How the Pandemic Sharpens Inequalities
By Green European Journal Staff, Nicola Countouris, Green European Journal
We need new measures, both pre-distributive and re-distributive, that reflect the new inequalities that have emerged from the pandemic and that allow us to tackle the great challenge ahead: climate change. Tackling climate change demands the redistribution of resources and power.
How we put out the fire
By Green European Journal Staff, Kim Stanley Robinson, Green European Journal
Like Dante in the inferno, for humanity in the first decades of the 21st century, the only way is through. In The Ministry for the Future, writer Kim Stanley Robinson imagines that path, telling the story of a world that somehow manages to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.
Degrowth is about global justice
By Green European Journal Staff, Jason Hickel, Green European Journal
The only people that are against these ideas are the capitalist class. The obstacle is not ordinary people. The obstacle is capital. That’s the terrain we need to be fighting on.
No Time for Castles: From Closed to Open Democracy
By Hélène Landemore, Green European Journal Staff, Green European Journal
Open democracy is a system in which power is equally distributed, or equally accessible at the very least, to ordinary citizens. E
Working on Overdrive: The Future of Platforms and Working Time
By Green European Journal Staff, Juliet Schor, Green European Journal
It might be a bit of a hunker down message, but it’s about focusing on people’s needs: security, resilience, and minimising risks.
A Socio-Ecological Contract for a Post-Pandemic Europe
By Green European Journal Staff, Green European Journal
To truly recover in the years ahead, Europe will need a new socio-ecological contract bringing together questions of inequality, climate and the digital economy.