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Degrowth–the promising climate change strategy no politician wants to handle
Degrowth – the promising climate change strategy no politician wants to handle?
The good life or the ballot? Both you say? I say the good life first, the ballot second.
The good life or the ballot? Both you say? I say the good life first, the ballot second. We have reached a pivotal moment. I think we can be certain that governments and other powers, such as corporations and their promotional arms, such as the BBC, are set on destruction. The powers have made no […]
Social Change Will Upend the Status Quo
Social Change Will Upend the Status Quo The nation is fragmenting because the Status Quo is failing the majority of the citizenry. The core narrative of the Status Quo is that nothing fundamental needs to be changed: all the problems can be solved with more “free money” (borrowed from the future at low rates of […]
The Great Unraveling: Using Science and Philosophy to Decode Modernity
The Great Unraveling: Using Science and Philosophy to Decode Modernity Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | CC BY 2.0 “Forty percent of the United States drains into the Mississippi. It’s agriculture. It’s golf courses. It’s domestic runoff from our lawns and roads. Ultimately, where does it go? Downstream into the Gulf.” —Sylvia Earle […]
Shrinking the Technosphere, Part V
Shrinking the Technosphere, Part V Before we proceed any further in describing how political technologies can be used to bring about the sort of dramatic social change that might grant humanity a new lease on life on planet Earth, let’s describe what “naturelike technologies” might look like. By “naturelike” we mean something that is in […]
Shrinking the Technosphere, Part IV
Shrinking the Technosphere, Part IV In the previous parts of this series, we started picking away at a very big subject: what a successful strategy for bringing about rapid social change would look like, such social change being necessary if we were to avoid the worst ravages of catastrophic climate change. This change must introduce […]
If you care about changing society, focus on strengths
If you care about changing society, focus on strengths Asking “What is wrong with our community?” will produce quite different answers to asking, “What would our ideal community be like?” Permaculture in Auroville, India, created by the Transition movement. Credit: http://www.healthesoilcsa.org. Social movements, including those opposing globalisation, environmental destruction and racism, typically start with a […]
Naomi Klein Calls for System Change to Address Climate and Inequality
Naomi Klein Calls for System Change to Address Climate and Inequality A radically new economic and social system is urgently needed to tackle climate change and address intersecting social justice issues, the internationally bestselling author Naomi Klein told activists meeting in London today. “It’s not too late to get off the road, to grab the wheel of […]
