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
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 / 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