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Towards a great forest transition – part 2
Towards a great forest transition – part 2 A fundamental sea-change is required in the global approach to tackling deforestation, and it requires a new focus on engendering institutions of cooperation rather than competition. The ‘boycott palm oil’ approach has become a staple strategy in parts of the global environment movement, especially in the West. […]
Pandemic Priorities: supporting alternatives now is promoting a sustainable economy
Pandemic Priorities: supporting alternatives now is promoting a sustainable economy Especially in these times, honoring our ancestors is investing in and trusting alternatives that are based in dignity, health and livelihoods for all of us. In the early 1960s, my grandma was a secretary at the Caymanas Sugar Estate in Portmore, Jamaica. She helped the […]
Can the World Get Along Without Natural Resources?
Can the World Get Along Without Natural Resources? If it is very easy to substitute other factors for natural resources, then there is in principle no “problem”. The world can, in effect, get along without natural resources.– Robert Solow, 1974 In the distant future, aliens come to Earth. They find a planet devoid of life. Looking […]
The Altruist Within: In pursuit of sustainability and justice in a broken financial system
The Altruist Within: In pursuit of sustainability and justice in a broken financial system This blog is an edited version of a keynote CUSP director Tim Jackson gave at the 2013 Sea of Faith Annual Conference in Leicester. In outlining the philosophical foundation of a different approach to economics, this essay speaks as much to the financial […]
Sustainable Living: How To Take Control of Your Food Supply
Sustainable Living: How To Take Control of Your Food Supply Food freedom is all about getting creative and using what you have. With a little resourcefulness, you could literally create a backyard microcosm and take control of your very own, homegrown food supply. With a worldwide health crisis circulating the globe, it’s important to remember […]
Permaculture as Philosophy
Permaculture as Philosophy It’s almost spring – all right, it’s the middle of winter – and I’m reading about gardening. It’s my yearly ritual to keep hope alive in the dark months. I sort my seeds, draw up garden plans while standing by the snow-covered garden beds, and flip through the glossy garden porn that […]
Burning Trees For Heating Won’t Help With Climate Change: UK Think Tank
Burning Trees For Heating Won’t Help With Climate Change: UK Think Tank A suggestion by the UK Committee on Climate Change to burn more wood and plant replacement trees as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels has drawn criticism from think tank Chatham House, which says this is hardly the best approach to reducing emissions. “Expanding forest cover […]
Science professor calls for fewer humans to ‘strengthen human rights’
Science professor calls for fewer humans to ‘strengthen human rights’ Humanity must ‘act to sustain life’ by reducing fertility (voluntarily) Will there be “untold human suffering” if humans do not stop having children in order to avoid a “climate emergency?” More than 11,000 scientists signed a paper authored by an ecology professor at Oregon State […]
Scientists on where to be in the 21st century based on sustainability
Scientists on where to be in the 21st century based on sustainability Preface. The article below is based on Hall & Day’s book “America’s Most Sustainable Cities and Regions: Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends”. Related articles: Hess, P. 2016. These will be the best places to live in America in 2100 A.D. Popular Science. Lang, G. […]
Ancient Amazonian Societies Managed the Forest Intensively But Sustainably–Here’s What We Can Learn From Them
ANCIENT AMAZONIAN SOCIETIES MANAGED THE FOREST INTENSIVELY BUT SUSTAINABLY — HERE’S WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM The Amazon’s trees, soils and mysterious earthworks tell the story of the millions who lived there before European arrival August 15, 2019 — When loggers and cattle ranchers began toppling the rainforest in Brazil’s far western state of Acre, […]
Towards a landscape diet and communal landscape management
Towards a landscape diet and communal landscape management Lately I have read two articles which both claim that small scale farming is (self)exploitive and that even with direct marketing such as farmers markets, there is no profit, hardly even survival. What nobody told me about small farming: I can’t make a living, by Jaclyn Moyer […]
How to Make Wind Power Sustainable Again
How to Make Wind Power Sustainable Again For more than two thousand years, windmills were built from recyclable or reusable materials: wood, stone, brick, canvas, metal. When – electricity producing – wind turbines appeared in the 1880s, the materials didn’t change. It’s only since the arrival of plastic composite blades in the 1980s that wind […]
Why economic growth is not compatible with environmental sustainability
Why economic growth is not compatible with environmental sustainability Academic FEDERICO DEMARIA will be addressing staff at the European Commission today in a keynote speech about the crucial issues of economic growth and environmental degradation. He asks, is the well-being of the individual, societies and nations possible beyond economic growth? ‘Growth for the sake of […]
Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words
Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words How techno-speak is robbing us of our feelings and our future. The word sustainability, were it up to me, would be extinct, wiped out, kaput. It is hard to escape the word’s tyranny. Economists promise “sustainable economies” while business types explore “sustainability accounting.” Greens promise a “sustainable future,” and […]
Why is Going Green So Hard? Because the System Isn’t
Why is Going Green So Hard? Because the System Isn’t Every year around Earth Day, I’m reminded of papers I graded in an environmental sociology class. The assignment was to assess your values, explain how you thought you would live as an adult (about 20 years in the future), and then complete an online calculator […]
