More thoughts on the good life
"There is, and never has been a technology which has disrupted anywhere near the degree of either aviation, or the family car," writes Patrick Noble.
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Video of Paul Mobbs being arrested for trying to carry out a citizen’s arrest of politicians over fracking
You can watch an entertaining video that Talk Fracking have produced of Paul Mobb's arrest on March 5, featuring bemused-looking police officers trying to figure out what to do about this courteous but determined and highly articulate protestor.
This Changes Everything – Capitalism vs the Climate by Naomi Klein: Review
Naomi Klein's new book is well worth a read by anyone interested in the relationship between the growth-based economy and runaway greenhouse gas emissions. It also provides some suggestions for finding our way out of this morass. By Caroline Whyte
Notes from Nowhere: Fit the First
Patrick Noble provides a glimpse of how the future economy could look along with some unusual ideas about how we might get there. Might the transition to a community-focused, renewable-energy-based economy be "less the great revolt and more the return of ordinary lives"?
