![[ Pure Crude Organic Democracy ]](http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Pure-150x150.png "[ Pure Crude Organic Democracy ]")
Rebel of Westminster, Conservative MP in Britain for Richmond Park and North Kensington and Director of the Ecologist Magazine, Zac Goldsmith is stepping out of line with his manifesto for a democratic system of government deserving of the name. By Louisa Clarence-Smith Democratising Democracy Westminster, London. The sweeping gothic façades of the Houses of Parliament...
![[ Gone WWOOFing ]](http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/gonewoofing-150x150.jpg "[ Gone WWOOFing ]")
In an era of corporate farming and food miles, volunteer placements on organic farms are reviving the human connection between man and his lunch. by Louisa Clarence-SmithThe Adventurous Traveller“You’re going to WORK. On a FARM,” my city-dweller friend exclaimed in response to my summer plans two years ago.“Yep. It’s called WWOOFing.” “What the F*** is...
![[ Post-Dollar Survival ]](http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/dollar-survival-150x150.jpg "[ Post-Dollar Survival ]")
Global examples of complimentary currencies to meet the needs of people in a failing worldwide money system. By Justin Ritchie There are many international examples of municipalities and even national governments taking a leadership role in implementing complimentary currency systems that do not rely on money supported entirely by bank debts. In a time of...
![[ Summer of Justice ]](http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/summerofjustice2-150x150.jpg "[ Summer of Justice ]")
2011 was the year of the Arab Spring, the European summer and the American autumn. Will the Occupy Movement catalyse a mass action in 2012? In the United States, where democracy is considered a birthright, Occupy Wall Street has succeeded in awakening the national consciousness to the problems of growing income inequality, corporate greed, and...
![[ Google Generation ]](http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/bookburning-150x150.jpg "[ Google Generation ]")
What’s the point of an expensive higher education, when anyone can Google? “When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes”. The great spirit of human inquiry upon which the original western academic institutions were founded are characterised by those meek words by the original...
![[ Power of Making ]](http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/powerofmaking-150x150.jpg "[ Power of Making ]")
One of my favourite things to do in London is to visit the British Museum. Our colonial history of plundering the sacred objects of distant civilizations has made for a treasure trove of man-made gems which trumpet the universal human skill of creation.Just a few stops from the generic window-shop displays of Oxford Circus,...
![[ Awakening from the Dream of Capitalism ]](http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/awakeningfromthedreamofcapitalism-150x150.jpg "[ Awakening from the Dream of Capitalism ]")
Traditional economic theory practised by governments and powerful corporations asserts that capital is the limiting factor to economic growth. In a recent article for the Journal of Ecological Economics, Herman Daly, former Senior Economist in the Environment Department of the World Bank, argues that in today’s highly populated planet, the global economy depends not on...
![[ New Reporters ]](http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/newreporters-150x150.jpg "[ New Reporters ]")
With Occupy’s announcement of plans to develop a rival to Facebook boosting the trend in alternative information sharing, could 2012 be the year of the citizen journalist? “I don’t want to say we’re making our own Facebook. But, we’re making our own Facebook” said activist Ed Knutson, working as part of a team to re-design...
![[ Malign Blessing ]](http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Naples-640x290.jpg "[ Malign Blessing ]")
![[ Facebook Dissidents ]](http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/facebook-world31.jpg "[ Facebook Dissidents ]")
![[ When Money is Debt, Wealth is Poverty ]](http://www.extraenvironmentalist.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/moneydebt3.jpg "[ When Money is Debt, Wealth is Poverty ]")
