On destructive development, on food that isn’t food, on two-legged sheep, on the demise of thought and the war for the future
Never let it be said I’m afraid of lengthy headlines if they’re appropriate and relevant to the topics under the spotlight. I really should learn not to ask questions or voice worries sometimes. Invariably if I ever mention to someone that we’ve had, say, a vacuum cleaner or washing machine for a very long time, it breaks down within a week or less. Two days ago I was chatting with a neighbour across the street, a lovely old lady, and commented on how beautiful the large open space behind her row of houses is. And it is. You get a fantastic panoramic view of the Dales, and the entire area right now is festooned with daisies. It’s land that, in the merciless capitalist predatory age we live in, doesn’t ‘do’ anything. It simply is, and all the more wonderful for it.
tags: activism, affordable housing, developments, eco-towns, environment, eschatology, extinction, food miles, green spaces, hope, local authorities, politicians, radicalism, self-sufficiency, supermarkets, the matrixFossil fools playing dino-politics with eco-town greenwash
How is it environmentally-friendly to build new towns on land previously given over to nature’s own ways? The government has today announced the 15 locations shortlisted for plans to build 10 so-called eco-towns. High-profile and persistent protests are inevitable in and around every single one of the locations being considered, and we will see the emergence of national as well as local campaigns that won’t conveniently roll over and go away.
This isn’t about whether you believe we should be moving towards a zero-carbon economy; it’s about how we do so, and whether what is being proposed even begins to take us toward that goal.
tags: carbon footprint, climate change, eco-towns, environment, zero carbon
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