Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Measures of quality of life based on equity, human fulfillment, and community resilience should replace inadequate progress measures based on aggregate growth in conversion of our natural world to built capital, and corresponding increases in resources and energy.”
For those seeking clear, practical guidance on what they can do to help steer our society away from its current unsustainable, perpetual-growth economy toward a sustainable, harmonious one, Building Tomorrow is highly recommended.
A seed funding grant could allow you to take the next step forward and open up new, unforeseen possibilities for change – where will you go?
In Ghana, a centuries-old financial system called Susu provides an example of effective bottom-up development that contributes meaningfully to reducing poverty and economic inequality.
So where are all the people? Well, if they’re sensible, they’re doing work for themselves. They are building and mending their own lives.
More and more countries are becoming stingy about what natural resources they will ship abroad. That has implications for new energy economy products and industries.
Financial resources, both local and international, should support decentralized, citizen/community-led initiatives rather than large-scale private renewable energy projects that do not align with degrowth principles. It is time to prioritize community and the environment over profit in the energy sector.
If imperialism is what happens when empires expand then colonialism is how they do it.
The term ‘neoliberal earthquake’ may seem like a cliche, but in the context of the recent natural disaster in Morocco, it really does encompass some of the defining elements of contemporary capitalism.
Climate Week thus provided an opportunity to gauge how steady staters can engage strategically with different actors in the contemporary environmental movement.
Will we continue to condemn tens of millions of us to cruel and unnecessary poverty, while feeding the drive to authoritarianism or even an all-American version of fascism, or will we move swiftly and compassionately to begin lifting the load of poverty and so strengthen the very foundation of our democracy?
What exactly is the doughnut? Think of it as an economic compass, artfully crafted to address people’s needs while also respecting the Earth’s boundaries and the vitality of our planet.
