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September 2008

Green Jobs Can Address Economic-Environmental-Social Problem

This weekend, I saw an incredibly inspirational video at a Green Jobs Now event. The video was from this summer when, Van Jones, who “co-founded more organizations than many of us belong to,” gave an inspirational “lecture” about how we can address the economic-environmental-social justice challenge we are facing this century. As Our Task’s Outlooks [...]

Earth Overshoot Day 2008

On September 23rd this year we mark an unfortunate milestone: As of today, humanity will have consumed all the new resources the planet will produce this year, according to Global Footprint Network calculations. For the rest of 2008, we will be in the ecological equivalent of deficit spending, drawing down our resource stocks – in [...]

The End of a Financial Era?

It seems to be the end of an era. In the past, regions were dominated by great rulers that held most of the power. Today great corporations and financial institutions hold such great power that their influence can be likened to that of past rulers. But right now we are witnessing the fall of the [...]