Monthly Archives: January 2009

in control

obama has ordered the first air strikes in afghanistan. reports say 18 people killed – mostly civilians. the strikes were carried out by predator drones (pictured): These unmanned aircraft are remote controlled by men sitting far away: whilst i’m sure that the new US administration will be an improvement over the previous one – i [...]

Published: 25 January 2009 at 2:56pm | Posted in general | Leave a comment

big omnivorous mammals

i link to richard heinberg’s writing a lot – but as he writes so importantly and well i feel compelled to. this week he made me laugh as well: we humans are all just big omnivorous mammals. Without the ability to make or understand language, we would each get up in the morning and simply [...]

Published: 21 January 2009 at 8:08am | Posted in sustainability | Leave a comment