The BBC program “Around the World in 80 Gardens” (2008) shows some of the urban food gardening in Havana, Cuba. A tip of the hat to Dave Riley, host of Left Click, for bringing this video to our attention. Related reading: The Power of...
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Tar Sands: Environmental Justice, Treaty Rights and Indigenous Peoples
“The exploitation of the tar sands is a human-rights issue, an environmental-justice issue and an indigenous treaty-rights issue” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click...
Stabilizing Climate Requires Near-Zero Emissions
New scientific research shows that greenhouse gas emissions cuts must be much steeper than previously thought Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
Population Control and Climate Change, Part Two: The Socialist Alternative
The world needs radical policies that challenge the economic power of capitalism, not repressive population control measures against the oppressed Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
Fourth International Calls for Redefining Socialism as Ecosocialism
Continuing our series of articles and statements reflecting a wide range of Left Views on ecology, socialism, and ecosocialism. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
Carbon Taxes: Nudging the Free Market Fairy
The authors of Hot Air believe that a carbon tax will magically stop greenhouse gas emissions. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click...
Patrick Bond Speaks on Fighting for Climate Justice
Patrick Bond, director of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa, spoke in Toronto on Tuesday March 4. A major snowstorm was predicted, and there were at least two other important public meetings on...
Offsetting Democracy
By Kevin Smith The concept underpinning the whole system of carbon trading and offsetting is that a ton of carbon here is exactly the same as a ton of carbon there. That is, if it’s cheaper to reduce emissions in India than it is in the UK, then you...
Population Control and Climate Change, Part One: Too Many People?
Population control is once again being touted by some in the green movement as an answer to climate change and other environmental problems. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
The New Climate Science: Governments Gamble With Our Survival
Official climate reports, though often disturbing, have not been nearly as frightening as they ought to be Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...