suspicious of attachment. They feel they need to be detached . . . so dont get upset about racism, or injustice, or the poison in the rivers, because that means youre too attached. I think one of the problems with Westernized Buddhists is premature equanimity. When the Buddha said dont be… Read More Don’t Just Sit There, Do Something
Energy East Mega-Pipeline: Risks to Canadians
Saving the Planet, One Meal at a Time
Posted on Nov 9, 2014 By Chris Hedge Numbered footnotes, with hyperlinks, appear at the end of this article. My attitude toward becoming a vegan was similar to Augustine’s attitude toward becoming celibate—“God grant me abstinence, but not yet.” But with animal agriculture as the leading cause of species extinction, water pollution, ocean dead zones and habitat destruction2, and with… Read More Saving the Planet, One Meal at a Time
