Wow this looks really interesting.
Thanks for posting the info about your book, Brian.
Gregf
Brian Czech wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I hope this is not bad Internet etiquette, but I want to invite new
> Ecopath subscribers to my website and book, Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway
> Train: Errant Economists, Shameful Spenders, and a Plan to Stop Them All.
> Then I�m going to sign off for the time being.
>
> Part 1 of Shoveling Fuel is a critique of mainstream ("neoclassical")
> economic growth theory from a wildlife biologist�s perspective. Part 2
> lays out a plan for a social, class-based, non-violent revolution with
> classes identified based upon personal consumption expenditures.
>
> Shoveling Fuel is my attempt to slow the runaway train of economic
> bloating. I put a lot into it and doubt that I�ll ever make a better run
> at it. After all, I had the "luxury" of being unemployed and therefore
> focused, fresh off my doctoral research no less. I hope you get a chance
> to read Shoveling Fuel and let me know what you think. I tried to make
> it enjoyable to read, despite the ponderous nature of the topic!
>
> Take care,
>
> Brian Czech
> (www.steadystate.org)
> (or, alternatively,
> http://homestead.juno.com/brianczech/steadystate.html)
>
> On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 16:45:10 -0500 Greg Ernst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> writes:
> > Along the lines of this thread, I just recently ran across a web
> > site/organization that is trying in its own way to deal with the
> > issues of
> > voluntary simplicity, reduced consumerism, and environmental
> > protection.
> >
> > http://www.newdream.org
> >
> > Fairly interesting, worthwhile intentions anyways...
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > Loren Muldowney wrote:
> >
> > > I am presently reading a good book (for about the 10th time), the
> > gist
> > > of which insists that until and unless we use numerate analysis of
> > > statements like those below, we don't have a prayer of solving
> > "the
> > > problem"
> > >
> > > Proportions, rates, time scales can all be applied to ideas such
> > as the
> > > three quotes-without numbers they are correct only in a poetic
> > sense.
> > >
> > > "Living Within Limits," and "Filters Against Folly" both by
> > Ecologist
> > > Garrett Hardin. Worth reading, if the goal is to move beyond
> > poetry to
> > > the realm of ecologically coherent action.
> > >
> > > It's a big problem because the world seems to be literally
> > crawling with
> > > people who are convinced that they cannot do math, even of an
> > extremely
> > > simple sort. I fuss over this quite a lot since I am in a
> > teaching
> > > position. I KNOW that most of my students are NOT too stupid to
> > do
> > > simple arithmetic, but many refuse to even try. There is a lot of
> > > "learned helplessness" going on, and I spend a lot of time trying
> > to
> > > stimulate a wee bit of thinking.
> > >
> > > Loren
> > >
> > > jeff owens wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Here are three quotes that say the same
> > > > thing:
> > > >
> > > > What you do to the earth, you do
> > > > to yourself. -- Julia Butterfly Hill
> > > >
> > > > Everything is connected.
> > > >
> > > > Only by viewing people as special or
> > > > godlike can we separate from the earth.
> > > > This is how most cultures view the world
> > > > and few people recognize it as fantasy.
> > > >
> > > > jeff
> > >
> > > --
> > > Loren Muldowney
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
> Brian Czech
> Arlington, VA
> USA
