Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Tough to reconcile that headline with the mantra with which I begin each post – fostering ecological hope. The fact is, and I really believe this, that hope rests firmly on clarity of vision about our predicament. If we don’t see what’s wrong with the way we humans […]
Tags: california central valley, china's water crisis, ecological hope, ecology and economy, groundwater depletion, gulf of mexico dead zone, high plains aquifer, industrial agriculture, mississippi river agricultural runoff, three gorges dam, unsustainable growth
Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: Some interesting stats: as of June 30, total U.S. consumer debt stood at $11.7 trillion. Some 11.4% of that debt is delinquent, totaling $1.3 trillion. Meanwhile, as we all learned this week, the number of people living in poverty in the U.S. rose last year and will likely […]
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Fostering Ecological Hope Today from Margaret Swedish: You know, in this economic meltdown, you look at the signposts to see if there is any direction in terms of where we are headed. I have a few for us today. Goldman Sachs — stunning profits JP Morgan Chase — stunning profits Citigroup — terrific profits Bank […]
Tags: cap-and-trade, Citigroup profits, concentration of wealth, ecological crisis, ecological economics, ecology and economy, economic collapse, Goldman Sachs profits, government bailout, jp morgan chase profits, matt taibbi, paul krugman