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The unraveling of the web of life
A U.K. February 2021 report by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, entitled ‘The Economics of Biodiversity’ outlines the ‘extreme risk’ the ‘world’, is being put by not taking into account the ‘rapid depletion of the natural world’. While the overarching intent of the paper is to be applauded in attempting to reduce species loss, the underlying … Continue reading “The unraveling of the web of life”
The Capitol Invasion
What are we to make, from across the sea, of Trump supporters invading the U.S. Capitol building while Congress members were voting to install Joe Biden as the next president of the United States? Is this ‘insurrection’?- a new civil war? a ‘revolution’?… In the mind-numbing complexities and anomalies that is American ‘democracy’, this new … Continue reading “The Capitol Invasion”
Recognising the Environmental Impact of Consumption
Tena koutou While the NZ Government’s decision to declare a climate emergency in New Zealand is to be applauded- currently there appear few mechanisms to achieve a carbon-neutral government by 2025. Prime Minister Jacinda Adern’s touted response to have all government vehicles electric, is a case in point of the contradictions in environmental policy. There … Continue reading “Recognising the Environmental Impact of Consumption”
