Big business is secretly lobbying government to pass laws that give the rights to determine what we eat, irrespective of health or environment, as long as it makes money for them! Maybe that sounds too fantastic to be true, but it’s happening. Maybe you’re in big business and you think it can’t be that bad …
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Drinking cow poo! Or not? Cleaning Up after Big Ag
Here’s the essay of the week from OCA. It’s short and sweet and to the point. The point is not so sweet – big food producers are breaking laws, poisoning consumers and getting away with it because of corrupted legislation and process … Cleaning Up after Big Ag A “Cow Palace” in Washington State that …
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Everyone leads in tomorrow’s world, because it’s natural.
Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explains that in a flock of birds they take it in turns to lead, because being in the lead is energy depleting and can not last long (look at how every US President goes grey in the job), all birds in the flock learn to …
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BT Notes: Spring is springing, Book, TV, Yoga, Hay.
Happy new year! We hope 2015 is off to a good start for you all. For those of you that made it to the walk in the woods over Christmas, photos are on Flickr. Enjoy! We had a great crowd tromping through the woods and enjoying mince pies and vin chaud afterwards! The start of …
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Blooming flowers – a harbinger of doom.
According to textbooks there should be between 20 and 30 species in flower on new years day. This year there were 368 in bloom raising further questions about the effects of climate change during the UK’s warmest year on record. Many of the flowers, like daisy and dandelion shouldn’t bloom for at least a couple …
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1% own more than everyone else by next year: a decadent milestone in the implosion of civilisation.
Oxfam research shows that the share of the world’s wealth owned by the richest 1% increased from 44% in 2009 to 48% last year. Each adult on average has $2.7m. On current trends the wealthiest 1% will own more than 50% of the world’s wealth by 2016. Today the 80 richest people have the same …
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Yes Pope Frank, we can mock faiths
This is straight from David Webb. No need for editing. I think Pope Frank is awesome and has ignited a sense of hope for the church, but, sadly, on this point he must reevaluate his position. There might be an appropriate and an inappropriate channel or audience, but without other cause, mockery is no reason …
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“The Facts” about sustainability, the environment and your future.
Below are the facts stated in the film Cowspiracy and their references. Which ever side you’re on it’s good to know them. For example, one takeaway from the ideas presented is that we can resolve environmental problems, reform economic systems and still keep our cars, if we change our diet. If you take that with …
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Life lessons, … well, some things to think about.
Paul Howard’s 44 life lessons (shared by Pat Macmahon – thanks Pat!): 1 Life is like a toilet roll. The closer you get to the end, the faster it seems to disappear. 2 “I don’t know” is the most underrated sentence in the English language. 3 If you can’t dance by the age of 18, …
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Common Sense now printed locally, helping us drop the price.
While researching a way to bind hard copies of Common Sense, our local office supplier, Jones Business Systems, gave us a helpful tip by telling us about a family run printer in the middle of Kilkenny countryside. Patrick Brennan of Digital Outputs was able to print the second run within our meagre budget allowing us …
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