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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 […]
Energy Return on Investment (EROI).
Energy Return on Investment (EROI). This is the text of a book review that I wrote, and which has just been published online in the journal Science Progress. Energy Return on Investment: A Unifying Principle for Biology, Economics and Sustainability. CHARLES A. S. HALL, Springer 2017 ISBN 9783319478203; xii + 174 pp; £37.99 The preeminent mathematical […]
Let’s get ‘creaturely’: A new worldview can help us face ecological crises
Let’s get ‘creaturely’: A new worldview can help us face ecological crises No farmer has ever gone out to the barn to start the day and discovered that a baby tractor had been born overnight. For farmers who work with horses, the birth of a foal would not be surprising. That observation may seem silly, […]
Deconstructing the 3 biggest LIES that attack organic farming
Deconstructing the 3 biggest LIES that attack organic farming (Natural News) Oh yes they did. There’s now a so-called “study” that’s been done which supposedly determined that organic farming creates a much bigger carbon footprint that torques up “global warming” more than ever. Yes, old faithful US News has regurgitated a chunk of claims published in the International […]
Deep adaptation, post-sustainability and the possibility of societal collapse
Deep adaptation, post-sustainability and the possibility of societal collapse I write this piece primarily to get you to read an academic paper that has attracted relatively widespread attention. It is entitled “Deep Adaptation: A Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy.” It is remarkable in a number of aspects. First, it was written by a professor of sustainability […]
Why Liberals Should be Conservative: Climate Change, Excellence, and the Practice of Happiness, Part 2
Why Liberals Should be Conservative: Climate Change, Excellence, and the Practice of Happiness, Part 2 Ed. note: Part 1 of this series can be found on Resilience.org here. The Resurgent Aristotelians: Hopkins, Fleming, Francis, and Holmgren What then does a modern Aristotelianism look like? How might we reconcile his ideal of a singular, philosophically deduced definition […]
Global Collapse Accelerating Buy Gold Now – Chris Martenson
Global Collapse Accelerating Buy Gold Now – Chris Martenson By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Futurist and economic researcher Chris Martenson says a collapse is “a process, not an event.” Martenson contends the long awaited global collapse, on many fronts, has not only started, but is picking up speed. Martenson says, “Our prediction at PeakProsperity.com is these collapse […]
Debt and Deficits: They’re Unsustainable
Debt and Deficits: They’re Unsustainable Economic growth won’t save us, not without serious cuts in government spending. The most important issue facing America today is the national debt and increasing federal deficits. Our national debt now exceeds yearly gross domestic product (GDP). The U.S is the wealthiest country in the world, but our government has […]
More vegetables, less meat for all our sakes
More vegetables, less meat for all our sakes Spanish market: Vegetable-rich diets make for a healthier planet. Image: By ja ma on Unsplash Researchers are clear: the healthy diet for a healthy planet is more vegetables, less meat. What matters is the food that’s served, and the way it’s produced too. LONDON, 17 January, 2019 […]
Why Sustainable Agriculture Should Support a Green New Deal
Why Sustainable Agriculture Should Support a Green New Deal “For Sale” signs have replaced “Dairy of Distinction” on the last two dairy farms on the road I drive to town. The farm crisis of the 1980’s that never really went away has resurfaced with a vengeance. In 2013, aggregate farm earnings were half of what […]
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future Once is the defining image of the good life under capitalism, commonly held up as a model to which all humanity should aspire. More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities. Yet with the global […]
Saving the Environment: Is Degrowthing the Answer?
Saving the Environment: Is Degrowthing the Answer? Photo Source Anahi Patricia Jasso Aleman | CC BY 2.0 A friend recently sent me a piece by Jason Hickel, arguing that growth can’t be green and that we need to move away from growth oriented economics. I am not convinced. It strikes me both that the piece misrepresents what growth […]
