Paradigm Shift: Part 4
Paradigm shift means a deep change in the values, beliefs, goals and function of an existing system.
Jan Spencer
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.
New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say
Newly-discovered Shell documents dating back decades could help strengthen lawsuits aiming to hold the oil major to account for climate damages, climate attorneys say.
Recommended Podcasts
This is a short “bonus” posting about some worthwhile podcasts I have been following lately that might be appreciated by Do the Math readers.
The Haves & The Have-Nots
In this Frankly, Nate follows up the recent Reality Roundtable on poverty with a wider perspective on the different types of “wealth” in our society that go beyond the material.
Planning for degrowth
So at one level, the choice we have is whether we manage growth down gently, and improve wellbeing outcomes at the same time, or just have it come crashing down around us.
Doing it for the Kids: Transition Chipping Norton
I asked Cara what the group’s shift to a focus on young people had brought to the group. She said: “It helped us to view every aspect of the town from a young person’s perspective. Taking an approach focused on integrating their needs opened up many new doors and generated more interest in what we do.”
Change Is Coming Soon
There’s so much at stake, so much to lose, but if Howard Zinn were with us today, I suspect he would look at the rise of bold and visionary organizing, led by generations of young leaders, and tell us that change, on a planet in deep distress, is coming soon.
Hospicing Modernity: Not a new idea
We first need to listen to the world, listen to the voices we’ve suppressed, listen to reality. As Machado says, “Do the dishes”, meaning tend to and take care of the physical bodies enmeshed and entangled with modernity.
Vision for a UK-Wide ‘Market Garden Renaissance’ from the Landworkers Alliance
On Thursday 4th January, the Landworkers Alliance (LWA) launched its brand new report “Horticulture Across Four Nations” at a panel discussion at the Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC).
Leon Simons: “Aerosol Demasking & Global Heating”
On this episode, Nate is joined by climate researcher Leon Simons to unpack recent trends in global heating during 2023 and potential explanations and subsequent projections for the coming year.
Microcosm of Transition
Microcosm: a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger.
