by Vinoth Ramachandra | Dec 14, 2011 | Opinion
The average human today lives longer, travels further, burns more carbon and eats more food than in any generation before us. The unsustainable consumption habits of Europe, the United States and Japan have been promoted worldwide and are now being emulated by...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Nov 30, 2011 | Opinion
One week before the Great Crash of October 1929 – which precipitated the Great Depression – Irving Fisher of Yale University, perhaps the most distinguished U.S. economist of his time, claimed that the American economy had attained a “permanently high...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Nov 4, 2011 | Opinion
I visited Portugal in October, and my visit coincided with that of Marina Silva, the Brazilian environmental campaigner who served as minister of the environment in President Lula da Silva’s government. This remarkable woman has been justly honored all over the...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Oct 20, 2011 | Opinion
Some readers have written to say that Camila Vallejo is a member of the Communist Party of Chile, as if this should make my admiration for her evaporate. If we are to shun any involvement with communists, then we should also be boycotting all goods made in China and...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Oct 4, 2011 | Opinion
Until a few weeks ago, I had never heard of Camila Vallejo. Now I am fascinated by this charismatic student leader in Chile who has been shaking the political establishment in her country. She is spearheading a populist movement that has the right to “quality...
