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Monthly Archives: December 2008

Here Comes the Summer

Monday, December 29, 2008

It may seem a little early for some but with the passing of the winter solstice and the lengthening days I am already making garden plans for next year, ordering seeds and even sowing vegetables- planted my crop of Elephant garlic from last year, sowed broad beans inside and even have a tray of nine-star [...]

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Book Review: The Long Descent

Thursday, December 11, 2008

The Long Descent- A Users Guide to the End of the Industrial Age John Michael Greer New Society Publishers 2008 John Michael Greer has written a fascinating and engaging, but also contradictory and perplexing account of how he sees the industrial age ending. His primary thesis is that collapse will not come as a sudden, [...]

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The Strange Case of David Bellamy and Global Cooling

Monday, December 8, 2008

George Monbiot today has another excellent piece on climate deniers and Bellamy here. Its official: scientists say the earth stopped warming fully 10 years ago and has in fact been cooling ever since. According, that is, to one scientist, some time TV presenter and British naturalist David Bellamy, who could be heard this week being [...]

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