Do You Want to Know the Truth?
Do you really want to know the truth; are you really willing to let it in, to be changed by it? My hope is to demonstrate that the answer must, simply must, be: Yes.
Rupert Read
What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 92 Per Espen Stoknes
Per Espen Stoknes is a psychologist with a PhD in economics, a TED Global speaker, and also serves as the director of Centre for Green Growth at the Norwegian Business School. He answers the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
What About Skipping the Turkey This Year?
Any time one attempts to grow a lot of something for one specific day, it’s going to cause ecological harm (at least in a world of 8 billion humans). Whether that’s sheep for the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Adha, or turkeys for the American holiday of Thanksgiving.
‘Wilful Ignorance’: Indigenous Delegation Incredulous At Bankers’ Attitude to Fossil Fuel Impacts
Indigenous delegates said they had been amazed at the “wilful ignorance” they encountered when demanding global banks cease financing new fossil fuel projects on their ancestral lands in what is today North America.
¨The Limits To Growth¨ — 50 Years Later
Five decades have passed since publication of the study The Limits To Growth. The more time passes, the more it is recognized as the work that profoundly shook the economic foundations of the modern world and its worldview
The Impact of Elections on US Climate Policy
Even without knowing the final outcomes, the focus shifts to the halls of Congress and state legislatures, as well as to the White House and executive mansions around the nation. What it all means for US climate policy is an unfolding story.
A Random Fix to Polarization
The main story, to me, is that the deep polarization pattern continues to stymie our political system.
Commoning our way through the climate crisis
As we embark upon this great transition that is already taking place, all efforts need to be focused on retiring the dying fossil fuel assets, what Vinay Gupta calls the ‘heroin of the economy’, while commoning the renewable and healthier assets being created in their stead.
Governments have failed. We must save ourselves from the climate crisis
After I lost my home, I realised we can’t rely on politicians. Communities must act to protect their future.
EROI of RE
Do renewable energy sources generate enough energy ‘profit’ to make them worth continued investment? And is any energy profit large enough to run our modern world, as renewables displace fossil fuels?
The third agrarian revolution: from production and consumption to relations
The big challenge is not to produce more food but to develop a food system built on a more humble view of the role of humans in nature.
Protopia Futures: Hopeful Visions For A Post-Growth World
By moving beyond binaries and incorporating the worldviews of previously marginalized voices, we can co-create shared visions of the future rooted in regenerative justice.
