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Ronnie Wright
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Andrew Mudie commented on Ronnie Wright's blog post Goodbye 'Shop Til You Drop' Mentality: Renegade Band of Economists Call for 'Degrowth' Economy
"It is good news that the majority of Americans now disagree with delaying action on global warming because of the state of the economy. That is a big turnaround from "it's the 'conomy, stupid"
Some of that may be attributable to…"
A blog post by Ronnie Wright was featured
Goodbye 'Shop Til You Drop' Mentality: Renegade Band of Economists Call for 'Degrowth' Economy
This is a very interesting article that points out the connection between consumption, economic growth, environmental destruction and resource depletion.I’m very excited about all the talk these days pertaining to the idea of contracting (de-growing) the economy and then reestablishing a steady state economy (no growth). Most people don’t even know that a continuously expanding economy has only been around for the past seven generations. During the vast majority of the time that humans have…See More
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Goodbye 'Shop Til You Drop' Mentality: Renegade Band of Economists Call for 'Degrowth' Economy
This is a very interesting article that points out the connection between consumption, economic growth, environmental destruction and resource depletion.I’m very excited about all the talk these days pertaining to the idea of contracting (de-growing) the economy and then reestablishing a steady state economy (no growth). Most people don’t even know that a continuously expanding economy has only been around for the past seven generations. During the vast majority of the time that humans have…See More
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A blog post by Ronnie Wright was featured
The myth of renewable energy
I’m glad to see that science writers are starting to point out that so called renewable energy is not renewable after all. It’s being sold to us as the solution to our energy needs by an industry that, in my opinion, is no different than any other energy industry. Stop buying the bullshit and start asking difficult questions. Solar, wind, hydro and biomass are only temporary solutions. I get a kick out of the response I usually get when I bring this up during discussions. Everyone just…See More
Ronnie Wright commented on Hilary saunders's blog post No Title
"Thanks for posting this list Hilary. I’ve already read some but a few are new to me so I’ll certainly take a look at them.
Ronnie"
A blog post by Ronnie Wright was featured
Shocking: Rule changes to ease Australia's carbon task
Australia has decided to become the world’s leader in climate fraud. It implements a carbon tax that won’t reduce Australia’s carbon emissions while misleading its citizens into believing that it will with claims that it will be reduced by 5% of 2000 levels by the year 2020. This is not true; Australia’s emissions will rise considerably but Australia will be paying some other country to not emit emissions on our behalf. Now Australia wants to take it a step further and make claims that by not…See More
Janelle Henderson commented on Ronnie Wright's blog post Feedback And Dis-Equilibrium In Human Overpopulation
"Hmmm, this issue (problem) is something that will affect us all in the very near future. Unless there is going to be a change in all mindsets this issue (problem) will unfortunately continue to get worse. There are sooo many issues and…"
Ronnie Wright posted a blog post
Shocking: Rule changes to ease Australia's carbon task
Australia has decided to become the world’s leader in climate fraud. It implements a carbon tax that won’t reduce Australia’s carbon emissions while misleading its citizens into believing that it will with claims that it will be reduced by 5% of 2000 levels by the year 2020. This is not true; Australia’s emissions will rise considerably but Australia will be paying some other country to not emit emissions on our behalf. Now Australia wants to take it a step further and make claims that by not…See More
Ronnie Wright posted a blog post
Feedback And Dis-Equilibrium In Human Overpopulation
I’m glad to see that NGO’s are placing an emphasis on the growing food crisis and the spread of famine due to a long list of issues that are not being dealt with at a serious level: climate change, over-fishing, ocean acidity, resources shortages (top soil, oil, phosphate, etc.), land grabs, Wall Street trading in food, food diverted to bio-fuel production, global water shortages, population growth and many other issues. Most people don’t have a clue about the level of this growing crisis. By…See More
Ronnie Wright commented on Asif Iqbal's blog post Walking together
"Peter, if you look in my profile, or if you read through my postings, you would see that it is no secret that I’m employed by Oxfam but what I post here are my own views, opinions and that of others that I find relevant. I know that…"
Ronnie Wright commented on Asif Iqbal's blog post Walking together
"Peter, you said:
Yet nobody here is arguing against you on that. We all know that it is. You’re being a bit delusional."
Ronnie Wright commented on Asif Iqbal's blog post Walking together
"Peter, I didn’t watch David Attenborough because I have read so many books and watched so many documentaries on the population issue to feel that David would have not added to my already extensive knowledge on this subject. In fact I…"
Ronnie Wright commented on Asif Iqbal's blog post Walking together
"Well Peter it’s all so easy to point fingers and make claims but perhaps you can give us your plan on how this problem should be solved. I don’t want to hear things like “we need to reduce the population”, which is all…"
Ronnie Wright commented on Catherine Rogers's blog post Eating Animals by Jonathon Safran Foer
"Hi Catherine, and thanks for posting all that great information. I’ve also made some midnight visits to factory farms and have a scar from barbed wire on my arm to remind me of the horror I witnessed on such visits.
This is a photo…"
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Time is short.
I'm the Brisbane Office and Volunteer Coordinator for Oxfam Australia.
If my friends were to describe me in one word that word would be compassionate.
I’m a passionate activist for the rights of people, animals and the environment.
James Lovelock’s theory of Gaia is how I view our world. This planet does not belong to humans; we share it with all the other inhabitants (animals, plants, rivers, etc.). We are only one part of the web of life that makes up our world.
Our planetary resources are infinite; our society is unsustainable. Failure to change our society, and head in a direction that is sustainable, will result in a total collapse of our civilization.
We must stop choosing greed over need and take action to protect our world for future generations.
It is the attitude that we can conquer, control or use nature any way we see fit that has gotten us into the mess we are in today.
What we need is a paradigm shift in the way we view nature. That shift is happening all over the world and is being carried forward by the Cultural Creatives. Let us hope that this shift will take place before it’s too late for human kind.
I think that we need to adopt the eight principles of Deep Ecology which are:
1. The well-being and flourishing of human and nonhuman life on Earth have value in themselves (synonyms: intrinsic value, inherent value). These values are independent of the usefulness of the nonhuman world for human purposes.
2. Richness and diversity of life forms contribute to the realization of these values and are also values in themselves.
3. Humans have no right to reduce this richness and diversity except to satisfy vital human needs.
4. The flourishing of human life and cultures is compatible with a substantial decrease of the human population. The flourishing of nonhuman life requires such a decrease.
5. Present human interference with the nonhuman world is excessive, and the situation is rapidly worsening.
6. Policies must therefore be changed. These policies affect basic economic, technological, and ideological structures. The resulting state of affairs will be deeply different from the present.
7. The ideological change is mainly that of appreciating life quality (dwelling in situations of inherent value) rather than adhering to an increasingly higher standard of living. There will be a profound awareness of the difference between big and great.
8. Those who subscribe to the foregoing points have an obligation directly or indirectly to try to implement the necessary changes.
Time is short; we must act decisively and we must act now!
Ronnie Wright
World Change Cafe
If my friends were to describe me in one word that word would be compassionate.
I’m a passionate activist for the rights of people, animals and the environment.
James Lovelock’s theory of Gaia is how I view our world. This planet does not belong to humans; we share it with all the other inhabitants (animals, plants, rivers, etc.). We are only one part of the web of life that makes up our world.
Our planetary resources are infinite; our society is unsustainable. Failure to change our society, and head in a direction that is sustainable, will result in a total collapse of our civilization.
We must stop choosing greed over need and take action to protect our world for future generations.
It is the attitude that we can conquer, control or use nature any way we see fit that has gotten us into the mess we are in today.
What we need is a paradigm shift in the way we view nature. That shift is happening all over the world and is being carried forward by the Cultural Creatives. Let us hope that this shift will take place before it’s too late for human kind.
I think that we need to adopt the eight principles of Deep Ecology which are:
1. The well-being and flourishing of human and nonhuman life on Earth have value in themselves (synonyms: intrinsic value, inherent value). These values are independent of the usefulness of the nonhuman world for human purposes.
2. Richness and diversity of life forms contribute to the realization of these values and are also values in themselves.
3. Humans have no right to reduce this richness and diversity except to satisfy vital human needs.
4. The flourishing of human life and cultures is compatible with a substantial decrease of the human population. The flourishing of nonhuman life requires such a decrease.
5. Present human interference with the nonhuman world is excessive, and the situation is rapidly worsening.
6. Policies must therefore be changed. These policies affect basic economic, technological, and ideological structures. The resulting state of affairs will be deeply different from the present.
7. The ideological change is mainly that of appreciating life quality (dwelling in situations of inherent value) rather than adhering to an increasingly higher standard of living. There will be a profound awareness of the difference between big and great.
8. Those who subscribe to the foregoing points have an obligation directly or indirectly to try to implement the necessary changes.
Time is short; we must act decisively and we must act now!
Ronnie Wright
World Change Cafe
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Ronnie Wright's Blog
Goodbye 'Shop Til You Drop' Mentality: Renegade Band of Economists Call for 'Degrowth' Economy
This is a very interesting article that points out the connection between consumption, economic growth, environmental destruction and resource depletion.
I’m very excited about all the talk these days pertaining to the idea of contracting (de-growing) the economy and then reestablishing a steady state economy (no growth).
Most people don’t even know that a continuously expanding economy has only been around for the past seven generations. During the vast majority of the time…
ContinuePosted on January 5, 2012 at 11:49 — 1 Comment
The Most Important News Story Of The Day/Millennium
The Global Carbon Project has released its Carbon Budget report for the year 2010 and it’s not good news. Here is one of their findings:
Continue“Fossil fuel CO2 emissions increased by 5.9% in 2010, with a total of 9.1±0.5 PgC emitted to the atmosphere (33.4 Pg of CO2; 1 Pg = 1 billion tons or 1000 x million tons). These emissions were the highest in human history and 49% higher than in 1990 (the Kyoto reference year). Coal burning was responsible…
Posted on December 7, 2011 at 7:09
The myth of renewable energy
I’m glad to see that science writers are starting to point out that so called renewable energy is not renewable after all. It’s being sold to us as the solution to our energy needs by an industry that, in my opinion, is no different than any other energy industry. Stop buying the bullshit and start asking difficult questions. Solar, wind, hydro and biomass are only temporary solutions.
I get a kick out of the response I usually get when I bring this up during discussions. …
ContinuePosted on December 6, 2011 at 12:34
Shocking: Rule changes to ease Australia's carbon task
Australia has decided to become the world’s leader in climate fraud. It implements a carbon tax that won’t reduce Australia’s carbon emissions while misleading its citizens into believing that it will with claims that it will be reduced by 5% of 2000 levels by the year 2020. This is not true; Australia’s emissions will rise considerably but Australia will be paying some other country to not emit emissions on our behalf.
Now Australia wants to take it a step further and make claims…
ContinuePosted on December 1, 2011 at 11:24
Feedback And Dis-Equilibrium In Human Overpopulation
I’m glad to see that NGO’s are placing an emphasis on the growing food crisis and the spread of famine due to a long list of issues that are not being dealt with at a serious level: climate change, over-fishing, ocean acidity, resources shortages (top soil, oil, phosphate, etc.), land grabs, Wall Street trading in food, food diverted to bio-fuel production, global water shortages, population growth and many other issues. Most people don’t have a clue about the level of this growing crisis. …
ContinuePosted on November 30, 2011 at 7:59 — 1 Comment
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 4:59 on September 30, 2010,
jessica said… - jessicadesmond42@yahoo.fr
My name is miss jessica desmond i saw your profile today and became intrested in
you,i will also like to know you more,and i want you to send an email to my
email address so i can give you my picture,for you to know whom i am.
Here is my email address(jessicadesmond42@yahoo.fr
I believe we can move from here!
I am waiting for your mail to my email address above.
(Remeber,distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life)
(jessicadesmond42@yahoo.fr)
- At 16:53 on June 4, 2010, John Mackenzie said…
- Hey Ronnie,
Thought you might be interested in coming along to this - Six Degrees are hosting an action planning night to try and amp up the campaign against coal.
http://bit.ly/9BHSbw
If you're free, it would be great to have you there.
Best,
John.
- At 14:46 on November 14, 2009,
Darren Atinsky said…
- You can take your Socialist Country and shove it.
- At 20:53 on September 9, 2009,
John Baikie said…
- Hi Ronnie,
Thanks for your comments. The article references you provided are excellent and should be required reading for anyone interested in climate change, including the politicians.
I will post a note on the blog.
Regards,
John Baikie
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