The Path to a Livable Future
The possibility for a just and sustainable future exists, and there’s plenty that we can do to get there before it’s too late.
Stan Cox
On the Road to Glasgow: What Does Biden Have to Offer?
I’m wondering what it is that President Biden and his entourage of 12 Cabinet members and assorted other high-ranking officials will be able to promise their counterparts from other nations over the course of COP26.
I Wanna Be a Livin’ Man
It’s clear that livin’ isn’t a solo act, for it involves at least a community of people consciously acting to create and sustain for themselves a total living community.
The IEA starts believing in energy transition
I think it’s fair to say that the recent Energy Outlook from the International Energy Agency represents a significant moment in the discourse around renewable energy.
This Vancouver-based initiative is rethinking recovery and just transitions
The JCRT initiative aims to support companies that create safe, decent and meaningful jobs in the circular economy for job seekers facing systemic barriers.
COP 26 Explained
The issues being debated in the UNFCCC are recurring and best seen in the context of a long-term struggle between the Global North and Global South over who should take responsibility for tackling climate change and its impacts, which plays out at political levels as well as across all the technical negotiating items.
A Small Farm Future: Some Problems Re-Stated
As someone who thinks that small family farms probably are the answer (depending a bit on what the question is) it seems worth stating the case for them, which I do below in the form of some bold declarations that I subsequently try to justify.
Ending systems of domination: Reclaiming our bodies and politics from global trauma
As the sun goes down on a system that cannot save us from itself, our only option is to bring that system to an end. But what is that system, and how do we replace it?
Episode 58 What Could Possibly Go Right?: John de Graaf
John de Graaf is an author, award-winning documentary filmmaker, speaker, and activist “with a mission to help create a happy, healthy and sustainable quality of life for America.” He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
Degrowth strategies: thinking with and beyond Erik Olin Wright
Degrowthers have recently seemed to find a lot of inspiration in Erik Olin Wright’s framework of political strategies for transformations beyond capitalism. In this blog post, we wish to highlight some crucial insufficiencies of Wright’s framework in relation to degrowth transformations…
Sandor Katz’s Fermentation Journeys: Excerpt
Like any other manifestation of culture, fermentation practices must be used in order to maintain relevance and stay alive. We must cherish and celebrate the diversity of fermentation practices around the world, and document and share them.
Land reform in the UK: Reporting from the mass trespass
The secret has been exposed, people have rediscovered the value of the countryside during the pandemic and the debate has become even more pressing as further restrictive measures are proposed for those who most rely on mobility and access in the countryside.
