Sustainable production and consumption should be the target of producers and consumers. But this is not a level playing field. Producers in rich countries refuse to support government efforts to participate in the global program… SDG 12: Why blame consumers?
I am excited. It has taken four years, three months and two days but I have submitted my PhD thesis on What academic sustainability theorists can learn from the lived experience of sustainable food practitioners… Unpacking wicked problems
This week Konstantin Kisin is subjected to the clear analysis of the Cage, stripping away the debating tricks to reveal the straw men, emotional red-herrings and out of context nuggets of truth that make this… Konstantin Caged
Geoff riffs on the frog deaths in the Royal National park, phytoplanktons and the need to Agitate, Educate and Organise. There is no video for the Cage this week but the Hi fidelity is now… Frogs, phytoplankton and toxic waste
Dave and Geoff are joined by Banook Balouch (Lady Balouch) to discuss the reasons for the protests in Iran, the current situation for women, protesters and minorities such as the Balouch people. There is a… Banook Balouch
High tech billionaire pro-natalists, incel mass shooters and conservative anti-feminists all fear the slippage of power, the failure of fertility, and the loss of control. Not that we should forget that men dominate and kill… Pegging the Patriarchy
Barry Jones wrote recently in Saturday Paper on the Australian Constitution. I am linking to it here, because I have referred to it in a number of different contexts recently and I know that some… Constitution Jones
Geoff reflects on the edge of reality and the role of paranoia in survival and sanity. How does privacy become paranoia? Why are bullies so paranoid? He reflects on the poem he wrote about the… Privacy and Paranoia
We talk a lot about community and grassroots resilience in The Cage, but greedy individuals cut across the fabric of community destroying the fibre of resilience. Luckily, sometimes, the law does what it is supposed… Greedy Individuals in The Cage