consumption Archive

  • Russel Norman

    Waste free year - by Russel Norman



    I’ve just been to the party to mark the end of the waste free year for Christchurch couple Matthew and Waveney. You can see their website to track the challenges over the year. It’s quite an achievement to live waste free for a year and Matt and Waveney are to be congratulated. They had a [...] read more
    February 1, 2009 5:40 pm - 12 Comments
  • frog

    What politicians dare not say. (Except the Greens) - by frog



    In the usual sequence of events, what was once Green heresy is now at least being openly discussed in the mainstream media. This month´s New Scientist has a series of articles about the limits to growth and our politician´s and economist´s obsession with growth – and how it is killing us and the planet that [...] read more
    October 25, 2008 5:05 pm - 136 Comments
  • frog

    Buying our way out of trouble - by frog



    This is nice little counterbalance to today’s Michael Pollan post. Hat tip: Celsias read more
    April 22, 2008 11:19 am - 2 Comments
  • frog

    Oily food - by frog



    Pacific Ecologist Magazine’s latest issue covers the link between peak oil and food security. Around the world our farms are guzzling staggering amounts of oil through the use of machinery, transport, processing, chemicals and fertilizers. Caroline Lucas, Andy Jones and Colin Hines point out that our food system consumes roughly ten calories of fossil fuel [...] read more
    December 11, 2007 4:07 pm - 9 Comments
  • frog

    The Story of Stuff - by frog



    Well, as you’ll be able to tell from the music playing in shops at the moment it’s now the season when we buy stuff. So it’s timely that Free Range Studios, who brought us internet movies such as Store Wars and the Meatrix, have now just released The Story of Stuff; a fast-paced, fact-filled exploration [...] read more
    December 6, 2007 11:18 am - 3 Comments