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*Biocentric writings to know Earth's crises and achieve ecologically
sufficient solutions*
*** Ecological Sustainability, the Growth Machine, and the
Financial Crisis ***
* New Earth Rising, Issue 2, March 2009 *
Welcome to *Ecological Internet's*[2] second _*New Earth Rising*_[3]
e-zine committed to biocentric thought and action. We are over a month
late with this quarterly publication due to a serious illness from
which I am now mostly recuperated. But you will find the biocentric
examination of the inevitable collapse of industrial capitalism as a
precondition for achieving global ecological sustainability to be
timely and enlightening nonetheless.
Our next issue in June of 2009 will be on the topic of "Ecological
Sustainability, Freedom and the Stewardship Revolution". We welcome
submissions regarding possible people power and/or revolutionary
scenarios (both pro and con) to avert ecological collapse; death of
humanity, all creatures and the Earth we share; and further erosion of
liberties and expropriation of wealth by the ruling elite.
Academically speaking, what would an action plan to achieve long-term
global ecological sustainability in time to avoid ecological collapse
look like?
Dr. Glen Barry
Editor, New Earth Rising and President, Ecological Internet
** New Green Deal or Not: Industrial Capitalism Is Assured Death[4] **
By Dr. Glen Barry[5] Global ecological sustainability is
imminently threatened by a massive ecological bubble. Global
terrestrial, atmospheric, aquatic and marine ecosystems are no longer
adequately intact to maintain conditions for life. The mark of
progress and an equitable, sustainable economy is not how fast the
economy grows at the expense of destroying these ecosystems. It is
whether the basic needs and more of all Gaia's people and creatures
are being met, while maintaining forever the ecological sustainability
of their shared ecosystem habitats. [continue[6]]
** The HEET is On[7] **
By Audrey Schulman Even through the rain, people continued to
arrive. They crowded into the garage carrying saws and hammers, with
tool belts strapped on. They were here to fight climate change.
Everyone quickly introduced themselves and shook hands. With the
pouring rain outside, the puddles outside growing, the crowd seemed
expectant and excited. As in old-fashioned barn-raisings where
neighbors pooled tools and skills to perform tasks bigger than any one
of them could manage, the group of volunteers would weatherize this
four-apartment building, helping out the residents while helping the
planet. This was an idea whose time had come. [continue[8]]
** The Threat to Life[9] **
By Ranil Senanayake From whatever perspective we choose this fact
is clear there is a threat to life as we know it, and this threat is
being constantly amplified by the actions of man. The actions of
modern technological man have helped bring this threat very close to
becoming real for us on this planet Earth. In a fundamental sense,
life can exist only in low entropy islands within the isothermal
energy system that is the universe. Descriptions of these phenomena
can extend from gas clouds, to nebulae, to stellar and planetary
systems. Information allows for more detailed descriptions of greater
complexity, be it of physical or biological systems, all being
organized and sustained by the differential flows of energy possible
in such islands. [continue[10]]
** Equal Rights and Stern Warnings[11] **
By Marc Roberts[12] Stern warnings followed by stern warnings,
as drought pushes up grain futures View large image[13] [continue[14]]
** A Silver Lining to the Economic Downturn[15] **
By Mike Nickerson[16] Human activity cannot expand forever on our
finite planet. An economy growing at 3% a year doubles its size every
24 years. Centuries of such growth have brought us to a mature size.
As with individual maturity, there comes a time for societies to stop
growing, recognize their power and take responsibly for their impacts.
As a mature species, we have two responsibilities to Earth and
ultimately, to ourselves. The first is to live within the availability
of natural resources. Global production of oil has stalled for three
years at about 85 million barrels a day, yet demand continues to
increase. (Presently reduced by about 5 million bpd due to recession)
This results in rising prices. The increased cost is reminding us all
about how dependent we are on this particular resource. [continue[17]]
** Gaia Uses the Market[18] **
By Graham Dixon The Global Financial Crisis has replaced Global
Warming as the world medias number one preoccupation. But most
pundits and commentators have yet to realize that the Global Financial
Crisis is another symptom of Global Warming, just like melting polar
icecaps. Contrary to many pundits opinions, the crisis was not
brought on by the Markets failure to regulate the economy. The Market
is wiser than the pundits. The crisis is a result of the Market
regulating the economy. The Market realized that in the future, free
market forces will have to account for damage to the environment as a
real cost of business. Wisely, The Market devalued assets, with a bias
against companies most inimical to the environment. [continue[19]]
** Wall-Street Economics is Passé[20] **
By Wendell G. Bradley[21] Faced with todays economic crisis, many
pundits are acting like fundamentalist preachers. Their rants accept
certain centering truths as pure and eternal. They view the free
market, for example, as a manifestation of nature, not a socially
constructed modelnot a crafted, even legislated, rationalization
designed to yield general economic predictability and control.
Accordingly, they regard alternative interpretations and environmental
accounting as unnatural market interferences. [continue[22]]
** Changing Consciousness in Order to Heal Our Planet: Lesson from Ho'Oponopono
and Whee[23] **
By Daniel J. Benor, MD[24] The primary focus in green programs is
on correcting the physical contributors to global heating (warming is
now an unacceptable euphemism!), pollution and squandering of
resources. The prevalent planning addresses better resource management
and reducing carbon outputs. The human factors that lie behind these
problems are often not addressed directly. This is like dealing with
road safety by focusing only on the mechanics of automobile design,
highway construction and driving regulations, while ignoring the nut
behind the wheel and failing to invest in driver training and safety
awareness. And time is running out. [continue[25]]
** Panic in Detroit[26] **
By Marc Roberts[27] The markets flail about like landed cod
and even the mighty Ford and General Motors face the prospect of
bankrupcy. Suddenly we're all social democrats again and intervention
is the name of the game - (in some things). The political class seeks
a route through the mess so that we can steam full ahead over the
precipice's edge, and have luxury goods to play with as we plummet...
Oh - I know I shouldn't, and if there was a hell I would go
there...but...when there is so much hopeless tragedy visited upon the
innocent in the endless procession of road deaths, it's nice to know
that witless shits get offed too. View large image[28] [continue[29]]
** The Rise and Fall of Man[30] **
By Bob Williamson[31] Our mortality is the thing we understand
from the time we become aware. We will all die. This is our underlying
strength and overriding weakness. Mans design flaw was built in. You
and I cannot be sustained forever. Is this why we have designed all
other things to follow the same principle? Designed for Demise. Take
care of today, tomorrow will look after itself. If we accept this,
maybe the concept of sustainability, of an infinite future, could not
have been built into our endeavours, as we planned that future with
our demise as the inevitable outcome. [continue[32]]
** Good-bye Industrialism, Hello Life[33] **
By Dave Ewoldt As reality becomes harder to deny, I'm hearing an
increasing number of cries, growing in intensity and tinged with
urgency welling up from the grassroots regarding Peak Oil,
catastrophic climate destabilization, biospheric toxicity, rapidly
dwindling quality of life, increasing wealth gap in the Global North,
and increasing poverty in the Global South: "What can we do?" However,
all the proposed solutions from the mainstream simply involve putting
band-aids on the symptoms of industrialism and empire. [continue[34]]
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[8] http://www.newearthrising.org/2009/03/the-heet-is-on.asp
[9] http://www.newearthrising.org/2009/03/the-threat-to-life.asp
[10] http://www.newearthrising.org/2009/03/the-threat-to-life.asp
[11] http://www.newearthrising.org/2009/03/equal-rights-and-stern-warnings-1.asp
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[14] http://www.newearthrising.org/2009/03/equal-rights-and-stern-warnings-1.asp
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[18] http://www.newearthrising.org/2009/03/gaia-uses-the-market.asp
[19] http://www.newearthrising.org/2009/03/gaia-uses-the-market.asp
[20] http://www.newearthrising.org/2009/03/wall-street-economics-is-passe.asp
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[22] http://www.newearthrising.org/2009/03/wall-street-economics-is-passe.asp
[23]
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[26] http://www.newearthrising.org/2009/03/following-orders.asp
[27] http://www.throbgoblins.blogspot.com/
[28] http://www.newearthrising.org/img/panic2.jpg
[29] http://www.newearthrising.org/2009/03/following-orders.asp
[30] http://www.newearthrising.org/2009/03/the-rise-and-fall-of-man.asp
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