Life in a Degrowth Economy and Why You’ll Love It
We can either choose degrowth and actively work towards it, or we choose collapse by continuing with business as usual.
Erin Remblance
Social Cohesion Is Vital, and We’re Losing It
My purpose in this essay is to survey (1) the emerging understanding of social cohesion and its importance, (2) what threatens it in the United States today, and (3) what might prevent a national crack-up.
Black Farmers Are Rebuilding Agriculture in Coal Country
Jason Tartt, a farmer in West Virginia, says the Mountain State is fertile territory for honey production and maple and fruit orchards in the flood plains. Tartt, who is Black, sees his role as both developing economic opportunity through farming and supporting other Black farmers in West Virginia.
How communities are reimagining LA’s vacant lots
To clear the way for these groups to be “allowed” to use the lots for the community’s benefit, LA residents have to make their requests known, a mission that Ben Tyson, Director of Rise Together, a nonprofit working to inspire and educate voters, is pursuing.
Can Roadless Areas Help Stem the Extinction Crisis in the United States?
“As a nation, we have to ask ourselves this question,” says Dietz. “If we can’t protect these federal public lands that are some of the last of our country’s wild, ecologically intact and unroaded forests — that also provide habitat for the majority of our most vulnerable wildlife species — what can we protect?”
Now Published: ‘The Commoner’s Catalog for Changemaking’
It’s been more a year and a half in the making, but I’m pleased to announce the release of my new book, The Commoner’s Catalog for Changemaking: Tools for the Transitions Ahead!
Making the transition happen
The economist Adam Tooze has an article on his newsletter assessing the cost of getting to net zero in Europe by 2050. It’s based on a close reading of a McKinsey report and a look at some of the assumptions in the technical report produced for the EU Commission.
Democracy Rising 7: Deliberative Democracy — Deliberation
People are yearning for authentic engagement. Although deliberation is hard work, it leads to much-needed rewards.
Has Build Back Better Become Build Back Never? What Does It Mean for US Climate Policy?
The Mountain State’s senior senator, Joe Manchin (D), has single-handedly stopped President Biden’s proposed climate action plan in its tracks—along with voting rights, Medicare reform, and securing a safety net under the least fortunate of us.
Clouds in Paper
Yes, there is need for a more holistic kind of economics, but alongside that, there needs to be a cultured recognition of how interdependent this field is with other forms of study and experience.
Agroecology: Food system transformation from farm to plate
Agroecological approaches are anchored in human rights, rooted in culturally and ecologically diverse knowledge systems, and have the potential to build the community resilience necessary to deal with both the forces of climate change and corporate control.
Scientists call for a moratorium on climate change research until governments take real action
Given the unfolding tragedy, a moratorium on climate change research is the only responsible option for revealing and then restoring the broken science-society contract.
