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Monthly Archives: December 2011
the end of economic growth (consumer/corporate capitalism)
what is capitalism? answer: a word that connotes an economic system based on infinite growth, driven by the endless and greedy pursuit of wealth. the industrial revolution was made possible with the discovery of cheap energy: steam, coal and oil. … Continue reading
Posted in apocalyptic apotheoses, environmental ethics
Tagged adam smith, arab spring, awareness, capitalism, cheap energy, coal, consciousness, corporate greed, division of labor, economic growth, economic theory, environment, environmental destruction, environmental ethics, exploitation, factories, free enterprise system, global enterprise, global population, greed, green revolution, greenhouse gases, industrial revolution, infrastructure, karl marx, occupy wall street, oil, planet, rail roads, reagan, reaganomics, revolution, science, steam, steam engines, steamboats, the economy, the environment, the system, trade, twentieth century, wealth
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7 billion people
you don’t have to be a scientist to understand this graph. human population hovered around one million people until the bubonic plague caused a little dip. then the renaissance came, then steam technology came around the 1700’s and the graph … Continue reading
Posted in apocalyptic apotheoses, environmental ethics
Tagged africa, america, asia, bell-curve, bubonic plague, earth, europe, growth, industrial revolution, information age, life, living, modern world, people, planet, population growth, science, sustainability, sustainable, world
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peak oil crisis: coming soon to a world near you
while commercials on tv are encouraging you to buy and consume, the oil crisis on the planet continues to loom, forecasting an inevitable doom. look out for the oil crisis, the peak is coming soon! what you don’t know: oil … Continue reading
Posted in apocalyptic apotheoses, environmental ethics, esoteric emblems
Tagged afghanistan, alternative energy, bell-curve, consumption, crisis, economy, energy source, environment, george bush, global, graph, hubbert, hubbert's peak, iraq, lifestyle, mines, non-renewable energy, non-renewable energy source, non-renewable energy sources, oil crisis, peak oil, peak oil crisis, production, renewable energy, resources, science, solar power, united states of americam, usa, war, wells, world
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remembering revolutions: tiananmen square
beijing, china, 1989… april 1989…half a million students gather to protest against the oppressive nature of the chinese government…based in tiananmen square, beijing, the largest public space in the world…demonstrations to encourage continued economic reform and liberalization…evolved into a mass … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989, america, china, civilian, collective unity, communism, coverage, deaths, democracy, economic reform, footage, freedom, freedom of speech, june 4, martial law, military, peace, people's liberation army, political reform, politics, press, protest, reform, revolution, society, state, structural change, the media, the state, tiananmen square, unity, usa, ussr
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take a stand for human rights
john lennon knew that if the divine forces give you the gift of musicianship, it must be well used, for the good of humanity. august 21. 1971, george jackson was shot to death in the prison in san quentin, california … Continue reading
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Tagged 125th street, 1971, amnesty, attica state, bed peace, california, dreamer, freedom, george jackson, governor, hair peace, harlem, human rights, john lennon, life, live, nelson rockefeller, new york city, nyc, peace, prison riot, rebellion, recording, religion, revolution, riot, san quentin, september 9, social movement, socially conscious, spirituality, the apollo, the apollo theater, the beatles 1960's, thursday, uprising, video, yoko ono
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