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Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXVIII–Growth is Great! Except It Isn’t.
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh LXVIII (originally posted September 21, 2022) Chitchen Itza, Mexico (1986). Photo by author. Growth is Great! Except It Isn’t. Today’s contemplation is an open letter I am sending (perhaps presenting in person, I haven’t yet decided[1]) to my local town’s council and a developer regarding a ‘proposed’ development that is moving ahead directly […]
Who Will be the Last Farmer Left?
Who Will be the Last Farmer Left? A dwindling number of GTA growers worry that aggressive provincial development plans will make it tough to survive …click on the above link to read the rest of the article…
What’s really behind the Ford government’s push to pave protected wetland in Pickering
What’s really behind the Ford government’s push to pave protected wetland in Pickering Rival developers competing to host Canada’s biggest retail warehouse, which sources say is for Amazon Roughly half of this property in Pickering, owned by Triple Group, is classed as a protected wetland. If approved for development, commercial real estate analysts say it […]
Development: a failed project
Development: a failed project It’s time to abandon development and think about postdevelopment instead. “They talk to me about progress, about ‘achievements,’ diseases cured, improved standards of living. I am talking about societies drained of their essence, cultures trampled underfoot, institutions undermined, lands confiscated, religions smashed, magnificent artistic creations destroyed, extraordinary possibilities wiped out. They […]
Debating population, poverty and development
Debating population, poverty and development Last week, Small Farm Future chalked up yet another first – the first vehement critique of one of our posts by a working academic with apparent expertise in the matter at hand. The post was this one about global population and its entailments that I published in June, and the […]
The Left should embrace degrowth
The Left should embrace degrowth Only if we stop the cycle of endless growth will our planet prosper, argue Degrowthers. Jenny Downing under a Creative Commons Licence Degrowth is a frontal attack on the ideology of economic growth. Some call it a critique: a slogan or a ‘missile word’. Others talk of the ‘theory of’ – or the ‘literature […]
Natura 2000: EU Reserves Are Facing Development Pressures
Natura 2000: EU Reserves Are Facing Development Pressures An astonishing 18 percent of the European Union’s land area is protected under a network of preserves known as Natura 2000. Now, at the urging of business interests and farmers, the EU is examining whether regulations on development in these areas should be loosened. Berlin’s world-famous landmark, the […]
The end of global development as we know it | News | Engineering for Change
The end of global development as we know it | News | Engineering for Change. Development professionals do their work under the assumption that the developing world will some day look a lot like the developed world. But there’s a good chance that they’re wrong. A practical look at the world’s energy supply, and interesting […]
Ontario’s Greenbelt is under threat | – Environmental Defence
Ontario’s Greenbelt is under threat | – Environmental Defence. Ontario’s Greenbelt protects farmland and natural areas like forests and wetlands from urban sprawl. It ensures that nature isn’t a long drive away, and protects the sources of drinking water for millions of GTA residents. And it ensures that we in the Greater Golden Horseshoe have […]
Eco-tourism on agenda in Tasmania as government accepts proposals for development in national parks, World Heritage Areas – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Eco-tourism on agenda in Tasmania as government accepts proposals for development in national parks, World Heritage Areas – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). A new environmental battle is looming in Tasmania as the state opens up untouched areas for eco-tourism. The Hodgman Government wants tourism operators to take advantage of development opportunities inside national parks […]
