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Peak Oil: Why So Sad?

Amidst growing tabloid indignation about public sector pension strikes, Athenian riots, Eurozone jitters, and probably something terribly important regarding X-Factor auditions, it is quite understandable that IYTT’s ever-burgeoning ranks of followers (4 the last time I checked) may have overlooked the recent revelations surrounding the previous Labour government’s offhanded dismissal of reports which suggested that [...]

How To Go Naked And Bring Down The Fur Industry (…Or Not)

Florence Grindall (BA MA) is a feminist, amateur seamstress and sports enthusiast A popular fact bandied about to indicate either, how much we love animals in this country or how much we hate women depending on the company one is in, is that charitable donations to donkey sanctuaries far outdo those to women’s charities.   Can [...]

Only In Mother Russia

BP have tried activating fail-safe mechanisms, placing a containment cap on top of the seabed and utilising robot submarines, but try as they might they can’t kill the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Running out of options? Not necessarily. Russian physicist and former Minister of Nuclear Energy Victor Mikhailov has suggested a rather startling way for the [...]

The Story of Stuff

If you are interested in other books that deal with Consumerism and Happiness it is worth reading Affluenza by Oliver James and The Age of Absurdity by Michael Foley. I would like to introduce a fascinating and timely video made by Anne Leonard, former Greenpeace activist turned author. In her recent book – The Story of Stuff [...]