June 24, 2011 / Human Ecology
Last month I was in Berlin for the Beyond Growth conference organised by Attac to co-present a workshop with Svenja Meyerricks on community projects and climate change in Scotland (well, correction: s...
May 31, 2011 / Comment & Analysis
A real head-scratcher of a post from Rob Hopkins over at Transition Culture: I think that Transition has been quite skilful over the last 5 years in creating an approach and a vision that appeals ...
January 1, 2011 / Comment & Analysis
This extraordinary article in the Guardian provides some unique insight into the psychology of the rentier class. Henry Pryor, a self-described property expert, has written an article about specul...
December 30, 2010 / Human Ecology
A video report from the BBC website: A man in Spain has spent almost 50 years building a church entirely from scrap, after he was expelled from a monastery after he contracted tuberculosis. J...
December 30, 2010 / Human Ecology
A great couple of posts from Dougald Hine over at the always readable Dark Mountain Site. 'The Bleak Midwinter' is a sensitive and moving description of the meaning of the season we're beginning to em...
June 24, 2010 / Human Ecology, News
Agroecology is better than large scale industrial farming for global food security, according to food activist (and alleged Messiah) Raj Patel. Agroecology is basically scientifically-respectable ...
January 30, 2010 / Music
Another Snowblood review, this time from Eddie Thomas at Subba Cultcha: A stunning artistic achievement from a sadly defunct band In a beautifully-packaged and designed cardboard sleeve, G...
January 30, 2010 / Human Ecology
UPDATE MAY 2011: This post has received a certain amount of attention due to its critical content. I have been contacted by people ranging from a magazine editor, to international planning s...
November 15, 2009 / Music
San Francisco's Aquarius Records has a fun review of the new record: "It's been almost 3 years since we last heard from Snowblood, who at the time were super hyped to us as being a "metal Mogwai",...
October 15, 2009 / Music
