Author Archives: mandy meikle

Why blog?

Posted on January 6, 2013

Good old WordPress – their annual stats have handily revealed that this blog gets about the same number of visitors whether I post to it or not! The Cheery Pessimist started in May 2010 as a blog about the energy … Continue reading →

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Tales untold

Posted on August 21, 2012

I don’t know how many column inches have been given over to the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster but not many told the stories of ordinary people. While the environmental impact is often prominent in oil spill reporting, initially at least, the … Continue reading →

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A chance is enough

Posted on May 31, 2012

Well, 2 March was a while ago and life hasn’t stopped interveneing so here are links to some other articles I’ve written for the Social Reporters‘ since then. After my first social report on Energy, discussions came round to the … Continue reading →

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Transition

Posted on March 2, 2012

It is truly shocking that I haven’t posted since last year! I want to link to my good pal’s excellent blog on his life in transition in northern Portugal and also a link to an article, called Seven years on … Continue reading →

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Am I going crazy, or is it the world around me?

Posted on November 13, 2011

Back in July, I worte an article for the Scientists for Global Responsibility newsletter, which was published recently. It was yet another attempt to put into words why the focus on reducing carbon (not that we’re actually doing that!) is not the … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilisation, Growth | 19 Comments

What would the slogan be?

Posted on October 23, 2011

So, the world is protesting against increasing social and economic injustice – about time! But what are we protesting for? I visited the Occupy Edinburgh site at St Andrew’s Square on Thursday (20 Oct) – there are some good photos here. … Continue reading →

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A mountain of gold

Posted on September 5, 2011

Nearly four months, eh? I don’t know why I find it so hard to write but I had time and inclination today, and surprised myself by bashing an article out on West Papua. I’ve been meaning to write something on … Continue reading →

Posted in Democracy, Growth | 2 Comments

A broken model

Posted on May 17, 2011

I tweeted earlier (@powerdowngirl) about a Jim Puplava interview with Chris Martenson. While listening (about 20 minutes in) on the topic of money system debt, Chris describes the situation in such a way that I felt compelled to transcribe just that bit. I … Continue reading →

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Ignoring the signs

Posted on May 13, 2011

Imagine a world like ours (let’s call it Thera), with intelligent life forms, opposable thumbs and extractable fossil fuels. After some time, the top predator developed a complex global society and ran the show for its own ends. Yes, there … Continue reading →

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Fuelling the future by force

Posted on April 19, 2011

You know when you open your emails and click a link someone sent months ago, which has another link to the original article, which you look at, wondering why, but then you see something really annoying? Well, that’s just happened … Continue reading →

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