Better World Blog

The Better World Blog is about creating a vision for a better world, while not
forgetting what is wrong with the existing one.

It's about creating solutions to problems, about sharing activities,
important or symbolic.

The Better World Blog is about criticising while remaining proactive.
Anybody can rant but not everyone can offer ways to fix the problems.
This is what this blog aims to do……..

Enjoy and join in……..comments invited!

Glenn Ashton - Better World blogger.

Jul 1, 2008, Wasteful Newspapers | The absolute wasteful printing and transporting of the Property pages etc.,

Every weekend I buy the Argus newspaper for various really good reasons. Every week, for the past 12 years I have discarded kilos, KILOS of paper, the

Jul 1, 2008, The World Does NOT Need Saving!

Before you become angry with the above title, there is a secret. We are created in the image of god, that is, we have the same creative powers as

Jun 26, 2008, About Ekogaia

The story behind Ekogaia

Jun 26, 2008, Ekogaia Is About Making a Better World for People and Environment

Make Your Difference | Make A Better World For People And Environment

Jun 24, 2008, Have your Say!

Jun 24, 2008, Search Ekogaia

Search Ekogaia

Jun 24, 2008, Contact Ekogaia

How to contact Ekogaia

Jun 24, 2008, Useful Resources & Links

Other Useful Websites

Jun 24, 2008, Library

Library and Book Reviews

Jun 24, 2008, Climate | Shockers About Climate Change, Global Warming

Ekogaia On Climate Change, Global Warming & Related Topics

Jun 24, 2008, Pollution - Various Articles On Pollution In South Africa & International

Pollution | Pollution in South Africa & International

Jun 24, 2008, Politics - National and International Politics

Political Comment | South African and International Politics

Jun 24, 2008, Land Issues | Pollution, Urbanisation, Erosion and Other Land Related Issues

Urbanization, Erosion,Pollution And Other Land Issues In South Africa & Beyond

Jun 24, 2008, Energy Sources

Energy Sources & Resources

Jun 24, 2008, Food | Information On GM Foods, Organic Foods

Food | About Healthy Food, Food Practices, Food Agriculture

Jun 24, 2008, The War On Drugs and Terror | The War On Drugs Is Lost!

Article - The War On Drugs Is Lost!

Jun 24, 2008, US Terrorist Watch List | Big Brother's Got Your Number

US Terrorist Watch List | The Neo-cons, the idiot bush child and the post 9/11 world.

Jun 24, 2008, Toxic Teflon - Lessons From A Frying Pan

Toxic Teflon | Is Teflon Toxic? A frtying

Jun 24, 2008, Terminator Seed | Industry Push for Terminator Seed

Terminator Seed | The Controversial Practice Of Terminator Technology

Jun 24, 2008, South Africa's Energy Policy | How The Nuclear Lobby Influence

SA Energy Policy - How South Africa's Nuclear Lobby Is Undermining Our Energy Policy

Jun 24, 2008, Book Review - Stories For Fire Dogs by Sally Andrew

Stories For Fire Dogs by Sally Andrew - Only Gripe Is The Book's Too Short!

Jun 24, 2008, Shame On Audi!

Shame On Audi & Car Reviewers

Jun 24, 2008, Record Oil Prices | Oil At Record Prices Will Engender A Shift

Record Oil Prices Will Engender A shift To New Economic Opportunities

Jun 24, 2008, Pollution in South Africa | Article by Glenn Ashton

How To Live Safely In A Polluted World | article on Pollution in South Africa

Jun 24, 2008, Lucky Dube Murder | Another Senseless Slaying

Lucky Dube Murdered In Johannesburg Mean Streets

Jun 24, 2008, Low Petrol Consumption Cars | Choosing A green Car In South Africa

Choosing A Low Petrol Consumption Car In South Africa - Fiat Punto The Winner!

Jun 24, 2008, Does Lake Michelle Property Development Award

Lake Michelle Property In Noordehoek - What REALLY Went Down Behind The Scenes

Jun 24, 2008, Kids & The Environment | Kids Don't Seem to Give A Toss

Why Is It The Youth Of Today Just Don't Care About The Environment

Jun 24, 2008, Intellectual Property Rules | Intellectual Property Favours The Have's

Intellectual Property | Intellectual Property Rules Benefit The Rich

Jun 24, 2008, Intellectual Property | Stealing Our Ideas & Banning Creativity

Intellectual Property article | Stealing Our Ideas & Banning Creativity

Jun 24, 2008, Green Homes - How To Make Your Home Green In South Africa.. Or Anywhere!

Green Homes | A Green Home means clean, unpolluted, free of toxins and dangerous residues, substances and materials

Jun 24, 2008, Genetically Modified Food Crops

Genetically Modified Food Crops

Jun 24, 2008, Fuel And Seed Cartels

Fuel And Seed Cartels | Agriculturally Based Fuel & Seed Cartels Threaten Food Security

Jun 24, 2008, Endgame Book Review | Review of Endgame by Derrick Jensen

Book Review Of Endgame by Derrick Jensen

Jun 24, 2008, Economic Meltdown - Historical Warnings Come True

History Warned Us Of This Economic Meltdown

Jun 24, 2008, Eating Meat | Environmental Impact of Eating Meat

License Meat Eaters! Reduce Environmental Impact Of Eating Meat

Jun 24, 2008, Definition Of Activism

Activism Defined | Oxford and Enviropaedia Definition of Activism

Jun 23, 2008, Boycott Shell Buy SASOL Futile Spam Mailer

South African SPAM Mailer | Boycott Shell Buy SASOL Exercise In Futility

Jun 23, 2008, Biotechnology In South Africa

Biotechnology In South Africa | A Political Perspective

Jun 23, 2008, Biofuels Are Uneconomical

Are Biofuels Uneconomical?

Jun 23, 2008, Climate Change & Profit - Our Political & Economic System Dooms Us

Glenn Ashton | Climate Change & Profit

Jun 23, 2008, The Bali Conference | Climate Change

Bali Conference On Climate Change - Well, a whole bunch of bigwigs have headed off to Bali to talk about the climate crisis. Again.

Jun 23, 2008, Are Biofuels Green Fuel?

Biofuels - Can We Really Consider Biofuels a Green Fuel Alternative?

Jun 23, 2008, SBI-Template

Jun 23, 2008, The Aluminium Industry In South Africa - Dirty, Unwanted, Power Consumers

The Aluminium Industry In South Africa - Why Must We Pay For Their Excesses?

Jun 23, 2008, Alien Birds In Cape Town | Crows, Peacocks And Upsetting The Avian Balance.

Aline Birds - Crows & Peacocks - Upset Avian Balance In Cape Town

Jun 23, 2008, Activism | Living Consciously

Living Consciously | Activism Article

Jun 23, 2008, Activism Article | Activism 101

Activism - Activism 101 - Taking Charge Of The Space We Are In

Dec 6, 2007, Climate Change Bali Conference

A preview of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Bali Conference, December 2007 and its real- world outcomes.

By Glenn Ashton

This is how this talking head thinks we should deal with the climate change problem.

Well, a whole bunch of bigwigs have headed off to Bali to talk about the climate crisis. Again.

Now that the selling of carbon indulgences is a globally accepted way of making corporates and even some governments feel better about themselves, I am sure that this august gathering will come to some far more complex and impossible to comprehend, if not irrelevant, means to pull us out of the mess we find ourselves in.

But then let's not get too cynical. There are some bright folk there but getting consensus is always nigh impossible. Especially where America is concerned.. continued

Nov 21, 2007, Buy Nothing Day!

Buy Nothing Day

Given that consumerism is killing the world, here is one way to counteract it. This does not mean that you have to go madly shopping to prepare for it or to counteract it the following day. Try to make every day a buy nothing day and always remember that our wants are unlimited but our needs are limited - in old style economics speak. So only get what you need, not what you want!

Buy Nothing Day: Friday, November 23rd (from midnight, 11/22, until midnight 11/23) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy_Nothing_Day

Buy Nothing Day is an informal day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. In 2007, Buy Nothing Day falls on November 23rd in North America and November 24th internationally.. It was founded by Vancouver artist Ted Dave and subsequently promoted by the Canadian Adbusters magazine. The first Buy Nothing Day was organized in Vancouver in September of 1992 "as a day for society to examine the issue of over-consumption". In 1997, it was moved to the Friday after American Thanksgiving, which is one of the top 10 busiest shopping days in the United States.

Outside of North America, Buy Nothing Day is celebrated on the following Saturday. Despite controversies, Adbusters managed to advertise Buy Nothing Day on CNN, but many other major television networks declined to air their ads. Soon, campaigns started appearing in United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Germany, New Zealand, Japan, the Netherlands, and Norway. Participation now includes more than 65 nations.

While critics of the day charge that Buy Nothing Day simply causes participants to buy the next day, Adbusters states that it "isn't just about changing your habits for one day" but "about starting a lasting lifestyle commitment to consuming less and producing less waste". MUCH more through http://adbusters.org/home/