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The Wrong Direction: Bright Green Lies
The Wrong Direction: Bright Green Lies THE RECENTLY RELEASED book Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It is designed to disabuse a well-meaning public of the notion that Teslas and wind farms will save the planet. They won’t, say the three coauthors, Derrick Jensen, Lierre […]
The Hidden Joule | Why Oil & Gas is Critical to Understanding Sustainability
The Hidden Joule | Why Oil & Gas is Critical to Understanding Sustainability In this episode, we breakdown the difference between cost, price, and the value of oil and why this is so important. Additionally, we dive into the scaling effects of concentrated energy sources and how these differ from diffused, and the challenges of […]
Book and Film Expose the Illusion of “Green” Technology: “Bright Green Lies”
Book and Film Expose the Illusion of “Green” Technology: “Bright Green Lies” Technology can be and has been beneficial in many ways. Unfortunately, it’s been disastrous in others. For example, utility “Smart” Meters have been nothing but trouble for people and the environment in numerous ways including fires and explosions (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Ditto on 5G (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). […]
Youth Climate Activists Aim to Rally Support for Indigenous Land Defenders
Youth Climate Activists Aim to Rally Support for Indigenous Land Defenders The Sustainabiliteens hope to show solidarity with TMX protesters. Young activists from across Metro Vancouver will gather outside Environment Canada’s downtown Vancouver offices today in support of Indigenous land defenders. Photo by Jamin Mike. Best known for their ability to draw massive crowds in support […]
Sustainability Metrics
Sustainability Metrics There is growing evidence that agriculture and food is one of the most significant contributors to the transgression of ‘planetary boundaries’, especially in the area of greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity, soil, water, and nitrogen use. As Professor Johan Rockström pointed out at the World Economic Forum, “A transition to sustainable agriculture and forestry […]
Power Down
Power Down One of the articles of faith I have held for a long time is that we are not, collectively, going to deal with the troubles of our future willingly. We are not going to reduce our energy and resource usage in an effort to mitigate the worst impacts of ecological destruction and climate […]
Local Food Movements Won’t Save the World
Local Food Movements Won’t Save the World Why Local and Equitable are not Synonymous Image Source: Polyp, “Gold Digger” Over the last few decades, local food movements in the West have become popularized, bringing with them the promise of reshaping the food system in a positive way. We’ve all heard their rallying cry: eat local, buy […]
The Transition to a Sustainable Prosperity—A Stock-Flow-Consistent Ecological Macroeconomic Model for Canada
The Transition to a Sustainable Prosperity—A Stock-Flow-Consistent Ecological Macroeconomic Model for Canada Sunset over Lake Ontario (CC.0) Lucas George Wendt / Unsplash Summary This paper presents a stock-flow consistent (SFC) macroeconomic simulation model for Canada. We use the model to generate three very different stories about the future of the Canadian economy, covering the half […]
The Great Reset: BlackRock Is Fueling A $120 Trillion Transformation On Wall St.
The Great Reset: BlackRock Is Fueling A $120 Trillion Transformation On Wall St. Big money is turning its back on companies that aren’t conforming to one simple idea… Sustainability. And it’s fueling one of the biggest transfers of capital the world has ever seen. In fact, within a year, 77% of institutional investors will stop […]
Humans Left Sustainability Behind as Hunter-Gatherers
Humans Left Sustainability Behind as Hunter-Gatherers Many people believe that humans can have a sustainable future by using solar panels and wind turbines. Unfortunately, the only truly sustainable course, in terms of moving in cycles with nature, is interacting with the environment in a manner similar to the approach used by chimpanzees and baboons. Even […]
Economics and the environment
Economics and the environment This is the text, including slides, from a talk given on October 28 2020 during an online event organised by University College Cork’s Economics and Environmental Societies. (I didn’t follow the text word for word during the talk, but it covered the same ground) Thank you very much, I’m delighted to […]
How Rethinking Affordable Homes Connects with the Climate Fight
How Rethinking Affordable Homes Connects with the Climate Fight First in a five-part series exploring the case for a Green New Deal for Housing. Experts in Canada and beyond see overlapping solutions to two crises: housing affordability and climate change. This series talks to more than 20 of them. Illustration for The Tyee by Nora Kelly. Earlier […]
The Quiet Resilience of Willowbrook Farm
The Quiet Resilience of Willowbrook Farm Willowbrook Farm is a fifty-acre plot near Oxford on which the Radwan family grows vegetables and rears chickens, cows and sheep to produce ethical and sustainable Halal meat. Throughout the tumult of the pandemic, this farm’s small-scale model lent it incredible resilience; while much of the UK’s food system was […]
The “Great Reset” And The Risk Of Greater Interventionism
The “Great Reset” And The Risk Of Greater Interventionism Global debt is expected to soar to a record $277 trillion by the end of the year, according to the Institute of International Finance. Developed markets’ total debt -government, corporate and households- jumped to 432% of GDP in the third quarter. Emerging market debt-to-GDP hit nearly […]
