FATAL HARVEST THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE EDITED BY ANDREW KIMBRELL ISLAND PRESS 2002 FOUNDATION FOR DEEP ECOLOGY PART VI CORPORATE LIES: BUSTING THE MYTHS OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE Seven Deadly Myths of Industrial Agriculture Myth Four: Industrial Agriculture Is Efficient THE TRUTH Small farms produce more agricultural output per unit area than large farms. …
ENDING GLOBAL POVERTY A GUIDE TO WHAT WORKS STEPHEN C. SMITH PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 2005 PART II PART I EXTREME POVERTY: THE CRUELEST TRAP Chapter 1: Understanding Extreme Poverty: Poverty Traps and the Experience of the Poor To understand how poverty can be ended, first we need a clear understanding of what poverty is, and …
THE EARTH IS BUT ONE COUNTRY JOHN HUDDLESTON The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United Kingdom 1976/1988 PART VII Chapter 5: A New Family Life A – The equality of men and women The Bahá’í view is that there are two essential requirements for the establishment of a just society where …
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 V Chapter 3: The Roots of Unsustainability In the first decade of the 21st century, humanity is still dominated by the materialistic, energy- and resource-intensive, and narrowly self-concerned technological civilization …
FOOD FIRST BEYOND THE MYTH OF SCARCITY FRANCES MOORE LAPPE & JOSEPH COLLINS HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON 1977 PART 1II Chapter 2: But What About the Real Basketcases? Question: Maybe in the world as a whole you are right, and there are, in principle, enough food-producing resources to go around. But don’t we find …
FATAL HARVEST THE TRAGEDY OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE EDITED BY ANDREW KIMBRELL ISLAND PRESS 2002 FOUNDATION FOR DEEP ECOLOGY PART V CORPORATE LIES: BUSTING THE MYTHS OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE Seven Deadly Myths of Industrial Agriculture Myth Three: Industrial Food is Cheap THE TRUTH If you added the real cost of industrial food – its health, …
PICKING OLIVES AT LAKKIA 2011 DISEASES OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND GOALS OF OUR FARM www.slowlivinggreece.com cwillis@hol.gr Background Each fall we invite people to Lakkia to share community by picking olives. It is an occasion to be in the clean and relaxing atmosphere of the countryside, to have fun, to enjoy a meal …
ENDING GLOBAL POVERTY A GUIDE TO WHAT WORKS STEPHEN C. SMITH PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 2005 PART I Front cover Over 800 million people suffer from chronic hunger, and over 10 million children die each year from preventable causes. These may seem like overwhelming statistics, but as Stephen Smith shows in this call to arms, global poverty …
THE EARTH IS BUT ONE COUNTRY JOHN HUDDLESTON The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United Kingdom 1976/1988 PART VI Chapter 5: The waves of One Sea A – Love, Not prejudice In the last chapter the discussion dealt with the individual finding his relationship with God, with the universe and with …
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 IV Chapter 2: Macroshift: The Dynamics (Cont.) Phases of a Macroshift Macroshifts have recognizable phases. Typically there are four major phases: first an initial phase of gradual but ongoing change, then …
