Month: December 2011

The Search For a Just Society Part 1

THE SEARCH FOR A JUST SOCIETY JOHN HUDDLESTON GEORGE RONALD                       1989 PART I Front flyleaf The ancient dream of a just society has inspired countless men and women down the ages. Sometimes emerging in the spontaneous rebellion of ordinary people against tyranny, sometimes led by far-sighted statesmen or philosophers, sometimes manifested in a new religion …

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Quantum Shift in Global Brain Part 9

QUANTUM SHIFT IN THE GLOBAL BRAIN HOW THE NEW SCIENTIFIC REALITY CAN CHANGE US AND OUR WORLD ERVIN LASZLO INNER TRADITIONS                    2008 www.InnerTraditions.com PART IX   Chapter 6: A Planetary Ethic We have arrived at a historic bifurcation, at the critical phase of the global Macroshift. While we now find ourselves on a descending path …

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Food First Part 7

FOOD FIRST BEYOND THE MYTH OF SCARCITY FRANCES MOORE LAPPE & JOSEPH COLLINS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON                          1977 PART VII   Chapter 7: The Food versus Poison Trade-off? Question: You may be right that the numbers of people are not the real threat to the adequacy of food resources – that the real issues are …

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Fatal Harvest Part 9

FATAL HARVEST THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE EDITED BY ANDREW KIMBRELL ISLAND PRESS                   2002 FOUNDATION FOR DEEP ECOLOGY PART IX   CORPORATE LIES: BUSTING THE MYTHS OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE Seven Deadly Myths of Industrial Agriculture   Myth Seven: Biotechnology will solve the problems of industrial agriculture   THE TRUTH New biotech crops will not solve …

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Quantum Shift in Global Brain

QUANTUM SHIFT IN THE GLOBAL BRAIN HOW THE NEW SCIENTIFIC REALITY CAN CHANGE US AND OUR WORLD ERVIN LASZLO INNER TRADITIONS                    2008 www.InnerTraditions.com PART VIII Chapter 5: A New Vision (Cont.)   Six particularly dangerous myths Nature is inexhaustible. The origins of the myth that nature is an infinite source of resources and an infinite …

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Food First Part 6

FOOD FIRST BEYOND THE MYTH OF SCARCITY FRANCES MOORE LAPPE & JOSEPH COLLINS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON                          1977 PART VI Chapter 6: People Pressure on the Ecosystem? Question: You have talked about the population problem in terms of the economic system. But what about the impact of increasing numbers of people on the ecosystem? The …

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Fatal Harvest Part 8

FATAL HARVEST THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE EDITED BY ANDREW KIMBRELL ISLAND PRESS                   2002 FOUNDATION FOR DEEP ECOLOGY PART VIII   CORPORATE LIES: BUSTING THE MYTHS OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE Seven Deadly Myths of Industrial Agriculture   Myth Six: Industrial Agriculture Benefits the Environment and Wildlife   THE TRUTH Industrial agriculture is the largest single threat …

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