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Eco Crises: Doom & Gloom, Truth & Consequences
Eco Crises: Doom & Gloom, Truth & Consequences Photo Source Sakeeb Sabakka | CC BY 2.0 …We can’t save the world by playing by the rules because the rules have to change. Everything needs to change and it has to start today….To all the politicians that pretend to take the climate question seriously, to all […]
Climate Crisis is Upon Us
Climate Crisis is Upon Us One of the more useful allusions hidden in plain sight in the recent IPCC / UN report on climate crisis is the distinction between the pre-industrial and industrial ages that defines the era of climate crisis. Industrial capitalism, a/k/a capitalism, is the cause of climate crisis. Plenty of pseudo-scientific rubbish […]
When we look at the crisis rationally, the only logical response is to declare a climate emergency
When we look at the crisis rationally, the only logical response is to declare a climate emergency Participants in this week’s Darebin Climate Emergency conference in Melboure. Photo: John Englart People engaged in the climate debate are often bewildered by society’s lack of response. How can we ignore such overwhelming evidence of an existential threat […]
The End of the Line – A Climate in Crisis
The End of the Line – A Climate in Crisis Train Wreck, Montparnasse, 1895 The world of academia is starting to pick up on the concept that humanity is unknowingly cruising on a train ride to doomsday, a surefire encounter with collapse of society based upon climate crises brought on by exponential climate change. The […]
We’re in year 30 of the current climate crisis
An excerpt from the Conference Statement of the 1988 World Conference on the Changing Atmosphere held in Toronto We’re in year 30 of the current climate crisis In late-June, 1988, Canada hosted the world’s first large-scale climate conference that brought together scientists, experts, policymakers, elected officials, and the media. The “World Conference on the Changing […]
Conservativism Now? Market Economies and the Liberal Anti-Culture
Conservativism Now? Market Economies and the Liberal Anti-Culture The persistent purpose of my writing over the past decade has been to reflect in a hopefully complex manner on the sort of culture necessary to “solve” the climate and ecological crisis and create a truly sustainable way of life. One of my main themes has been […]
The Keeling Curve at 60: A portrait of climate crisis
The Keeling Curve at 60: A portrait of climate crisis If you’ve ever wondered what a scientific representation of metabolic rift might look like, check out this graph. We are approaching the sixtieth birthday of the Keeling Curve. It is such a stunning example of important and clearly presented science that it has been designated […]
Climate Crisis and Managed Deindustrialization: Debating Alternatives to Ecological Collapse
Climate Crisis and Managed Deindustrialization: Debating Alternatives to Ecological Collapse If we don’t change the conversation, if we don’t deal with the systemic problems of capitalism and come up with a viable alternative, our goose is cooked. Demanding an end to coal and all forms of dirty energy extraction, over 4,000 activists descended on the […]
Climate Crisis, ‘Smart’ Growth and the Logic of Calamity
Climate Crisis, ‘Smart’ Growth and the Logic of Calamity A few years back at a Leftish gathering a group of self-described Marxist economists channeled liberal Democrat Paul Krugman’s explanation of the Great Recession without apparently knowing of Mr. Krugman’s thesis. Basically, a self-perpetuating recession had a grip on the economy, Wall Street was a catalyst […]
People Act Where US Fails On Climate
People Act Where US Fails On Climate The climate crisis is upon us. It seems that every report on climate conditions has one thing in common: things are worse than predicted. The World Meteorological Report from the end of October shows that Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) are rising at a rapid rate and have passed 400 parts per […]
The Climate Crisis as seen by the economics mainstream
The Climate Crisis as seen by the economics mainstream Mainstream economics frames the climate crisis in a particular way but this approach is not at all helpful. There have been a variety of controversies which show clearly how economists think – like the “price of a life” controversy. The findings of the Stern Review were […]
Forest loss and land degradation fuel climate crisis
Forest loss and land degradation fuel climate crisis UN studies show that the combined effects of degraded farmland and the felling and burning of trees are costing the planet trillions of dollars in ecosystem losses. The planet’s forests have dwindled by 3% − equivalent almost to the land area of South Africa − in the last 25 years, […]
What Climate Change Asks of Us: Moral Obligation, Mobilization and Crisis Communication | The Climate Psychologist
What Climate Change Asks of Us: Moral Obligation, Mobilization and Crisis Communication | The Climate Psychologist. Why are we morally obligated to fight climate change? Climate change is a crisis, and crises alter morality. Climate change is on track to cause the extinction of half the species on earth and, through a combination of droughts, famines, […]
Climate Crisis and the Pursuit of Happiness: Reflections on Community Solutions Conference – Transition Milwaukee
Climate Crisis and the Pursuit of Happiness: Reflections on Community Solutions Conference – Transition Milwaukee. Last weekend I had the privilege of attending the Sixth Community Solutions Conference: “Climate Crisis—Curtailment and Community—and The Power of Individual Action,” held in Yellow Springs Ohio by The Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions. To those not familiar with […]
