Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Nick King 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.
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.
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.
The working philosophy of Degrowth Collective is of careful nimbleness, which spans from flexibility of governance to adapting to local conditions.
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 achievements of the Spanish anarchist workers collectives in the 1930s show what miracles ordinary people can do.
With the performance of individual AI-specialized computer chips now measured in TeraFLOPs, and thousands of these chips harnessed together in an AI server farm, the electricity consumption of AI is vast.
What if, when the next disaster hits – whatever its cause or location – the most numerous, doable and beneficial ideas lying around were those that support the rebuilding of local economies. This is what I call “disaster localization”.
Eleno Ulloa endured ridicule, rejection, drug and alcohol addiction, and two deportations from the United States. Today, he is his family’s breadwinner and, with his recycling business, a sign of hope for many in Nayarit.
We are running out of fuel. We need an urgent plan to contract our energy needs if we are to survive the impending crash; there will be no “clean” energy until governments come clean.
What would our world look like if we, as humans, learn to adapt to plants instead of making plants adapt to us?
Economist Tim Parrique speaks with co-host Rachel Donald on this episode of the Mongabay Newscast about the economic model known as “degrowth.”
