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Cooling a Fevered Planet

Sun, 08/30/2009 - 9:20pm — Berd

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Reminder - Cooling a fevered planet talk is this Thursday. ...

Cooling a fevered planet: the politics & economics of solving the climate crisis.

We know the danger. We have the technology. So what's stopping us?

Presented by Gar W. Lipow & Dr. Zoltan Grossman on behalf of “the Olympia Movement for Justice & Peace”.
Thursday, September 3rd 7:00 P.M
Traditions Café
300 5th Ave SW
Olympia, WA 98501

When big corporations thwart democracy they also thwart sustainability.
When resources are poured into unnecessary wars rather than peaceful solutions, this also drains investment from needed green infrastructure.
How corporate power, militarization are linked to the climate crisis, and how we can fight back.
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Mon, 08/31/2009 - 3:52pm — Berd

Connecting the Dots between Economic and Ecological Crisis

I got this relevant article from the Center for Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) today:

Beyond the Growth Economy, by Tim Jackson

an excerpt:

"...the clearest message from the financial crisis of 2008 is that our current model of economic success is fundamentally flawed. For the advanced economies of the Western world, prosperity without growth is no longer a utopian dream. It is a financial and ecological necessity."

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