The Environmental Cooperative

12/24/2019

A new program is offering Dallas residents free tickets to cultural events, and it’s confirming our theory that the Dallas arts community is getting it right.

12/10/2019

We squander masses of clean water flushing away our own waste instead of using it as fertiliser. But a lavatorial eco revolution has now begun

12/09/2019

12/02/2019

11/29/2019

Wasted food is a huge emitter of greenhouse gases: Toronto’s green energy scheme is trying to close the loop.

11/21/2019

Family grows 7000 pounds of organic food per year on a tenth of an acre, supplying 90 percent of their diet… They spend less than $2 per day per person on other kitchen staples and make over $20,000 a year selling excess produce Fifteen minutes from downtown Los Angeles, just …

11/19/2019

New Zealand’s new well-being budget focuses on mental health and poverty reduction.

11/15/2019

The City of Tucson is moving the needle forward towards creating a healthy, sustainable and resilient community - and a big part is energy efficiency.

10/10/2019

The classic Kiwi ingenuity behind the idea.

10/09/2019

If you add the caveat that you also never invested a dime in anything with the slightest return, this is mathematically accurate. Either way, it does lend perspective. Nobody actually works for billions of dollars, except the people working for the billionaires. They work their asses off. And guess what? Even if you aren’t employed in one of their factories or warehouses, if you are a consumer of mainstream goods and services, you’re working for the billionaires. And the planet works, giving its very vitality, providing the raw materials and natural capital.

We need to honestly ask ourselves: how much is enough? And then we need to lower the ceiling to whatever still-ample level we decide is rich enough and, especially, we must raise the floor for all people to make sure we remove the fear of hitting rock bottom. If the rock bottom is 3 squares, a roof that doesn’t leak, education, healthcare and connections to other people—well, resource guarding and worries about “the other” would fade considerably. As would most of the associated tensions and resulting suffering. Enough IS Enough!

Holy f**k. Math checks out...
5,000 x 365.25 = 1,826,250
1,826,250 x 527 = 962,433,750