LETTERS on  SUSTAINABILITY

Written mainly in response to articles from a number of online newspapers 

     
   

- 04 -

29 Dec   The MOST important lesson from the Indian Ocean tsunami
28 Dec   Zoe Williams tapping in the dark
20 Dec   The evolution of language and social behaviour
18 Dec   Two more examples of "Insanities of Normality"
27 Nov   Questioning the American Way of Life
20 Nov   On the mistaken belief that the socialist dream can be realised using capitalist cash
17 Nov   Top rates for top dogs - America's shameful income differentials
10 Nov   The beauty/ugliness of wind farms
10 Nov   Too deep in denial to face the contradictions between economy and ecology
8 Nov   Two examples of the insanity of economic normality
7 Nov   Economy and Ecology: the most serious case of confused priorities
7 Nov   Economy and Ecology: the most serious case of confused priorities
31 Oct   In response to the Queen's concern about global warming
29 Oct    Never mind the government, Polly - what are you and I going to do about growing inequality?
22 Oct   A Nobel Prize for madness: "Forget climate change" and surrender to the "Insanities of Normality"
12 Oct   Riding the dragon of our capitalist economy to global catastrophe
08 Oct   Man's "more animal than human" nature vs the need for fair and proportionate income differentials
30 Sept   For the planet's "Greatest Ape" the struggle for survival and advantage has moved from the natural to the socio-economic environment
27 Sept   The struggle for survival and advantage in his socio-economic environment is now threatening man's survival in the physical environment
27 Sept   A "minimum/maximum wage" and the "Moral Economy"
26 Sept   It is not only the tobacco industry which is now on trial
06 Sept   America is ripe for a second, more radical revolution
06 Sept   Schools as local community centres for a sustainable society
02 Sept   Speeding and our addiction to the motorcar
28 August   Why we are all still so deep in denial about global warming
26 August   Still scratching at the surface of the Problem of Sustainability
21 August   Sustainability of the American Way of Life: Time for a reality check
12 August   The German word for "tax" is "Steuer" which also means "rudder", i.e. a means of steering
10 August   George Monbiot is right about global warming being hard to accept
8 August   Our "more animal than human" nature and the "insanities of normality"
25 July   "Ticket to Mars" may well cost the Earth . . . !  
7 July   The "problem" with nuclear energy . . . 
21 June   The concept of environmental sustainability not yet understood
10 June   The prize for "Best Species at Monitoring it's own Demise"
18 May   Rotten journalism is just part of the problem
5 May   Sex education in a sexually corrupt society
5 May   A more radical and philosophical approach to injustice and non-sustainablility
18 April   Executive pay and man's animal origins
14 April   Taking issue with some concluding points made in Sustainable Development Commission's report
13 April   Jonathon Porritt is also deluding himself 

4 April

  Trains and planes should be complementing, not competing with, each another
30 March   Why, for heaven's sake, does an overcrowded Europe need immigration?!
30 March   The motor car - and other "insanities of normality"
23 March   Building an alternative, sustainable society and economy on "enlightened" self-interest
23 March   The biggest threat is not from terrorism, but from the non-sustainability of our economy and way of life
20 March   Appreciating what we've got
6 March   The straw(s) that broke the camel's back
3 March   Fair Trade and Sustainability
2 March   How many millionaires can our planet, Spaceship Earth, support? (to Guardian)
28 Feb   How many billionaires can our planet, Spaceship Earth, support? (to NYT)
24 Feb   A missed opportunity to face up to our fatal addiction to oil. Thank you, Bill Clinton!
23 Feb   The struggle for advantage in the socio-economic jungle
10 Feb   The consequences of wealth transfer from wealth creators to property owners
8 Feb   Cheap air travel and man's flight to extinction
26 Jan   Importance of reducing the fixed costs of driving
14 Jan   It is time we set up home (society) on our own - before our parent's one collapses upon us.
10 Jan   Man - Earth's "Greatest Ape"
8 Jan   Our addiction to the motor car is much more serious than we realise
5 Jan   Towards an Economic TOE
   

- 2003 -

30 Dec   Why we don't take "saving the planet" seriously
24 Dec   Right diagnosis, wrong cure
18 Dec   Flight to extinction
9 Nov   Global warming is as much a moral as a technological problem
24 Oct   What Concorde will be remembered for . . .
23 Oct   For some, money really does grow on trees
20 Oct   When economic sense amounts to social insanity
11 Oct   Polly pointing out the "insanities of normality"
11 Oct   "Money makes the world go round" - a false and dangerous analogy
9 Oct   Law of the (economic) jungle and the "insanities of normality"
9 Oct   In response to Boris Johnson's "elementary principles of conservatism"
7 Oct   Moore's mistake
6 Oct   Nonsense from No. 11 (from 3 June; a bit late, but as topical as ever)
26 Sept   Oil (and petrol) are stolen goods
22 Sept   Fairness and Sustainability
12 Sept   The "materialistic" interpretation of the American Way of Life
12 Sept   Are the Challenger and Columbia accidents also a lesson for Spaceship Earth?
5 Sept   The folly of subsidising cheap air travel
5 Sept   Letter to Polly Toynbee on creating a better (and sustainable) society
23 August   Let it be "God bless" rather than "God forgive" America
18 August   Air travel and consumer demand
7 August   Time to stop moaning and set about creating our own alternative, sustainable society
4 August   The more animal than human roots of our non-sustainable economy and lifestyles
29 July   The animal roots of our non-sustainability economy
23 July   Addicted to the motorcar
22 July   Why New York when Bombay is so much cheaper?
20 July   Western Society's substance abuse
18 July   No government can save us - We must save ourselves!
15 July   What really distinguishes man from beast
14 July   What the world revolves around
10 July   The consequences of our addiction to the "American way of life" and "doing business"
9 July   Why the surprise at the widening divide between rich an poor ?
7 July   The way to car(e)free society
6 July   Workaholism, non-sustainability and the "American way of life"
1 July   Addicted to a non-sustainable economy
28 June   Some advice for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
20 June   We for the economy, or the economy for us?
19 June   Workaholism is damaging our planet's vital organs!
16 June   For profit or not for profit?
11 June   Sustainable transport policy
10 June   Transport policy and the fate of our planet
4 June   The continuing need for a "maximum wage"
30 May   The Potters Bar rail accident, a symptom of a society rotten at its core
28 May   Understanding Exxon's attitude to global warming
23 May   A "magnificent sign of labour market flexibility . . ."
20 May   The need for a "maximum wage"
19 May   If our airports continue to grow, . . .
3 March   A sustainable economy will also have to be a "moral economy"
17 Feb   The Royal Society (of Fools) wants Britain to build more nuclear power plants
14 Feb   “End of the world nigh - it's official”. Just joking, of course . . . .
12 Feb   Who wants to be a billionaire? I don't . . . !
11 Feb   Advertising-free society - a condition for sustainability
10 Feb   The Prince and the Noble laureate
10 Feb   Learning from the evil of cigarette advertising
7 Feb   Earth’s “greatest ape”
7 Feb   The need for a "maximum wage" to achieve sustainability
3 Feb   The corrupting influence of commercialism
19 jan   The economic implications of man's animal behaviour 
15 Jan   Germans, "pessimists" or "realists" for not thinking world is developing in right direction?