LETTERS on  SUSTAINABILITY

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

 
     

1998 - 2000

30 Nov 2000  
Food for thought: more money for the car, less for food
30 November  
Facing up to  man's threat to himself: continuing the analogy
29 November  
The "rat race" and global warming
27 November  
Facing up to  man's threat to himself
26 November  
Wind, by the way, is an inexhaustible, emission-free source of energy 
11 November  
Recognising limits - and cod is just the beginning!
7 November  
The wisest Prince we have ever had
31 October  
Commenting on ET's comments on global warming
29 October  
Bedazzled and beguiled by the motorcar
25 October  
Our ONLY priority should be the environment
23 October   Money is power and power corrupts 
12 October   Cars for country folk and car(e)free cities
21 Sept   The roots of non-sustainability go deep
21 Sept   A bigger threat to mankind than any asteroid
12 Sept   Fuel tax = ecotax = a way of steering us towards sustainability 
03 August   Concorde, the epitome of non-sustainability!
21 July   Shrinking populations are not a threat but a godsend 
15 July   Attachments endanger the economy
12 July   Two pernicious viruses: AIDS and Non-sustainability
12 July   Who is the bigger thief?
06 July   Plundering Planet Earth - a letter to the New York Times
03 July   Putting ecology before economy and re-establishing agriculture as our most vital and important industry
28 June   Waking up to the reality of a finite Earth and the limits to motorisation and air travel
26 June   "American success" and the misguided role of competition
28 May   Learning from our nuclear mistakes before proceeding with GMO
26 May   Listening to Prince Charles, instead of ridiculing him
23 May 2000   Royal wisdom - why we need a precautionary approach to "progress"
19 May   Royal sense: woolly-headed or not!
05 May   The Prime Minister has good reason for concern that the rapid succession of technological developments could destabilise society.
12 April   Ken Livingstone's claim that "international capitalists killed more people than Hitler" is not without an element of truth.
05 April    Money makes the world go round and - if we are not careful - down!
04 April   The shame for Bill and the same for us
23 March   Response to attack on Prince Charles for opposing GM crops
14 March   Why petrol should be expensive
13 March   For a ban on gimmicky sales tricks, such as "two for the price of one"
10 March   Time to introduce a "maximum wage"
12 February   Devolution as an expression of Britain's more advanced civilisation
11 February   The right to a satisfying job
11 Jan. 2000   Mistaking a blessing for a problem: As the population of Western Europe declines, the last thing it needs is to encourage immigration.
21 Dec. 1999   On the road to extinction (if the new transpost minster gets his way)
14 Dec.   NFU's shameful defence of industrial farming methods
7 Dec.   Continuation of previous topic
7 Dec.   Farmers: dispensable, contemptible beggars in a high-tech economy
23 Nov.   Let's not just ban advertising aimed at children, but ALL advertising!
18 Nov.   Putting sustainability before growth: not a subject of the Queen's Speech.
11 Oct.   "Putting ecology before the economy" Response to report on the Prime Minister's plans to disband the UK Panel on Sustainable Development.
25 Sept.   Response to a letter saying how wonderful and indispensible cars are.
16 April   Partying on Spaceship Earth 
16 Feb 1999   The RISKS relating to GM crops
31 July 1998   In defense of the transport minister's call for people to make less use of their cars
 
 
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