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"In wildness is the preservation of the world"
– Henry David Thoreau, 1862 "Walking"

"Opinions divorced from knowledge are blind"
– Plato

"When people refuse their cooperation, withhold their help, and persist in their disobedience and defiance, they are denying their opponent the basic human assistance and cooperation which any government or hierarchical system requires. If they do this in sufficient numbers for long enough, the government or hierarchical system will no longer have power"
– Gene Sharp The Politics of Nonviolent Action (Porter Sargent, 1973)

"We need to recognise that plants used to run the system and to understand how and why they did it. Once we’ve grasped that, we then need to reinstate the plants – trees, scrub, weeds – so they can again do the job they did so successfully for so long"
– Peter Andrews Back from the Brink (ABC Books, 2006)

"I must trust in the future to take care of itself"
– Carmel Bird, 2004

"Human beings are part of and embedded in nature"
– Kevin de Laplante, 2006

"Temperate but endangered planet. Enjoys weather, northern lights, continental drift. Seeks caring relationship with intelligent life form"
– Friends of the Earth

Windpower, a sustainable source of energy

"Reality is what it is partly with the always present possibility of more and new aspects and things"
– Jeremy Barris, 2005

The planet Venus' surface temperature is more than 800°F. "Venus, the wayward sister, preaches an important cautionary tale to careless humans, for her hostile environment proves how even small atmospheric effects can conspire over time to convert an earthly paradise into a hellfire cauldron"
– Dava Sobel The Planets (Fourth Estate, 2005)

"Some of our best thoughts come when we’re doing nothing. Downtime is a forgotten art."
– Edward Hallowell, 2006

"Walking gingerly across the bruised earth" - The Mountain Goats

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my blog

I write a blog called ockham's razor: musings of the lazyst environmentalyst

news

Perth Indy Media local news
Crikey independent online media service
AlterNet the mix is the message
Infoshop News alternative news, analysis and opinion
Project Censored the news that didn’t make the news

sustainable living

Some small things we can all do to live more sustainably
Act Now sustainable living in Western Australia
Australian Community Foods for people interested in eating healthy, locally produced food
Green Power pay a bit more to get your electricity from renewable sources
Join the GreenHome challenge
Green Office Guide a guide to help you buy and use environmentally friendly office equipment, which will reduce energy and save money

sustainable building

One day I hope to be able to build and live in a sustainable house
Not so Big House a bigger house is not the answer by Sarah Susanka
National Solar House Day September every year
Subiaco Sustainable Demonstration Home in suburban Perth, Western Australia
Conscious Homes
Design Habitat
SBE Sustainable Built Environments
Solar Dwellings Architects
Sunpower Design
Center for Neighborhood Technology a non-profit organization that helps build prosperous, sustainable communities by linking economic and community development with ecological improvement
Lammas low impact living in Pembrokeshire, UK

gardening

"at the end of the garden, the wilderness begins" - Sarah Blasko

The Wildflower Society of Western Australia to know, grow, conserve and enjoy our native flora
The Diggers Club Australia's largest range of vegetables, flowers and fruit, plants and seeds for sustainable slow food gardening
Earth Garden magazine sustainable living with country and city alternatives
Self sufficient 'ish' the urban guide to almost self sufficiency

environmental organisations

Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF)
Greenpeace
The Wilderness Society defending Australia's wild country
The Australia Institute for a just, sustainable, peaceful future
Get Up! Action for Australia
Future Australia the Australian directory creating positive change in our community and environment
Friends of the Earth Australia
Friends of the Earth International
Earth Day Network
Environmental Bureau of Investigation (EBI)
Eco-Action and Earth First

read

Dissent magazine promotes and encourages vigorous and informed discussion on public affairs
Island magazine writing on topics of social, environmental and cultural significance
New Internationalist the people, the ideas, the action in the fight for global justice
A World to Win for a future without global capitalism
Environmental Research Foundation news and resources for environmental justice, includes Rachel's Democracy & Health News (formerly Rachel's Environment & Health News)
Leo Bakx Community Technology environmental news from South Western Australia
The Corner House a range of readings on topical environmental and social justice issues
Mother Earth News the original guide to living wisely