An obsession with growth has eclipsed our concern for sustainability, justice and human dignity. But people are not disposable. The value of life lies outside economic development
Vandana Shiva
Tag: sustainability
Brooklyn Bridge rally, Occupy DC, Anti Afghan war, OWS Week-04-05-2012
Press TV’s program; ‘OWS Week’ highlights 7 days of the protest movement’s happenings as viewed from American protesters’ eyes. The program also examines the wide range of social issues addressed by the ‘occupy’ movement in the US.
This episode of the show looks at the Brooklyn Bridge remembrance rallies in New York, Iraq War veterans’ Anti-Afghanistan War protests and US police attack on “Occupy DC” media tent. OWS Week has covered the police raid on the “Occupy DC” media tent and ensuing arrests made in McPherson Square, the Iraq War veterans’ rallies in Oakland California, and remembrance rallies, marking six-months since the brutal NYPD attack against 99ers protesting on Brooklyn Bridge that led to 700 arrests and dozens of injuries.
Who Killed Economic Growth?
Richard Heinberg proposes a startling diagnosis in this short video presented by fine folks at the Post Carbon Institute.
Indeed, there are many issues and nuances left out but this is a good start to answering the how’s and why’s we all need to come to grips with so we can move forward. You’ll find other issues and those mentioned in the video are addressed in the book from which this material was excerpted: http://www.endofgrowth.com
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