Ep125: Ecological Manic-Depressive
Another eco-news episode with various topics that like a forest interconnect but represent an equally diverse set of mental states: First I review the post-capitalist mindset with a comment about other options and a steady stater essay. I cover the newest environmental law outta Maine, and a quick rant about the US climate movement. In the 2nd half I alternate between the dark facts of loss of small farms and their topsoil, the ecological forestry research and natural backyard pools, and wrap up with a peek at big Oil’s next green-washing propaganda.
Music Used: Recycle It!, by Sam Sparro Epoch, by Savlonic; Little Boxes; by Rise Against; ; Empire Falls by Doomsday Virus; Change your Life, by World Order; Now, by Paramore
Sources
Techno-fix and Armageddon are linked
https://greattransition.org/gti-forum/anthropocene-baskin
The Need to Remove profit from most of the economy
https://steadystate.org/if-its-profitable/
Maine passes new program to charge companies for waste stream
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/maine-becomes-first-state-to-shift-costs-of-recycling-from-taxpayers-to-companies/2021/07/13/aa6fbe44-e416-11eb-8aa5-5662858b696e_story.html
Face book rant on the ineffective climate movement
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1872931826214057&id=100004917737722
Rising loss of topsoil in Midwest
https://www.umass.edu/news/article/corn-belt-farmland-has-lost-third-its
Rising loss of small/family owed farms
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-farms-bankruptcy-idUSKBN1ZT2YE
Bio and Ideas of Woman behind ecological forestry research.
https://womenyoushouldknow.net/revolutionary-forest-ecology-suzanne-simard/
Types of natural pools growing in Australia in times of drought and heat.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-05/pool-to-pond-homeowners-ditch-salt-and-chlorine-for-waterholes/11461990Landback on the Hudson
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Mohicans-reclaim-a-key-part-of-their-New-York-16161219.php
Exxon looking to green-wash plastic: use reuseables; lobby to make them Pay!
https://www.treehugger.com/exxon-lobbying-make-plastics-the-norm-5197255
Thought Slime Video on Idie Games; parody of capitalist profit cycles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7khbIR-WQIw