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Ecological Economics

Ecological Economics by Herman Daly

Herman Daly, who died in October of this year, was for 60 years a powerful and articulate critic of mainstream economic thinking. Along with an early stint working at the World Bank, Daly had a distinguished career in academia, authored […]

Filed Under: Economic Growth and Degrowth, Economics Tagged With: degrowth, economic growth, economics, sustainability

The inner dimension of climate adaptation

The inner dimension of climate adaptation - blog Local Futures

Capitalism in its earliest incarnation dates back to the end of Europe’s medieval period. ‘Growth’, such as it was, first manifested itself in the innovation and creativity of the Renaissance, while economic expansion in the commonly understood sense was to […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Economic Growth and Degrowth, Environment, Inner transformation Tagged With: climate change, degrowth, economic growth, sustainability, well-being

As we consider our future…

As we consider our future... - blog Local Futures

Ask not for energy or goods that depend on international supply chains.   Ask not for solar power, wind power or battery electric storage (BESS). Ask not for e-vehicles (EVs) or smartphones. These can’t be manufactured without fossil fuels, extractions, […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Environment, Localization, Technology Tagged With: climate change, consumerism, economic growth, pollution, renewable energy, sustainability, technology

Is Alternative Energy the Best Solution to Climate Catastrophe?

Blog 'Is Alternative Energy the Best Solution to Climate Catastrophe?' by Don Fitz - Local Futures

Environmentalists have known for decades that the “greenest” form of energy available is reduction of useless and harmful energy. Over 50 years ago, the first Earth Day embodied this with “Reduce; Reuse; Recycle.” Today, that seems to have been replaced […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Consumerism, Economic Growth and Degrowth, Local energy, Localization Tagged With: climate change, consumerism, corporations, degrowth, economic growth, health, local food, renewable energy, well-being

Source Temple and the Great Reset

Blog 'Source Temple and the Great Reset' by Charles Eisenstein

I recently visited a spiritual community in Brazil called Source Temple. Drawing primarily on the teachings of Adi Da and A Course in Miracles, it comprises about thirty people from about ten countries, mostly Brazil and South America, ranging in […]

Filed Under: Community, Development, Economic Growth and Degrowth, Free Trade and Globalization, Inner transformation, Localization Tagged With: community, degrowth, economic growth, economics, globalization, localization, South, trade agreements

Cities and Green Orthodoxy

As the world has urbanized rapidly since 1950, per capita carbon footprint has declined, and so has carbon intensity in economic output, defined as the amount of energy used to produce a unit of economic growth.  But gross material throughputs and […]

Filed Under: Capitalism, Climate Change, Consumerism, Economic Growth and Degrowth, Environment Tagged With: climate change, consumerism, corporations, development, economic growth, globalization, sustainability, urbanization

A degrowth perspective on the Coronavirus crisis

The coronavirus (covid-19) has caused upheaval across the world, deaths of the most vulnerable, closed borders, financial market crashes, curfews and controls on group gatherings, and many more devastating effects. Despite observations that pollution and emissions have reduced, the sudden, […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus, Economic Growth and Degrowth, Inequality, Livelihoods and jobs Tagged With: climate change, degrowth, economic growth, health, well-being

5 Ways coronavirus could help humanity survive the ecological crisis

The human tragedy of the coronavirus is immense. Thousands have died, hundreds of thousands have been infected globally, and millions more have been affected. Whilst infectious disease has always been a part of the human experience, the expansion of industrial […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Economic Growth and Degrowth, Environment, Food and Farming, Health Tagged With: climate change, corporations, degrowth, economic growth, globalization, local food, localization, well-being

We Can’t Do It Ourselves

How to live a more sustainable life? This question generates a lot of debate that is focused on what individuals can do in order to address problems like climate change. For example, people are encouraged to shop locally, to buy organic […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Environment, Inner transformation, Livelihoods and jobs Tagged With: climate change, consumerism, economic growth, economics, sustainability, systems thinking

Dammed Good Questions about the Green New Deal

Hydroelectric power from dams might be the thorniest issue that proponents of the Green New Deal (GND) have to grapple with. Providing more energy than solar and wind combined, dams could well become the key backup “renewable” if it otherwise […]

Filed Under: Climate Change, Economic Growth and Degrowth, Environment, Technology Tagged With: climate change, corporations, degrowth, economic growth, renewable energy, sustainability, technology

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