The Earth Blog : Giving The Earth A Future

100 Ways To Undermine The Industrial Machine

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:07:49 0000

It takes guts to do something that could change things forever. I’m not the obvious candidate to be a hero, that’s a fact; I have children and a wife, and an extended family...

I Was Wrong (But I'm Learning)

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:58:56 0000

There is a marvellous moment in a speech by Derrick Jensen1, in which he refers to a chapter in his book “A Language Older Than Words” in remarkably scathing...

Finding My Identity

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:11:24 0000

I have found an identity. Is that really such a big deal? The thing is, I didn’t realise I was missing one. There are so many things I could call myself: a human, male, a...

As If Humanity Actually Mattered

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:28:31 0000

I am about to make you feel uncomfortable. Sorry, but there’s no way of avoiding it if I’m going to tell this story as it should be told.You are a human being; a member of...

The Logical Absurdity Of Climate Change Denial

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:52:37 0000

If someone doesn’t want to believe something then what can you do to change their mind? Trust me, it’s more difficult than you think: it isn’t just the simple case of...

What If...We Connected?

Sat, 30 May 2009 14:00:30 0000

The wind is blowing hard, and the trees are bending down low, the air rushing across their branches, dragging leaves and blossom into the sky. The early summer grass, being...

Thinking About The Future

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:53:41 0000

The future is everything we will ever know, and everything we have never known. Some people deny its existence: one group of people are the Pirahã of Amazonia, who have created...

Time's Up!

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:01:30 0000

There is a book I would like you all to read, and you don't have to pay a single penny for it, if you don't want to. The book is called "Time's Up! An Uncivilized Solution To A...

The Environmental Mainstream Is Obsolete

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:49:06 0000

In the 1970s life became simpler. The Age of Aquarius was the stuff of satire and the hippy dream of a world full of love and peace had died; ironically killed off by a war in a...

A Simple Message For Humanity

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:35:31 0000

Human activity is destroying the natural systems that we depend upon for our survival. Our most basic instinct as humans is to survive; yet we continue to destroy our...