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Category Archives: anthropocene
Disastrous oil spills that wreck our marine life
Currently we have an oil spill in the UK. It was 200 barrels which leaked into a beautiful marina which is in Poole, Dorset. https://youtu.be/JHVi96DrJwY Then watch the nightmare which is unfolding in the Red Sea. https://youtu.be/pRp2M47LcuE We are irresponsible … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Death, environment, harm, irresponsible, marine protection, oil spills, protection of oceans, rivers, sea
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Weaponising interest rates, inducing negativity caused by austerity
Continuing on from the previous blog, here are some further extracts from ‘The Production of Money’ by Ann Pettifor: Wielding the weapon of interest, finance capital effectively holds societies, governments and industries, but also the entire ecosystem, to ransom over … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, assets, austerity, bank interest, city of london, deflation, democracy, financiers, gambling, harm, impunity, MBA, rates, rent, social harm, Wall Street
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Designing financial instruments which destroy lives
Fact: Those with wealth seek to invest in varioùs assets which have the best return. Sometimes financial instruments have been designed to fill the shortfall in asset availability. Many of us have suffered after these machinations inevitably turn foul. Many … Continue reading
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Tagged ABS, acronyms, assets, banking, CBOs, CDOs, CLOs, CMBS, CMOs, federal agency, financial crises, financial instruments, investors, MBA, mortgages, property, risk transfer, Wall Street
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Credit Line
Ann Pettifor explains: …after the Second World War, the finance sector recruited (directly or indirectly) economists, journalists and politicians to reverse Keynes’s monetary theories and policies….. [Thank the London School of Economics for much of the defamation of Keynes from … Continue reading
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Tagged african banks, asian banks, bank collapse, banking sector, central banks, climate change, ecosystem, elite, european banks, financial sector, innovation, interest rates, investment, Keynes, LIBOR, London School of Economics, monetarism, poverty, start ups, taxpayers
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Start-up to Scale-up: Do No Harm
Farmers might consider adding seaweed to the diet of their cattle because it will reduce the methane output by the animals by 80%! The research has been revealed in this article: https://theconversation.com/can-seaweed-save-the-world-well-it-can-certainly-help-in-many-ways-201459 But before we get too excited we must … Continue reading
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Tagged batteries, carbon, climate, CO2, contamination, cutting emissions, emissions, energy, finite resources, funding, green steel, h2, industry, iron ore, mining, packaging, plastic curse, sand, scale-up, sea salt, sea salt battery, seaweed, start-up
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Environmental auditing is not what it seems
You and I might care about sustainable forestry and check that any product made from the trees of this world are carefully sourced to protect ancient and rare trees. Auditors who assist in green labelling are part of a multi … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient forests, auditors, cardboard, conflict, criminals, destruction, ecology, enforcement, environment, forestry, furniture, international crime, lax laws, military junta, rare trees, regulation, smugglers, sustainable timber, war chest, wooden products
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Green building design: Biomimicry architecture
I am reproducing this website as it best illustrates how rebuilding countries which have suffered massive destruction could be achieved in an eco way. Surely, there should be no reason to build using pre-eco design methods? http://mickpearce.com/ “ ☰ MICK … Continue reading
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Tagged better living, biomimicry architecture, conflict, devastation, earthquakes, eco buildings, rebuilding, war
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What we know about industrial growth – and it isn’t good.
Zach Wichter wrote an article in the New York Times (June 20, 2017) entitled “Too Hot to Fly? Climate Change May Take a Toll on Flying.” He pointed out that when temperatures get too high, the aerodynamic that allow planes … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic Ice, Arctic Ice retreating, catastrophe, consequences, Farming, flight cancellations, flights grounded, food insecurity, fossil fuel use increase, growth priority, heat stricken airports, high temperatures, permafrost melt, plane aerodynamics, suffering planet
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