What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 18 Severine von Tscharner Fleming
Severine brings her influences and analogies from the agricultural space to “What Could Possibly Go Right?”
Vicki Robin
Farms for Tomorrow: Chris Marshall – Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Farm Co-op
Chris Marshall describes why community is essential in sustainable agricultural enterprise and land stewardship and outlines the organizational structure that Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Cooperative Farms have used to safeguard the land while supporting farm operations.
No, the “Environmental Kuznets Curve” won’t save us
My appeal to McAfee: let’s try to get beyond this sort of thing and engage more honestly with the empirical and theoretical work that has been done, so we can have more meaningful conversations. If we are going to realise our shared goals, we can and must do better.
The Energy Bulletin Weekly 13 October 2020
Prices gained 9 percent last week, settling at $42.85 in London and $40.60 in New York — the first increase in three weeks and the biggest weekly rise for Brent since June.
Material: Excerpt
I write this book to help me understand the relationship that we all have fashioning our lives within the material structure of this planet. Looking back to see how a word has changed meanings over time, what its roots are, helps me in this process.
What the Frack? Why Waste Political Capital on a Pyrrhic Victory?
These days American politics are a little like Russian nesting dolls—there are stories, within stories, within stories.
Who is “we”?
We humans have made a mess of things, which is readily evident if we face the avalanche of studies and statistics describing the contemporary ecological crises we face. The question is, can we—all of us—face what lies ahead without diversion and without illusion?
With UN climate talks postponed, the Glasgow Agreement seizes the initiative on climate action
The Glasgow Agreement is an initiative picking things up where By 2020 We Rise Up left off. It provides a framework for further strategic escalation of social movement action for climate justice.
Comparative impact of nuclear and renewables on CO2 emissions
Countries which are heavily invested in nuclear energy remain higher CO2 emitters, on average, than countries which have invested at the same level in renewable energy. This is the main finding of a study recently published in the journal Nature Energy.
An Indigenous Māori View of Doughnut Economics
Working in sustainability, one understands that context is key. When we fail to identify or understand the nuanced, complex, systemic and local context of a situation, the best-intentioned solutions simply won’t solve society’s most pressing problems.
Resources for a Better Future: Degrowth
Degrowth is a movement that explores another direction for society, one where ecological and social justice become possible, along with more meaningful lives. While there is no single definition for degrowth, this entry attempts to offer some guidance for understanding degrowth in all its diversity
The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe
As we search for ways to remake the way we garden, farm, and live in a time of climate change, extreme inequality, and political disarray, looking back at the innovations of Europe’s hidden agroecological past can provide invaluable lessons on how we might collectively move forward.
