Earth Gazer

I don't agree with everything that George Monbiot writes. Specifically, his views in nuclear power are at odds to mine, but this is possibly one of his finest pieces of writing - succinct and like a dart, it hits the target and points the blame. You can also read it, fully referenced on his website:  http://www.monbiot.com/2014/05/27/the-impossibility-of-growth/ Why collapse and salvation are hard to distinguish from each other. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28th May 2014 Let us imagine that in 3030BC the total possessions of the people of Egypt filled one cubic metre. Let us propose that these possessions grew by 4.5% a year. How big would that stash have been by the Battle of Actium in 30BC? This is the calculation performed by the investment banker Jeremy Grantham. Go on, take a guess. Ten times the size of the pyramids? All the sand in the Sahara? The Atlantic ocean? The volume of the planet? A little more? It’s 2.5 billion billion solar systems. It d...

Growth by ~ SaturnonaStick on deviantART Here's a little collection of phrases advocating simplicity that I found on the internet (can't actually remember where I copied these from - oops!). Through simplicity, we can grow within ourselves, without being weighed down by the chattels of our lives. Simplicity is something we should strive for, but also recognise that a) it's not for everyone, all of the time, and b) it's not necessarily easy! Like Einstein says, "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler". Charles Mingus -Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. Hans Hofmann - The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. E. F. Schumacker - Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius—and a lot of courage—to move in the opposite ...