In Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability, James Gustave Speth discusses how capitalism is inherently destructive to a sustainable environment, community and popular democracy. The drive for economic expansion and accumulation is based on cost-benefit analyses for projects that do not include the economic, environmental or social costs caused by the destruction of natural resources. This results in false price tags for projects because we either pay upfront or we pay much higher costs later. Speth warns that we are now at the bridge of an environmental calamity and must choose between two paths: one path is business as usual and leads to certain destruction; the other path is a bridge that will help us cross to safety. This bridge stretches across America, but today we look at the Gulf Coast region.
September 5, 2008 archive
Sep 05 2008
Katrina’s Bridge at the Edge of the World
Sep 05 2008
Pony Party
Do you have basil coming out of your ears??
Here’s your answer!
~♥~ This pony is an Open Thread. Please dont wRECk the pony.~♥~
Sep 05 2008
The Apocalypse of Alexandros – Chapter 1
Sep 05 2008
McCain, Bennet Freeze & Forced Removal of Navajo: ’74 – ’96
Just what was one method of forced removal McCain used to bring about this?
ACSA study reveals that after assembling a team of “pro-Peabody Western Coal” Indians and obtaining a false “Hopi-Navajo” Tribal Counsel designation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for these paid Tribal representatives, in the period 1974-1996, Senator McCain was able to get large bands of the Dineh-Navajo relocated off their lands, so that Peabody Western could mine the coal under their farms at nominal expense. Common Cause has suggested McCain was indirectly compensated by street name cash contributions to his Federal Election Fund during three Presidential runs, and through family business with Las Vegas Casinos who benefited from the coal driven power he supplied.
Let’s talk about the Bennet Freeze.