Julian Assange
Is this really happening? Does anyone really believe the charges against the WikiLeaks frontman are unmotivated by WikiLeaks' release of a heap of diplomatic cables? I mean honestly. Continue reading →
View ArticleString
It turns out it's not difficult at all to make 2-ply string, just a bit time-consuming. Since we spend a fair bit of time sitting around philosophising, it's been quite fun to sit around and twiddle...
View ArticleSwaraj: A Deeper Freedom
Gandhi identified modern civilisation as the real cause of loss of freedom. The ecological crisis, which is a result of industrialisation, is the most important aspect of civilisation....
View ArticleEarth Day
Earth Day Special: Vandana Shiva and Maude Barlow on the Rights of Mother Earth Continue reading →
View ArticleTransition towns
The current industrial, fossil-fuel-run system so clearly favours a very small group of big businesses while we the people are left with rising food and energy bills as well as a stressful and...
View ArticleMarijuana and peak oil
With peak oil, massive oil spills and islands of petroleum-based plastic floating out at sea, not to mention huge mostly plastic-based land fills, I thought I'd do some research into its history. How...
View ArticleCoal Seam Gas
Recently we attended a packed-out anti-coal seam gas meeting at our local town hall. Continue reading →
View ArticleCoal Seam Gas song video
Our deepest thanks go to Ruby Vincent at A Question of Balance and Paul McQueen at Songwriters Across Australia for putting this video together. Continue reading →
View Article2012 The Mayan Word
My reasons for choosing to unplug from a disempowering, resource-hungry system, live more in harmony with nature (my own included), and be responsible for my own wellbeing are still valid two and a...
View ArticleEdible oils
Why is our food supply becoming increasingly tampered with? Why are the regulatory bodies - whose job it is to safeguard the public from dangerous food items - actually endorsing them while demonising...
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