"if the world can finance trillion dollar bank bailouts why can't it do the same to prevent African and Bangladeshi children dying from climate change-induced floods and droughts?"Good point! Crikey correspondent Matthew Knot on the negotiating battles going on at the Un's Copenhagen summit. Read his full article here.
posted @ 05:14 2 comments
Posted under: Economics, Environment, Quotes
I’m really enjoying the exposure that I get through the SACC to all the activists here in Cape Town. On Tuesday I was at a meeting of a bunch of environmentalists, FBOs and NGOs addressing the power crisis here in Cape Town. With this group of 'greeny-lefties' (as the Minsters of Parliament term them) we came up with a 10 point energy response plan that is being sent out to government and the media. Read the 10 points on the Earthlife website here for some great, green and just steps to solving our problem.
posted @ 09:41 2 comments
Posted under: Environment
the life and times, learnings and failings, theories and heresies of gareth b
Look ahead. You are not expected to complete the task. Neither are you permitted to lay it down.
- The Talmud
