Analysis: Surge in heat pumps and solar drives record for UK homes in 2023
The installation of solar panels and heat pumps in UK homes soared in 2023, driving the country to its highest-ever level of domestic low-carbon technology upgrades.
A culture of self-harm
There is an end to this culture of self-harm. It will not be comfortable, I’m sure. But it will not be an end of the world.
Why Small Farming Is Essential for Creating a Sustainable Future
With more farmers today than at almost any point in history, humanity’s future will likely be agrarian. We must imagine that world into being.
Human ‘behavioural crisis’ at root of climate breakdown, say scientists
Where discussion of climate often centres on carbon emissions, a focus on overshoot highlights the materials usage, waste output and growth of human society, all of which affect the Earth’s biosphere.
My God: It’s Evolution!
I celebrate the fact that I am no more than “stuff,” as I’m not just any pile of atoms, but a unique one capable of experiencing emotion, enjoyment, love, awe, and all the rest. I get to revel in a marvelous world of other unique creatures.
The Irony of Cuba: How Old, Polluting American Cars In Havana Point The Way Toward Degrowth
The Cuban version of degrowth is not affixed to the looming climate catastrophe, but rather, more fundamentally, focused on the fine details of triumphing in a world of chronic deprivation. In Cuba, the US embargo is the mother of invention.
Got bail?
The official announcement came January 9th that in early February protesters will gather for (very civil) civil disobedience outside the Department of Energy, hoping to persuade Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and her crew that the time has come to pause the permitting of new LNG export terminals.
Invisible No More: Voices from Native America excerpt
By utilizing their skills of observation, testing, and practice, many Indigenous cultures developed low-risk management practices to achieve the same effect as wildfire while minimizing the disruption to ecosystems that provided necessary resources.
The energetic implausibility of manufactured food revisited
The issue is no longer our individual consumption choices within an existing global commodity food system, if it ever was. Like it or not, that system is unravelling, and I think the result is going to be the widespread adoption of low-energy local food systems.
Sacrifice and the Growth Society: Perspectives on Degrowth and Environmental Justice
In the global North, degrowth should not be posed as a movement that calls for unjust sacrifice but as an instrumental tool in helping to end it.
Paradigm Shift: Part 4
Paradigm shift means a deep change in the values, beliefs, goals and function of an existing system.
Ending the beginning?: ‘The end we start from’ brings the climate fightback alive
Will we wait until after our great cities have flooded, before we start taking adequate action? We cannot go on like this. Beginning from this end of normalcy, we badly need to choose a new future together. To make it real in our lives.
