Avocados from South America. Apples from New Zealand, instead of the next valley. Industrially-grown carrots with no taste, no vitamins, but a microscopic coating of carcinogenic pesticides. Meanwhile we are paving over the nearby farms, leaving our cities utterly dependent on global corporations. …
RADIO ECOSHOCK SHOW 101126 It has come to my attention that last week’s show was a bit of a downer, leaving some listeners depressed. A scientist showing a savage economic collapse in a red-hot world by 2100. And a food expert predicting global …
This week on Radio Ecoshock – we give it all. There are two hot interviews. Julian Cribb tell us about his new book “The Coming Famine. The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It.” I had a major realization …
There is optimism – and then there’s the facts. Welcome to Radio Ecoshock. We have a triple-header for you this week. The Watchman is going to rattle out danger – with a brain wave escape hatch – as I interview California author Rebecca …
PEAK OIL VERSUS “PATHOLOGICAL OPTIMISM” – Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock – on “the Peak Shrink”, Kathy McMahon. [Find links to free mp3 recordings of Kathy’s full speech in Vancouver, plus an interview with Alex Smith – at the bottom of this post.] …
This week on Radio Ecoshock, we are listening to a speech by famous geneticist, broadcaster, and author David Suzuki. For almost 50 years, he hosted the Canadian Broadcasting TV show “The Nature of Things“, published 40 books, won awards. This is his “legacy” …
We all know the creatures of the Earth are in dire straits. Billions of humans. More tens of billions of our food animals. All slashing down the landscape, denuding the oceans and polluting the atmosphere. Unless we make a drastic change, the climate …
Friends did a month of rain that fall last night? Did rivers flood in the Fall? Did you know 214 all-time heat records were set in the U.S. September 24th? It was 30 degrees in Toronto, feeling like 37 with the humidity – …
“I feel great despair. My heart tells me to drop everything and run to the mountains, to try to find a place to take my family to ride out this great demise. Help!Wednesday September 22, 2010 12:05″ Bill McKibben: “Hey, me too on …
This week on Radio Ecoshock – the losing game. One in seven Americans are now officially poor. Millions are losing their homes. The “Recovery” was just a fantasy: if we all believed hard enough – the empty shell economy could stumble on forever. …
The deadly culture of cars and air-conditioning. Radio Ecoshock Show September 10th, 2010 GO STRAIGHT TO SHOW TRANSCRIPT with all the links. The program begins with a reading from “Autogeddon” by Heathcote Williams. That was a quote from the long poem “Autogeddon” written …
Go straight to Show transcript, with all the links. Mainstream media carefully dances with the government, as they release the bad news in the Gulf of Mexico, one little bit at a time. For almost two months, we have heard the chorus: the …