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Rant in E-MinorRant in E-Minor by Bill Hicks
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"Do you think we could all stop rutting for a second while we sort out this food, air deal?" Heroic doses of common sense and hugely funny if you've made it over the evolutionary bell-curve ;o)
A Short History of the Future: Surviving the 2030 SpikeA Short History of the Future: Surviving the 2030 Spike by Colin Mason
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Pragmatic look at the problems and opportunites of this century. Doesn't pull any punches but does provide an optimistic picture if we make the right choices now.
An Inconvenient Truth [DVD] [2006]An Inconvenient Truth [DVD] [2006]
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You can't say nobody told you so. Climate change isn't going to go away. Maybe Al Gore was meant to lose the election to produce this!
Globalization: Take It Personally (How Globalization affects you and powerful ways to challenge it)Globalization: Take It Personally (How Globalization affects you and powerful ways to challenge it) by Anita Roddick
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Coffee table guide to the horrors of the present World economic system and some suggested solutions.
Cyderdelic [DVD] [2002]Cyderdelic [DVD] [2002]
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Spinal Tap for the eco-generation and a reminder that it's easier to protest against something than to create something better.
We are Everywhere: The Irresistible Rise of Global Anti-capitalism (Notes from Nowhere Editorial)We are Everywhere: The Irresistible Rise of Global Anti-capitalism (Notes from Nowhere Editorial) by Notes from Nowhere
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Real inspiration for those who want to smash globalisation and replace it with something nicer ;o)
Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 yearsGuns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared M. Diamond
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A nicely summed up history of just how we got to this stage.
Resource WarsResource Wars by Michael T. Klare
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The potential conflicts about all those pesky things that keep our civilisations going.
Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial SocietiesParty's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies by Richard Heinberg
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Oh, bum, I wanna keep partying!! Funny how climate change is now big news but the 'Hubbert Peak' of oil production doesn't get any coverage.
Living Lightly: Travels in Post-Comsumer SocietyLiving Lightly: Travels in Post-Comsumer Society by Walter Schwarz
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Brilliant worldwide tour of the possibilites of actually living a sustainable future.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or SurviveCollapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond
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So, will we create a new better world or end up in the rubbish bin of history to be dug up by archeologists of the future?