Is World Population Peaking Now?
I think population decline will be a relief, like an escape valve in a pressure cooker. As we shrink in numbers we will grow in other areas, like resources per capita and free time.
Mysterious Materialism
I’m glad to have a part, and to participate in this incredible life. It gives me pleasure to be on the side of all life, and to be an agent trying to nudge humanity in an adaptively beneficial direction.
‘Established democratic parties ignored problems of farmers for far too long’
The anger of Europe’s farmers is largely justified, but it is heading for dangerous territory. A transition to agroecology is urgently needed in the interests of all farmers.
Old forests are critically important for slowing climate change and merit immediate protection from logging
As scientists who have spent decades studying forest ecosystems and the effects of climate change, we believe that it is essential to start protecting carbon storage in these forests. In our view, there is ample scientific evidence to justify an immediate moratorium on logging mature and old-growth forests on federal lands.
Cleaning Out the Basement of My Life
As we resist, we celebrate the geography of the true superpowers on this planet, the nations that are trying to lead the way to a nuclear-free, bunker-free future where children won’t have to even imagine hiding in their basements.
Using Solar Commons to Decentralize and Share Solar Energy
Energy from the sun is sure one of the most pervasive forms of common wealth. So why not capture and share that wealth more widely with everyone?
What Energy Paradigm Might Underpin Degrowth and Steady State Economies?
Despite the increasing depth and granularity of non-growth economic model research, one aspect is currently relatively under-represented in these efforts, namely the nature of the energy paradigm that could underpin societies operating in this form.
The Coming Sunsetting of the Climate Issue
At a time when Western leaders, fearful of losing control, drive us down dangerous confrontational paths – with other countries, or with the biosphere – disobedience, not attention grabbing, is the call of the moment.
Feed use in Swedish livestock production
Again and again it is demonstrated that grass based ruminant farming, in most cases, despite a very high feed use and land use, is simply one of the most sustainable farming systems there are.
Degrowth Collective: Limits and Opportunities
The working philosophy of Degrowth Collective is of careful nimbleness, which spans from flexibility of governance to adapting to local conditions.
Intergenerational dialogue toward the Sustainable Development Goals in Hakusan Biosphere Reserve, Japan
I leave this trip with a new appreciation for the complex entanglement of Nature and culture, and the ways in which the UNESCO-Man and the Biosphere programme seeks to forward efforts to adapt to a changing world.
The inspiring Spanish anarchist collectives: Look what we must do!
The achievements of the Spanish anarchist workers collectives in the 1930s show what miracles ordinary people can do.
