Category Archives: Collapse & Beyond Collapse
Manifesto of the Poor – Solutions Come from Below, By Fr. Francisco Van der Hoff Boersma, Co-founder of Fair Trade. Overview by Janet M Eaton, PhD
Introduction: Father Francisco Van der Hoff Boersma or Father Frans, as he is familiarly known, is a Dutch worker priest, with PhDs in both economics and theology, who has written an impassioned, highly informed, insightful and compelling Manifesto of the … Continue reading
CBC`s Enright interviews founder of `People Who Share` movement & co-founder of `buynothingchristmas.org`
An excellent CBC Sunday Edition program from Michael Enright as usual. Michael Enright notes that emerging alternatives to consumerism such as `people sharing` networks and `buy nothing Christmas` campaigns challenge our way of life and restructure our economy and he … Continue reading
What is Degrowth ? By Janet M Eaton, August 6th 2012 (Revised Copy)
Degrowth is a call for a radical break from traditional growth-based models of society whether ‘left’ or ‘right’, to invent new ways of living together in a true democracy, respectful of the values of equality and freedom, based on sharing … Continue reading
The Harper Budget: Assault on the Environment for Big Oil Profits: Roundup of Canadian Environmental NGO Responses
By Janet M Eaton, PhD, April 14, 2012 It was no surprize that the Federal Budget, or more correctly the “Economic Action Plan 2012”, as it was entitled, would continue the Harper government’s support for tar sands oil and a … Continue reading
Comments on Banking and the Occupy Movement related to Ellen Brown’s “The Way to Occupy a Bank is to Own One”
By Janet Eaton It is encouraging that so many pundits and advocates of systemic economic and financial change are linking up with the Occupy Movement and that the Movement has recognized that challenges and alternatives to the existing private banking … Continue reading
Iceland CBC Interview with President Olafur Grimmson (Transcript Janet Eaton)
The President of Iceland, Olafur Grimmson, describes, in a very engaging manner, how he and his country challenged economic orthodoxy of the day putting democratic, social and political concerns ahead of the financial markets . Now Iceland, three years later, … Continue reading
The Occupy Movement – Could it Portend a Whole System Shift? Visit and Support the Occupy Movement Nearest You. By Janet M Eaton
In the beginning, main stream media portrayed the Occupy Wall Street Movement as a small band of students, unemployed youth, and homeless people who were all over the map in their concerns. They were deemed to lack focus and purpose, … Continue reading
Beyond Collapse -Janet Eaton’s Blog
Beyond Collapse explores and exposes myths associated with Capitalism and corporate globalization that have led to the failures which are now visible for the entire world to see – as the global uprisings and the Occupy Movement are demonstrating. Financial … Continue reading
