On Degrowth
Degrowth shines a light on the problem of growth on a planet with finite resources. It also envisions a smaller human society living on a shrinking economic pie…
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The last climate warning: heatwaves and the IPCC leak
The companies that used to spend millions to deny that climate change even existed, now, since it is no longer possible to cover up the elephant in the room, seek to promote these doubts about the origin of it, emphasizing that the earth has always changed, that it is no big deal, etc.
How can Australian agriculture and land management adapt to climate change in a way that promotes Indigenous leadership and sustainable development?
Through adopting a proactive, climate-oriented and environmental justice focus in its agriculture, land management and water management policies, Australia has the potential to manage the significant pressures of climate change.
Breaking Boundaries (documentary film review)
Breaking Boundaries is a well-intentioned but bungled documentary about the ecological destruction currently being wrought by industrial humanity.
Mapping journeys to net zero transport
Reduction and removal of direct emissions from across all modes cannot be addressed by considering individual modes in isolation. A whole system view is critical—and this report offers an important contribution to this.
Power to the Elites? Multistakeholderism and the UN Food Systems Summit
In theory, encouraging dialogue between various parties is a good thing. In practice, multistakeholder processes often fail to recognise that not all stakes are the same.
Some inconvenient questions: An open letter
I am writing to you with the intention of raising a series of relevant questions regarding the current effort to undergo an Ecological Transition that must achieve the total decarbonization of Spain and Europe by 2050.
Hannah Arendt: The Political Animal in the 21st Century
Disillusioned with the representative democracy that had allowed the rise of national socialism, and inspired by the Ancient Greek polis, political theorist Hannah Arendt firmly believed in the power of direct democracy to enable true political freedom.
Huge carbon capture pipeline network proposed: Industry’s ‘delay-and-fail strategy’ rises again
The fossil fuel industry has been exceptionally proficient at delaying actions which would curb our appetite for fossil fuels or which would actually address climate change by dramatically reducing carbon emissions.
The case for ecocentric socialism: Part 2
Ecocentric Socialism distinguishes itself from all other theories of socialism and ecosocialism by a conscious attention to the problem of alienation from nature as manifested in anthropocentrism.
The Problem of Philosophy
The problem with philosophy — and much of the rest of the world of writing — is that writing is done by the privileged. It is edited and published by the privileged.
Monks Wood Wilderness: 60 years ago, scientists let a farm field rewild – here’s what happened
The Wilderness experiment shows what’s possible when nature is allowed to create rich, native woodland for free. I think Mellanby would be pleased with how it all turned out.
