Not long ago in a supermarket not so far away . . .
Conservation is not enough
· July 27, 2004 · Leave a Comment
In this previously unpublished piece from 2004, Edward Goldsmith explains the stark choice between further economic development on the one hand, and saving the last vestiges of the natural world for future generations on the other. Why should we have to devote so much time and energy to conserving the natural world with its forests, [...]
Our climate – the key question
· July 15, 2004 · Leave a Comment
Introductory address by Edward Goldsmith to the “San Rossore – A New Global Vision” Climate Congress. This event was organised by Claudio Martini, President of the Tuscan Region, and took place at San Rossore, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, 15-16 July 2004. I have been asked to introduce this important conference and shall try to sum up [...]
Globalization and climate change
· January 1, 2004 · Leave a Comment
From Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World Is Possible, eds John Cavanagh and Jerry Mander, 2004. Climate change may be the most daunting problem that humankind has ever encountered, and economic globalization is accelerating it. The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) now predicts a temperature change of up to 5.8 degrees centigrade during [...]
Are small food producers responsible for the food poisoning epidemic?
· December 15, 2003 · Leave a Comment
This is one of a series of six talks by Edward Goldsmith, broadcast on the World Business Report programme of the BBC World Service, 15-19 December 2003. See Related Articles on the right for others in the series. I shared a bedroom with the late José Lutzenberger – the great Brazilian agronomist who later became [...]
What can we do about global warming?
· December 15, 2003 · Leave a Comment
This is one of a series of six talks by Edward Goldsmith, broadcast on the World Business Report programme of the BBC World Service, 15-19 December 2003. See Related Articles on the right for others in the series. Tuvalu is an island in the South Pacific with a population of 10,000 people. They know that [...]
Are farmers going to run out of water?
· December 15, 2003 · Leave a Comment
This is one of a series of six talks by Edward Goldsmith, broadcast on the World Business Report programme of the BBC World Service, 15-19 December 2003. See Related Articles on the right for others in the series. The world is facing a very serious water crisis. Already about one billion people are short of [...]
Do we need small farms?
· December 15, 2003 · Leave a Comment
This is one of a series of six talks by Edward Goldsmith, broadcast on the World Business Report programme of the BBC World Service, 15-19 December 2003. See Related Articles on the right for others in the series. Tuscany is an area of great physical beauty. Until a few decades ago much of its population [...]