Debt, austerity, devastation: it’s Europe’s turn

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

As the creditors get fatter, the innocent are punished. Susan George laments a leadership subservient to big business. Like plague in the 14th century, the scourge of debt has gradually migrated from South to North. Our 21st-century Yersinia pestis isn’t spread by flea-infested rats but by deadly, ideology-infested neoliberal fundamentalists. …

Ecocity Design For Disaster Resilient Cities

kristySustainability News, Earth Systems Science

An Ecocity Builders email update — March 2011 Fire resistant ecotown sketch by Richard Register Dear Friends and Supporters, The on-going disaster in Japan should not pass without a constructive response from us, which is this: ecocity design can help prevent severe earthquake and tsunami damage and can eliminate nuclear …