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Putting Post Growth Theory Into Practice
Putting Post Growth Theory Into Practice The Post Growth Entrepreneurship Incubator helps founders break free from traditional business models and implement sustainable non-extractive practices. Annie Spratt via Unsplash Melanie Rieback is the founder of the Post Growth Entrepreneurship (PGE) Incubator, Nonprofit Ventures, as well as her own successful post growth business, Radically Open Security (ROS). We sat down with […]
“The dream of a smooth energy transition is little more than a comforting shared illusion” – Pt. 1 of 2
“The dream of a smooth energy transition is little more than a comforting shared illusion” – Pt. 1 of 2 Moreover, says Dr. William Rees, even if it were possible, it would not solve climate change and would exacerbate the real existential threat facing society, namely overshoot. — William Rees “Climate-change and other environmental organizations urge governments […]
7 Ways To Make Your Home Sustainable And Eco-Friendly
Image by David Blaikie (Flickr) under CC BY 2.0 7 Ways To Make Your Home Sustainable And Eco-Friendly Introduction As a homeowner, you might think that there is not enough that you can do to contribute to environmental sustainability. You are wrong! By implementing small everyday steps, every individual or homeowner can make a large […]
Investing in Degrowth
Investing in Degrowth Released 13 December 2021, Investing in Degrowth is a first-of-its-kind white paper drawing attention to the emerging degrowth economy, setting out the rationale for investing in degrowth-compatible enterprises and laying down the groundwork for deciding the core characteristics of degrowth investing. Co-authors Jennifer Wilkins, founder of Heliocene, and Bill Murphy, Executive Director of Purpose Capital, call for […]
Seeing the Big Picture: Nate Hagens
Seeing the Big Picture: Nate Hagens
Why is Civilization Unsustainable?
Why is Civilization Unsustainable? Top picture: Civilization; Pikeville, Kentucky Bottom picture: Nature; Birch Knob, Virginia So, what is it about civilization being unsustainable that people do not understand? I often wonder why this is and have come up with the idea that it is mostly cultural programming and indoctrination by industry that technology is good […]
Let’s Talk About Agriculture
Let’s Talk About Agriculture An agricultural barn of the 1800’s located at Falls Mill, Belvidere, Tennessee Agriculture is a technology (like fire and the wheel) and a system of extracting minerals and nutrients from the soil through photosynthesis. The industrial method of agriculture adds the use of fossil fuels through the Haber-Bosch process for fertilizer, many different […]
Prepare developed democracies for long-run economic slowdowns
Prepare developed democracies for long-run economic slowdowns Developed democracies proliferated over the past two centuries during an unprecedented era of economic growth, which may be ending. Macroeconomic forecasts predict slowing growth throughout the twenty-first century for structural reasons such as ageing populations, shifts from goods to services, slowing innovation, and debt. Long-run effects of COVID-19 […]
What is The Venus Project and Why Can It Never Be Attained?
What is The Venus Project and Why Can It Never Be Attained? Something which is difficult to get away from when it comes to the predicament of ecological overshoot and all of its offshoots such as climate change is the wide array of different plans for so-called “solutions” for these predicaments. Perhaps, ironically, the most […]
Mining the Planet to DeathThe Dirty Truth About Clean Technologies
Foto: [M]: Hedi Xandt; SABarton / Getty Images / DER SPIEGEL Mining the Planet to DeathThe Dirty Truth About Clean Technologies The poor South is being exploited so that the rich North can transition to environmental sustainability. Entire swaths of land are being destroyed to secure the resources needed to produce wind turbines and solar cells. […]
Increasing Our Gardening Resilience
Increasing Our Gardening Resilience Thoughts on increasing our gardening resilience It feels like the world is moving faster and faster in directions I never would have thought possible just a couple of years ago. We knew resilience was important, but now it has become essential, critical to our well being and perhaps even survival. I […]
Donella Meadows: Sustainable Systems
Donella Meadows: Sustainable Systems
Path to a Greener Future: Tax Kids or Just Ban Them Outright
Path to a Greener Future: Tax Kids or Just Ban Them Outright The Greens need to step up to the plate with some truly sustainable proposals. I have a couple of ideas. Ironies of Build Back Better President Biden wants free college education, free preschool for kids, and increased child tax credits. All of these […]
The Long Descent — Decline and Fall of Industrial Society
The Long Descent — Decline and Fall of Industrial Society The title of this piece is borrowed from John Michael Greer’s 2008 book The Long Descent, the central thesis of which is threefold. Firstly, the industrial civilisation we take for granted is unsustainable and is in decline. The evidence for this is all around us but many […]
