Why None of These People Will Ever Talk to You About Overpopulation and Overshoot

Posted on by George Tsakraklides

For a species that can calculate derivatives, project ballistic trajectories, and estimate sales volumes, it is astounding that humans stubbornly refuse to even acknowledge the negative effects of what is by far their most destructive, as well as most obvious, impact on the planet: overpopulation. You won’t hear the Roger Hallams, the George Monbiots, Greenpeaces … Continue reading Why None of These People Will Ever Talk to You About Overpopulation and Overshoot

Rewilded: Free-Range Humans in the Post-Anthropocene

Posted on by George Tsakraklides

The very first thing which happens to a garden when it becomes abandoned is the sudden death of the most greedy, hybridized and mispositioned exotic ornamental plants.  Having been bred to only survive in industrial greenhouses under the control of precise environmental management systems, these specimens wither away within days or weeks.  Their culling is … Continue reading Rewilded: Free-Range Humans in the Post-Anthropocene

The Great “Solutions” Swindle: Capital, Products, Technology and the Civilisational Lie

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Global capital has deceived billions who cared about the planet by selling them “green solutions” that are anything but green, simply by virtue of the fact that these solutions are products.  All products are harmful to the planet, however green their credentials might be.  Bringing a product to market inflicts immense devastation: the minute a … Continue reading The Great “Solutions” Swindle: Capital, Products, Technology and the Civilisational Lie

The Lie of Clean Energy

Posted on by George Tsakraklides

While nature gradually goes dark during the winter months, and plants and animals decrease their metabolic activity almost down to zero, there is one species that represents a bizarre aberration to the planet’s seasonal metabolic patterns.  Humans continue to consume throughout the winter, their energy use increasing while most other species go into hibernation. Dependent … Continue reading The Lie of Clean Energy