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In his 2010 book, Griftopia , he wrote, “In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.” Rolling Stone ''s Matt Taibbi What do Matt Taibbi and San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro have in common? Sightline’s 20th Anniversary Speaker Series ! They’ll be closing out our year-long celebration with talks that we expect will sell out Town Hall, so be sure to purchase your tickets in advance. Matt Taibbi. MORE
Inadequacy stories rely on our most childish impulses and emotions, jealousy, greed, selfishness, vanity. Fans by Mircea used under CC BY 2.0 Most of the marketing we see (especially commercial advertising) is of the inadequacy variety—messages designed to create anxiety or insecurity about what we lack (beauty, youth, sex-appeal, status). MORE
It’s time for the human race to move past the concepts of competition and greed into one that benefits the whole. It’s no secret that an opposition to sustainable living exists. Earlier this year, Texas state brought several SWAT teams to a sustainable community and threatened to shut it down. Each one of the community members were initially handcuffed at gunpoint. It was called “The Garden of Eden Community,” and was totally self sustainable. MORE
austerity recession greed capitalism corporate profits by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Corporate profits as a share of national income continue to break records, not despite unemployment and wage stagnation, but because of them. Recession is always good for the capitalists and capitalism as it guarantees them a labor force that is scared of losing their jobs and thus will accept lower wages and bad working conditions just to be able to have some sort of an income. MORE
Greed is another name for this constant desire, driven by advertising nowadays, for more. keeping up with the Joneses more greed envy by Michael Smith (Veshengro) We want more, more, more all the time, never satisfied with what we have and this is what is destroying the world. In the old days this was often the case for fortune hunters going abroad, and amongst those were the slavers and slave traders, as well as the gold diggers and the carpet baggers. Today it is everyone, almost. MORE
I've witnessed some pretty grim scenes in the food business down the years - appalling conditions in the poultry industry, crazy EU fishing laws, all kinds of greed and folly. Tonnes of perfectly good food are thrown away in the UK every year. Why, asks Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Root vegetables may be a touch harder to feel for than chickens or fish. MORE
I recently came across the word "biopiracy" - something that happens when bioprospecting falls victim to good ole' fashioned human greed. So what do these terms mean MORE
In it the orientation of the actions of the government for the common welfare of the people is lost and instead self-interest and greed of one group or individuals govern the actions of the government. So, instead of letting them pay their price for their greed and the subsequent losses that they have incurred the poor members of society have to pay for their mistakes. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The term ochlocracy appears to have been coined by Polybius in his Histories (6.4.6) MORE
Guilt may be a powerful incentive, but greed--in the Greed is Good sense--is even more powerful. I'm trying to understand the Occupy Wall Street movement. Best I can tell, the issue is a deep, long, unevenly distributed recession that has resulted in an even more (perceived?) unequal distribution of wealth. I'm having trouble seeing the proposed solution. MORE
Metropolis is a world dominated by technology and greed, where the bulk of the people are dehumanized workers, who more resemble machines in their jerky rhythmic movements and laconic faces than the oppressed humans they are. MORE
The push for GDP growth among corporations is partly greed, partly ignorance. Today I’m talking with Brian Czech, the president of CASSE (Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy). He served in the U.S. MORE
They accuse Hantz of greed disguised as philanthropy. Reforestation and urban farms could help secure Detroit''s future. Four years ago, Detroit businessman John Hantz received national attention when he announced his plans to create the world''s largest urban farm in Detroit. His plan to buy vacant city land and convert it to orchards and tree farms was hailed as visionary by some and nefarious by others. MORE
Here are the lyrics to the song about the English Diggers of 1649 who tried to take back their rights to use the common land from the church and landowners. The lyrics are still very relevant today. However, the God is no longer a theistic one, but a corporate one. The Diggers (A World turned Upside Down) In 1649 To St. MORE
It is a world where work is not related to satisfying our needs and that of our communities but a wold where work is only related to satisfying the profit and greed of businesses and their shareholders. It is a world where workers are exploited for greed. Yet, as long as employment is tied to somebody else's profit and greed, the work needed will not get done and the workers are but wage slaves. MORE
Our greed for whatever we could lay our grubby paws on, and especially the greed of those who could afford to exploit Earth's riches, have led to the wholesale destruction of breadbaskets, forests and other ecosystems and it is for that reason that more and more severe weather acts occur. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) This is, apparently, the finding of some UN body as regards to population and the environment, and it would seem that they think they have made some great discovery. MORE
It’s a simple model of greed. pesticides greed proposition 37 genetic engineering GMO roundup Vandana Shiva Monsanto genetically modified foods David Suzuki genetically modified organisms Rachel Parent ecosystem health environment According to the David Suzuki Foundation, “ companies that develop and patent GMO seeds are the same companies that develop and patent the pesticides and herbicides to which the unique seeds are resistant. MORE
Confronting the climate crisis will require a deeper, spiritual transformation of society, replacing “consumption with sacrifice, greed with generosity, wastefulness with a spirit of sharing.”. I have no idea if the title has anything to do with what follows, but I was trying to tie together the death of one America's wittiest baseball players (Yogi Berra) with the visit of the non-economist environmental Pope to the U.S. Why would I want to tie these two things together? MORE
Greed at play, once again, as so often. Then, however, came the greed to many of the charities running those “goodwill” stores and they marked up good as if they were being sold as antiques and at times new branded but nevertheless donated clothes, for instance, are priced at no more than twenty percent down from priced on the High Street. MORE
The Dead Sea area in general is facing massive threats due to human greed and oversight. A landmark law was just passed in Israel this year. The Israeli Parliament, known as the Knesset just passed a new law on January 1, that allows both public and non-profit organizations to file a civil suit against any person or organization that damages the environment in general. MORE
” It comes with a shift in attitude towards business and corporations influenced in part by the many recent corruption and ethical collapses associated with corporate greed in the business world. A curious thing has happened since the explosion of sustainable MBA programs, they have begun to infiltrate traditional MBAs. Some of the universities now incorporating sustainable practices into their MBAs may surprise you. MORE
Only then will there be enough for everyone's need, though not for everyone's greed, as the greed will have to be nipped in the bud. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) UNISON delegates in Glasgow on June 17, 2015 committed the union to keeping inequality at the forefront of political and economic debate. MORE
I have made my choice to stand for people and for the environment and against the capitalist system and (corporate) greed. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In the monumental battle of our times we all have to take stock and decide where we stand and on which side we fight. Do you stand with capitalism and world domination (by the United States and its corporations) or do you stand for solidarity and peace, for liberty and justice, and for and with humanity? MORE
But, greed got the better of most, it would appear, and it still has us in its grip. The world has wasted more than a century and a half and the actions and greed of government and corporations have caused the destruction of much of Earth, the extinction of species and has brought us to the brink of an ecological catastrophe that is threatening all (human) life on this Planet. MORE
At its core, The Lorax is a story of corporate greed and its affect on the environment. Ultimately, due to the high opportunity cost of harvesting the tufts while leaving the trees intact, the Once-ler succumbs to greed, abandons principle and prior agreements with Frank Reynolds, er, The Lorax, and resorts to cutting the trees before harvesting the tufts. So we took the family to see The Lorax yesterday. MORE
The former for our needs and often for greed, and the latter due to greed with oil spillage, sewage and chemical dumping, etc. By Michael Smith (Veshengro) “ When we heal the Earth, we heal ourselves.” - David Orr Healing the Earth, our Mother, is something that is more urgent than ever and, hopefully, it is not too late. It is, however, very much true that by healing Mother Earth we will also be healing ourselves and society. MORE
Our pre-Covid-19 existence was not normal other than we normalized greed, inequity, depletion,extraction, the exploitation of nature and man by man for ever greater profits. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) We will not go back to normal nor should we. Normal never was. MORE
It is greed; pure and simple, and I am sure that we could also find some other, stronger, words for that. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In many member states of European Union (and Euro) land austerity measures are biting and are hitting the poorest hardest. While dumpster diving and the Freegan lifestyle is a good green option in many cities of the European Union all kinds of people are no forced to check the dumpsters outside the back of stores for food (and other items). MORE
Our serious problems with waste – whether food or other stuff – also stems from our modern attitude, which is based on greed and false understanding of what needs actually are. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Don’t waste food by overloading your plate, taking more than you will eat, whether or not it says that it is an “all you can eat” buffet for $10 or such. Neither do this at home. In both cases you can always go for seconds, if you are really hungry. MORE
Instead we should test people for stupidity, ignorance, greed and the love of power of of money. Most also suffer from stupidity, ignorance and greed, per se, and their only aim is to make a name for themselves and to rule over people. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) If we are really looking for the sources of our troubles in our society and world today we should not test people for drugs. MORE
It was all a part of his personal crusade against planned obsolescence, corporate greed, and e-waste. In case you haven't heard, the US government and Microsoft have succeeded in their quest to take down one Eric Lundgren, a force in the electronics recycling industry. How did Lundgren land in this predicament? Did he avoid taxes? Did he mislead consumers? MORE
There is more than enough for everyone's need on this Planet b ut not for everyone's greed. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Too many people have and desire much more than enough while others, the great majority, do not have enough to live and barely survive. We do not, necessarily, have too many people on this Planet of ours. What we have, though, are a small amount of people who have most of the wealth while the rest have little to nothing. MORE
Thinking ‘outside the box’ has and will continue to disallow greed and ignorance to drag us down. Interesting Green Ideas: Thinking Outside the Box. There are many ideas out there when it comes to reducing our carbon footprint and helping the earth sustain life in lieu of man’s polluting ways. They can range from recycling to reusing and everything in between. However, thinking ‘outside the box’ is the thing that will most likely help our planet on a grand scale (remember Henry T. MORE
via greedgreengrains.blogspot.com : This has to be the funnest thing an agricultural economist could ever do. Great job Bruce! The Colbert Report. Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c. Agriculture & Drought Disaster - Bruce Babcock. www.colbertnation.com. Colbert Report Full Episodes. Political Humor & Satire Blog. Video Archive. Many thanks to Mike Roberts for keeping our material fresh MORE
We need everyone to demand bold action from their political leaders and to elect representatives who have their best interests at heart, not the interests of corporations to perpetuate a cycle of greed and destruction,” says DiCaprio. Let’s get meta. A “force of nature” is defined as a natural phenomenon that is beyond human control. MORE
Corporate greed has depleted the Earth''s resources to such an extent that we have run out of many of them or are on the brink of doing so, it has destroyed the very ecosystems that everything, including humans, depend on for the very life on this Planet, and still they want more, more and more. This greed is also the underlying cause of most wars and conflicts on a global scale and causes the erosion of liberties all over the world. MORE
Greed Is a Symptom of a Deep Need Going Unfulfilled A lot of people reacted to my comment on Facebook the other day that greed is more a symptom than a cause of our current system, with all its inequities. I’m asked, What is the cause of greed? First I’ll say what I think greed is: Greed is the insatiable desire for that which one doesn’t really need, or in amounts beyond one’s needs. greed society MORE
He’s denounced consumerism, greed, and waste, and critiqued capitalism. Photo Credit: Catholic Church (England and Wales) via Compfight cc Maybe you heard? Pope Francis was making the rounds last week in DC, New York, and Philly. The buzz has been hard to miss. It’s no wonder. The Pope is the “faith boss” of every practicing Catholic on earth: 1.2 MORE
The something we need is greed. Although they respond to territoriality by tapping into greed, the greed they tap is still attenuated. A more radical plan appeals to a cruder form of greed. Parking cap and trade would swamp parking territoriality with unadulterated greed. Greed—activated through parking benefit districts or tradable parking permits—is the core of the solution. Photo credit NYDOT, cc. MORE
Then we can plant forests over all the land that used to be landfills, power plants and Wal-m%$@ I mean the self-destructive downward spiral of greed driven planet trashing population enslavement camps. Ok, so this is one of those technologies that you would think some crazy government conspiracy would shut down and cover up so it would never get out because it would mess up the monopoly the energy companies have on the world! I'm telling you this is sick! CRAZY SICK!!! MORE
This is why the organized labor of workers was and still is the only viable or appropriate response to the organized greed of capitalist business owners. Greed, for money, lands, natural resources, and whatever else we can think of, has been the causal agent for wars and conflicts throughout the ages and even more so in the modern world, with oil being now the prime factor and the profits that it brings. MORE
indicative of greed, he defects, call it mutiny/ 9. Cause’ those taxes pay your salary, n your practicing greed/ 16. Lyrics 1. Ayo, I got some issues that I need to address/ 2. Governor Patterson, your actions are egregious yet/ 3. I’ve had it with inadequate and devious threats/ 4. Cause’ our economy’s receding, your increasing the debt/ 5. My main intuition tells me to gaze through a prism/ 6. I lack faith in the system so I’ll relay you a vision/ 7. What’s more important? MORE
People and Conservation Science Science Culture conformity consumption effects of consumption environmental fashion greed greed and conservation hip environmentalist over-consumption Partha Dasgupta Paul Ehrlich Peter Kareiva Peter Kareiva Nature Conservancy Science journal shark fin soup shark fin soup campaign Simon Fraser University Can the human traits of competitiveness and conformity be forces for environmental change? Can they save this shark from becoming shark fin soup? MORE
Greed Related Topics Green (Living) Review
OCTOBER 27, 2015
Greed Is a Symptom of a Deep Need Going Unfulfilled A lot of people reacted to my comment on Facebook the other day that greed is more a symptom than a cause of our current system, with all its inequities. I’m asked, What is the cause of greed? First I’ll say what I think greed is: Greed is the insatiable desire for that which one doesn’t really need, or in amounts beyond one’s needs. greed society
The Alien Next Door
SEPTEMBER 22, 2013
It’s a simple model of greed. pesticides greed proposition 37 genetic engineering GMO roundup Vandana Shiva Monsanto genetically modified foods David Suzuki genetically modified organisms Rachel Parent ecosystem health environment According to the David Suzuki Foundation, “ companies that develop and patent GMO seeds are the same companies that develop and patent the pesticides and herbicides to which the unique seeds are resistant.
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Environmental Economics
JULY 25, 2012
via greedgreengrains.blogspot.com : This has to be the funnest thing an agricultural economist could ever do. Great job Bruce! The Colbert Report. Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c. Agriculture & Drought Disaster - Bruce Babcock. www.colbertnation.com. Colbert Report Full Episodes. Political Humor & Satire Blog. Video Archive. Many thanks to Mike Roberts for keeping our material fresh
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 9, 2013
austerity recession greed capitalism corporate profits by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Corporate profits as a share of national income continue to break records, not despite unemployment and wage stagnation, but because of them. Recession is always good for the capitalists and capitalism as it guarantees them a labor force that is scared of losing their jobs and thus will accept lower wages and bad working conditions just to be able to have some sort of an income.
Nature Conservancy - Science
MAY 28, 2013
People and Conservation Science Science Culture conformity consumption effects of consumption environmental fashion greed greed and conservation hip environmentalist over-consumption Partha Dasgupta Paul Ehrlich Peter Kareiva Peter Kareiva Nature Conservancy Science journal shark fin soup shark fin soup campaign Simon Fraser University Can the human traits of competitiveness and conformity be forces for environmental change? Can they save this shark from becoming shark fin soup?
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
Greed is another name for this constant desire, driven by advertising nowadays, for more. keeping up with the Joneses more greed envy by Michael Smith (Veshengro) We want more, more, more all the time, never satisfied with what we have and this is what is destroying the world. In the old days this was often the case for fortune hunters going abroad, and amongst those were the slavers and slave traders, as well as the gold diggers and the carpet baggers. Today it is everyone, almost.
Green Living Tips
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
I recently came across the word "biopiracy" - something that happens when bioprospecting falls victim to good ole' fashioned human greed. So what do these terms mean
Environmental Economics
MARCH 5, 2012
At its core, The Lorax is a story of corporate greed and its affect on the environment. Ultimately, due to the high opportunity cost of harvesting the tufts while leaving the trees intact, the Once-ler succumbs to greed, abandons principle and prior agreements with Frank Reynolds, er, The Lorax, and resorts to cutting the trees before harvesting the tufts. So we took the family to see The Lorax yesterday.
Environmental Economics
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Guilt may be a powerful incentive, but greed--in the Greed is Good sense--is even more powerful. I'm trying to understand the Occupy Wall Street movement. Best I can tell, the issue is a deep, long, unevenly distributed recession that has resulted in an even more (perceived?) unequal distribution of wealth. I'm having trouble seeing the proposed solution.
Environmental Economics
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
Confronting the climate crisis will require a deeper, spiritual transformation of society, replacing “consumption with sacrifice, greed with generosity, wastefulness with a spirit of sharing.”. I have no idea if the title has anything to do with what follows, but I was trying to tie together the death of one America's wittiest baseball players (Yogi Berra) with the visit of the non-economist environmental Pope to the U.S. Why would I want to tie these two things together?
Green (Living) Review
FEBRUARY 8, 2013
Instead we should test people for stupidity, ignorance, greed and the love of power of of money. Most also suffer from stupidity, ignorance and greed, per se, and their only aim is to make a name for themselves and to rule over people. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) If we are really looking for the sources of our troubles in our society and world today we should not test people for drugs.
Green (Living) Review
NOVEMBER 7, 2015
I've witnessed some pretty grim scenes in the food business down the years - appalling conditions in the poultry industry, crazy EU fishing laws, all kinds of greed and folly. Tonnes of perfectly good food are thrown away in the UK every year. Why, asks Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Root vegetables may be a touch harder to feel for than chickens or fish.
Living Green Technology
JUNE 17, 2018
It was all a part of his personal crusade against planned obsolescence, corporate greed, and e-waste. In case you haven't heard, the US government and Microsoft have succeeded in their quest to take down one Eric Lundgren, a force in the electronics recycling industry. How did Lundgren land in this predicament? Did he avoid taxes? Did he mislead consumers?
Green (Living) Review
AUGUST 26, 2012
It is a world where work is not related to satisfying our needs and that of our communities but a wold where work is only related to satisfying the profit and greed of businesses and their shareholders. It is a world where workers are exploited for greed. Yet, as long as employment is tied to somebody else's profit and greed, the work needed will not get done and the workers are but wage slaves.
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 5, 2012
Our greed for whatever we could lay our grubby paws on, and especially the greed of those who could afford to exploit Earth's riches, have led to the wholesale destruction of breadbaskets, forests and other ecosystems and it is for that reason that more and more severe weather acts occur. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) This is, apparently, the finding of some UN body as regards to population and the environment, and it would seem that they think they have made some great discovery.
Green Home Blog
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Thinking ‘outside the box’ has and will continue to disallow greed and ignorance to drag us down. Interesting Green Ideas: Thinking Outside the Box. There are many ideas out there when it comes to reducing our carbon footprint and helping the earth sustain life in lieu of man’s polluting ways. They can range from recycling to reusing and everything in between. However, thinking ‘outside the box’ is the thing that will most likely help our planet on a grand scale (remember Henry T.
Green (Living) Review
JULY 23, 2010
Greed at play, once again, as so often. Then, however, came the greed to many of the charities running those “goodwill” stores and they marked up good as if they were being sold as antiques and at times new branded but nevertheless donated clothes, for instance, are priced at no more than twenty percent down from priced on the High Street.
Green (Living) Review
MAY 2, 2015
In it the orientation of the actions of the government for the common welfare of the people is lost and instead self-interest and greed of one group or individuals govern the actions of the government. So, instead of letting them pay their price for their greed and the subsequent losses that they have incurred the poor members of society have to pay for their mistakes. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) The term ochlocracy appears to have been coined by Polybius in his Histories (6.4.6)
The Alien Next Door
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
Metropolis is a world dominated by technology and greed, where the bulk of the people are dehumanized workers, who more resemble machines in their jerky rhythmic movements and laconic faces than the oppressed humans they are.
Green (Living) Review
JANUARY 2, 2016
There is more than enough for everyone's need on this Planet b ut not for everyone's greed. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Too many people have and desire much more than enough while others, the great majority, do not have enough to live and barely survive. We do not, necessarily, have too many people on this Planet of ours. What we have, though, are a small amount of people who have most of the wealth while the rest have little to nothing.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 20, 2015
Only then will there be enough for everyone's need, though not for everyone's greed, as the greed will have to be nipped in the bud. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) UNISON delegates in Glasgow on June 17, 2015 committed the union to keeping inequality at the forefront of political and economic debate.
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
Corporate greed has depleted the Earth''s resources to such an extent that we have run out of many of them or are on the brink of doing so, it has destroyed the very ecosystems that everything, including humans, depend on for the very life on this Planet, and still they want more, more and more. This greed is also the underlying cause of most wars and conflicts on a global scale and causes the erosion of liberties all over the world.
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
But, greed got the better of most, it would appear, and it still has us in its grip. The world has wasted more than a century and a half and the actions and greed of government and corporations have caused the destruction of much of Earth, the extinction of species and has brought us to the brink of an ecological catastrophe that is threatening all (human) life on this Planet.
Low Impact
DECEMBER 20, 2020
It’s not a scam, but it’s greed on the part of the investors.
Green (Living) Review
MAY 29, 2014
I have made my choice to stand for people and for the environment and against the capitalist system and (corporate) greed. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In the monumental battle of our times we all have to take stock and decide where we stand and on which side we fight. Do you stand with capitalism and world domination (by the United States and its corporations) or do you stand for solidarity and peace, for liberty and justice, and for and with humanity?
Green Prophet
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
We need everyone to demand bold action from their political leaders and to elect representatives who have their best interests at heart, not the interests of corporations to perpetuate a cycle of greed and destruction,” says DiCaprio. Let’s get meta. A “force of nature” is defined as a natural phenomenon that is beyond human control.
Green Earth Journey
MARCH 28, 2009
indicative of greed, he defects, call it mutiny/ 9. Cause’ those taxes pay your salary, n your practicing greed/ 16. Lyrics 1. Ayo, I got some issues that I need to address/ 2. Governor Patterson, your actions are egregious yet/ 3. I’ve had it with inadequate and devious threats/ 4. Cause’ our economy’s receding, your increasing the debt/ 5. My main intuition tells me to gaze through a prism/ 6. I lack faith in the system so I’ll relay you a vision/ 7. What’s more important?
Green Earth Journey
APRIL 7, 2009
Then we can plant forests over all the land that used to be landfills, power plants and Wal-m%$@ I mean the self-destructive downward spiral of greed driven planet trashing population enslavement camps. Ok, so this is one of those technologies that you would think some crazy government conspiracy would shut down and cover up so it would never get out because it would mess up the monopoly the energy companies have on the world! I'm telling you this is sick! CRAZY SICK!!!
Green Prophet
JANUARY 2, 2019
The Dead Sea area in general is facing massive threats due to human greed and oversight. A landmark law was just passed in Israel this year. The Israeli Parliament, known as the Knesset just passed a new law on January 1, that allows both public and non-profit organizations to file a civil suit against any person or organization that damages the environment in general.
Green (Living) Review
NOVEMBER 23, 2013
Here are the lyrics to the song about the English Diggers of 1649 who tried to take back their rights to use the common land from the church and landowners. The lyrics are still very relevant today. However, the God is no longer a theistic one, but a corporate one. The Diggers (A World turned Upside Down) In 1649 To St.
Sightline Daily
AUGUST 21, 2013
In his 2010 book, Griftopia , he wrote, “In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.” Rolling Stone ''s Matt Taibbi What do Matt Taibbi and San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro have in common? Sightline’s 20th Anniversary Speaker Series ! They’ll be closing out our year-long celebration with talks that we expect will sell out Town Hall, so be sure to purchase your tickets in advance. Matt Taibbi.
Green Living Ideas
AUGUST 3, 2012
” It comes with a shift in attitude towards business and corporations influenced in part by the many recent corruption and ethical collapses associated with corporate greed in the business world. A curious thing has happened since the explosion of sustainable MBA programs, they have begun to infiltrate traditional MBAs. Some of the universities now incorporating sustainable practices into their MBAs may surprise you.
Low Impact
MAY 17, 2020
The push for GDP growth among corporations is partly greed, partly ignorance. Today I’m talking with Brian Czech, the president of CASSE (Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy). He served in the U.S.
Sightline Daily
OCTOBER 1, 2014
Inadequacy stories rely on our most childish impulses and emotions, jealousy, greed, selfishness, vanity. Fans by Mircea used under CC BY 2.0 Most of the marketing we see (especially commercial advertising) is of the inadequacy variety—messages designed to create anxiety or insecurity about what we lack (beauty, youth, sex-appeal, status).
Green (Living) Review
OCTOBER 14, 2012
It is greed; pure and simple, and I am sure that we could also find some other, stronger, words for that. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In many member states of European Union (and Euro) land austerity measures are biting and are hitting the poorest hardest. While dumpster diving and the Freegan lifestyle is a good green option in many cities of the European Union all kinds of people are no forced to check the dumpsters outside the back of stores for food (and other items).
Green (Living) Review
DECEMBER 18, 2010
Our serious problems with waste – whether food or other stuff – also stems from our modern attitude, which is based on greed and false understanding of what needs actually are. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Don’t waste food by overloading your plate, taking more than you will eat, whether or not it says that it is an “all you can eat” buffet for $10 or such. Neither do this at home. In both cases you can always go for seconds, if you are really hungry.
Sightline Daily
OCTOBER 4, 2013
The something we need is greed. Although they respond to territoriality by tapping into greed, the greed they tap is still attenuated. A more radical plan appeals to a cruder form of greed. Parking cap and trade would swamp parking territoriality with unadulterated greed. Greed—activated through parking benefit districts or tradable parking permits—is the core of the solution. Photo credit NYDOT, cc.
Green (Living) Review
AUGUST 26, 2014
They accuse Hantz of greed disguised as philanthropy. Reforestation and urban farms could help secure Detroit''s future. Four years ago, Detroit businessman John Hantz received national attention when he announced his plans to create the world''s largest urban farm in Detroit. His plan to buy vacant city land and convert it to orchards and tree farms was hailed as visionary by some and nefarious by others.
Sightline Daily
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
He’s denounced consumerism, greed, and waste, and critiqued capitalism. Photo Credit: Catholic Church (England and Wales) via Compfight cc Maybe you heard? Pope Francis was making the rounds last week in DC, New York, and Philly. The buzz has been hard to miss. It’s no wonder. The Pope is the “faith boss” of every practicing Catholic on earth: 1.2
Green (Living) Review
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
It’s time for the human race to move past the concepts of competition and greed into one that benefits the whole. It’s no secret that an opposition to sustainable living exists. Earlier this year, Texas state brought several SWAT teams to a sustainable community and threatened to shut it down. Each one of the community members were initially handcuffed at gunpoint. It was called “The Garden of Eden Community,” and was totally self sustainable.
Green (Living) Review
JULY 2, 2013
This is why the organized labor of workers was and still is the only viable or appropriate response to the organized greed of capitalist business owners. Greed, for money, lands, natural resources, and whatever else we can think of, has been the causal agent for wars and conflicts throughout the ages and even more so in the modern world, with oil being now the prime factor and the profits that it brings.
Green (Living) Review
JUNE 10, 2011
The former for our needs and often for greed, and the latter due to greed with oil spillage, sewage and chemical dumping, etc. By Michael Smith (Veshengro) “ When we heal the Earth, we heal ourselves.” - David Orr Healing the Earth, our Mother, is something that is more urgent than ever and, hopefully, it is not too late. It is, however, very much true that by healing Mother Earth we will also be healing ourselves and society.
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