Category Archives: Economics

The Serious Business of Permaculture

Posted on August 1, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

“What permaculturalists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. We don’t know what the details of a truly sustainable future are going to be like, but we need options, we need people … Continue reading →

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Super-Rich Horde $NZ125tn in Global Tax Havens

Posted on July 28, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

By Heather Stewart Guardian/Observer   • Study estimates staggering size of offshore economy • Private banks help wealthiest to move cash into havens A global super-rich elite has exploited gaps in cross-border tax rules to hide an extraordinary $NZ25tn of wealth offshore … Continue reading →

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Stateside: Travels in a Parallel Universe

Posted on July 25, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of My Head By Paul Murray   ***A huge thank you to all the wonderful people I met in the United States…warm, generous,  intelligent, hard-working, creative, happy, beautiful people.***   New York City   NYC: Stayed at … Continue reading →

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A Letter to Hollywood from Mr Kim Dotcom

Posted on July 19, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

Dear Hollywood, The internet frightens you. But history has taught us that the greatest innovations were built on rejections. The VCR frightened you, but it ended up making billions of dollars in video sales. You get so comfortable with your … Continue reading →

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Savaged: Oliver Stone Sells Out…AGAIN!

Posted on July 14, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

Off the Top of my Head   By Paul Murray   Oliver Stone’s counterculture credibility was seriously knocked with the 2008 release of his George Bushathon “W,” which clearly revealed his political leaning and showed that the Republicans have a … Continue reading →

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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape #12

Posted on June 8, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

 A New Zealand Government Department Authorised by a Deliberately Ambiguous and Subtly Rhetorically Act of Parliament Compounded by a Tacitly Implied Royal Approval to Receive Official Complaints.   Office Manager:      Red Scarlett Senior Complaints Officer:     Yahtzee Fu Manchu Honorary Tea … Continue reading →

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European Economic Theory According to Edmund Blackadder

Posted on June 7, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

  Baldrick: “What I want to know, Sir, is, before there was a Euro there were lots of different types of money that different people used. And now there’s only one type of money that the foreign people use. And … Continue reading →

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A Dystopian Future: Open Letter to Fellow Environmentalists

Posted on April 4, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

Excellent Rant on Environment/Industrialisation/Sustainability & Clean Energy This open letter was written by a member of Deep Green Resistance Colorado, and was influenced and informed by Deep Green Resistance and the work of Paul Kingsnorth, Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, Aric McBay, and … Continue reading →

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Karamea Ministry of Red Tape #6

Posted on February 11, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

A New Zealand Government Department Authorised by a Rhetorically Ambiguous Act of Parliament and Compounded by Tacitly Implied Royal Approval to Receive Official Complaints. Office Manager:    Red Scarlett Senior Complaints Officer:   ComplicaTed Simon Office Bimbo    :    … Continue reading →

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“Thoughts from Within” by Woody Harrelson

Posted on January 28, 2012 by LivinginPeaceProject

THOUGHTS FROM WITHIN By Woody Harrelson I sometimes feel like an alien creature for which there is no earthly explanation Sure I have human form walking erect and opposing digits, but my mind is upside down. I feel like a … Continue reading →

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