Our journey through environmental history has so far taken us from medieval England to ancient India and the Roman Empire. Today we revisit Japan’s Edo period in the mid-1600s, a time of turmoil that resulted in an amazingly complex environmental policy that still influences our ideas on conservation [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 6, 2008
We’ve bounced from medieval England to ancient India in our series on environmental ideas throughout history. Image by Frank Zweers Today we travel back to one of mankind’s greatest civilizations, the Roman Empire.
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4. Voluntary Human Extinction Movement “Phasing out the human race by voluntarily ceasing to breed will allow Earth’s biosphere to returnto good health. Crowded conditions and resource shortages will improve as we become less dense.”
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Most political movements are focused primarily on the present and the immediate future. King Edward I It’s easy to understand why, of course. Most movements are about making a positive change in society, and you can’t really change the
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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