Envisioning the Transition to an Ecological Economy
By Brannon Andersen, Gaianism
Alternatives to capitalism exist and are growing. The question is how to begin developing the next system as quickly as possible to avoid socioecological collapse.
Tag: ecological economics
Resources for a better future: Discounting
By Paul Robert Gilbert, Uneven Earth
Discounting models that posit representative world consumers, or even ‘globally impartial decision makers’ attentive to global inequalities, remain wedded to neoclassical understandings of economics that reduces human life to a matter of individual consumption choices, and reduces the nonhuman world to substitutable ‘natural capital’.
A flyfishing ecology
By Frederic Jennings, Resilience.org
One of the greatest and most overwhelming conceptual breakthroughs of my life was the realization that everything in our universe is connected and interacting in networks of interdependent cause and effect through time.
David Haenke on ‘Bioregionalism & Ecological Economics
By David Haenke, Daniel Christian Wahl, Medium
Ecology and economics come from the same root word. Hopefully before it’s too late, humanity will see that good economics must be also good ecology: ECO-ECONOMICS. This is the “unified field theory” and practice for economics.
Ruminations on Resilience
By Frederic Jennings, Resilience
This is the main notion, and the importance, of resilience. The whole life process is one of ongoing disequilibrium movement to which we must adapt to survive.
Going to extremes
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
It only took us a century to use up the best of the planet’s finite reserves of fossil fuels. The dawning century will be a lot different.
The fat-takers cross the oceans
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
From its beginnings more than five centuries ago, European colonization has been based on an unsustainable exploitation of resources.
The Collapse of Rhetoric. Can Economists and Ecologists Talk to Each Other?
By Katy Shields, Ugo Bardi, The Seneca Effect
At the time of Seneca, rhetoric was perhaps the main skill of a man of culture: the capability of debating was valued and practiced.
Economics and the environment
By Caroline Whyte, Feasta
If I’m asked about the role economics plays in the environment and sustainability, my answer would be ‘what kind of economics are you talking about’?
Ecological and Feminist Economics: an Interview with Julie A. Nelson
By Julie Nelson, Jamie Morgan, Real World Economics Review
It’s much easier to teach students how to shift curves, solve equations, and run regressions, than to carefully observe economic life and think deeply and critically about it. Students also tend to feel comfortable – and even feel powerful – when told “here, we are handing you the exact tools and models you need to use to understand how the economy works.”
The Promise of Ecological Economics
By Aaron Karp, The Trouble
Mainstream economics offers no solutions to climate chaos; ecological economics envisions a path forward.
What is ‘Ecological Economics’ and Why Do We Need to Talk About it?
By Anitra Nelson, Brian Coffey, The Conversation
As environmental crises and the urgency to create ecological sustainability escalate, so does the importance of ecological economics. This applied, solutions-based field of studies is concerned with sustainability and development, rather than efficiency and growth.