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'Opening a UN forum on the global impact of climate change on indigenous peoples, [Evo] Morales said that capitalism should be scrapped if the planet is to be saved from the effects of climate change. "If we want to save our planet earth, we have a duty to put an end to the capitalist system," he said. Bolivia's president said unbridled industrial development was responsible for the pillaging of natural resources.'

Speakers from the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) preview remarks they intend to make during the course of the event.

Today on Eco-Libris green books series we're talking radical. The book we bring you today is: The Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World? (Second Edition) by Joel Kovel.

The difference between fair trade and free trade. Fair trade is the only ethical form of trading for globally minded, socially responsible buyers and consumers.

We all know the environmental benefits of a hybrid car but do you know about the tax benefits of owing a hybrid car?

“We love low prices, sure, but we frown at the things companies do to get us good deals — like paying low wages. In his book Supercapitalism, economist Robert Reich looks at the divided mind of the consumer and citizen. Reich subtitles his book “The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life,” and in it he asks tough questions about American priorities: “Why has capitalism become so triumphant and democracy so enfeebled? Are these two trends connected? What, if anything, can be done to strengthen democracy?”