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The Death of Environmentalism at 20
The Death of Environmentalism at 20 Looking back at the impactful Shellenberger/Nordhaus essay The bad boys of environmentalism Twenty years ago, Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus “dropped” (in Ted’s words) an essay at the annual meeting of the Environmental Grantmakers Association titled, The Death of Environmentalism (DoE). The DoE prompted a vigorous debate about environmentalism in the […]
The 2030 Agenda: The Totalitarian Trojan Horse
The 2030 Agenda: The Totalitarian Trojan Horse Upon perusing the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals included in the well-known 2030 Agenda, one may conclude that they are all harmless and entirely reasonable goals. Who could be opposed to reducing poverty and hunger or advancing infrastructure, innovation, and industry? The trick, akin to the tale of […]
Bright Green Lies Torpedoes Greens
Bright Green Lies Torpedoes Greens Mauna Loa Solar Observatory which has been recording rising CO2 emissions since 1965. Wikimedia Commons. Bright Green Lies (Monkfish Book Publishing, 2021) grumbles and growls like a rambunctious thunderstorm on an early spring day opening up darkened clouds of acid rain across the world of environmentalism, including celebrated personalities. According to […]
Beyond Hope
DERRICK JENSEN Beyond Hope THE MOST COMMON WORDS I hear spoken by any environmentalists anywhere are, We’re fucked. Most of these environmentalists are fighting desperately, using whatever tools they have — or rather whatever legal tools they have, which means whatever tools those in power grant them the right to use, which means whatever tools will be ultimately ineffective […]
Duterte Exposes The Difference Between Homegrown Environmentalism And a Neo-Colonial Green Movement
Duterte Exposes The Difference Between Homegrown Environmentalism And a Neo-Colonial Green Movement President Duterte’s record on the domestic environment is arguably the best of any modern Filipino leader. His project to clean up Manila Bay has seen a once heavily polluted body of water return to a place of beauty whilst just over a year […]
OPINION: WHAT MY MOTHER’S DEATH TAUGHT ME ABOUT SAVING THE PLANET. WE CAN’T, AND HERE’S WHY.
OPINION: WHAT MY MOTHER’S DEATH TAUGHT ME ABOUT SAVING THE PLANET. WE CAN’T, AND HERE’S WHY. As environmentalists, we often refer to our work as “saving the planet.” This is unhelpful for a couple of reasons. Illustration by Sean Quinn January 24, 2019 — As I look back on 2018, the thing I’ll remember most is […]
Where’s the “eco” in ecomodernism?
Where’s the “eco” in ecomodernism? Image: Richard Walker If you hadn’t heard, despair is old hat. Rather than retreat into the woods, now is the time to think big, to propose visionary policies and platforms. So enter grand proposals like basic income, universal healthcare, and the end of work. Slap big polluters with carbon tax, […]
Why Special Interests Try to Take Control of Governments
Why Special Interests Try to Take Control of Governments George Monbiot, popular Guardian columnist, beacon light of global environmentalism, is also the kind of progressive who insists on seeing the world as he wishes it were and not as it really is. Wearing these kind of blinders will not help us get a better environment […]
Life Without Limits: The Delusions of Technological Fundamentalism
Life Without Limits: The Delusions of Technological Fundamentalism In a routinely delusional world, what is the most dangerous delusion? Living in the United States, I’m tempted to focus on the delusion that the United States is the greatest nation in the history of the world — a claim repeated robotically by politicians of both parties. […]
“Environmentalism” and Rabies
“Environmentalism” and Rabies When an animal catches rabies, in the end stages, it manifest bizarre, aggressive behavior. A normally shy raccoon will charge a human, growling and frothing at the mouth. There is only one treatment for a rabid raccoon. How about humans afflicted with the disease called “environmentalism”? It is a form of rabies […]
The Australian Government Proclaims – Environmentalism and Alternative Music Are Signs of Terrorism
The Australian Government Proclaims – Environmentalism and Alternative Music Are Signs of Terrorism Earlier this year, I highlighted how the UK government was cheerfully stretching the boundary of terrorist fear-mongering when it made it policy for registered childminders to “report toddlers at risk of becoming terrorists.” No, that’s not a joke. Here’s an excerpt from the post, The War […]
Dark Thoughts on Ecomoderism
Dark Thoughts on Ecomoderism It’s been a year for manifestos. With the dust only recently settled on the British general election, much has been heard about the different (though not that different) ‘narratives’ offered by the major political parties in their manifesto commitments. Meanwhile, a cabal of environmentalist thinkers and activists were busy putting together […]
