{"id":59485,"date":"2021-09-25T06:18:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T11:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59485"},"modified":"2021-09-25T06:18:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T11:18:24","slug":"weird-thinking-beyond-technology-issue-no-5-research-for-the-end-of-your-normal-everyday-existence-mabon-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59485","title":{"rendered":"WEIRD \u2013\u00a0Thinking Beyond Technology: Issue no.5,\u00a0\u201cResearch for the End of Your &#8216;Normal&#8217; Everyday Existence\u201d Mabon 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/frn\/weird\/weird-005-white_heat_of_eco-research.html\">WEIRD \u2013\u00a0<em>Thinking Beyond Technology<\/em>:<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Issue no.5,\u00a0<em>\u201cResearch for the End of Your &#8216;Normal&#8217; Everyday Existence\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nMabon 2021<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mini\">Go to\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Free Range Network: \u2018WEIRD\u2019, Main index\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/frn\/weird.shtml\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018WEIRD\u2019: Thinking Beyond Technology \u2013\u00a0<em>Main Index<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mini\"><a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Free Range Network: \u2018WEIRD\u2019, Main index \u2013 About the Newsletter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/frn\/weird.shtml#ab\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for a brief explanation about the\u00a0<em class=\"quote\">\u2018WEIRD\u2019<\/em>\u00a0newsletter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/frn\/weird\/weird-005-white_heat_of_eco-research.png\" alt=\"issue-004\" width=\"400\" height=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Download this edition<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"pad\"><a title=\"Download Issue no.5 of WEIRD: \u2018Research for the End of Your 'Normal' Everyday Existence\u2019, A4 format PDF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/frn\/weird\/weird-005-white_heat_of_eco-research.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A4 format PDF<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 for printing at A4, single- or double-sided, stapled in the top-left corner; or<\/li>\n<li class=\"pad\"><a title=\"Download Issue no.5 of WEIRD: \u2018Research for the End of Your 'Normal' Everyday Existence\u2019 \u2013 A3 brochure PDF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/frn\/weird\/weird-005-white_heat_of_eco-research-A3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A3 brochure format PDF<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 for printing as an A3 double-sided, folded and stapled brochure, or (with very small text) scaling-down for double-sided A4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Contents<\/h4>\n<p>Note: Breaking with our usual \u2018no linking\u2019 convention,<br \/>\nthis edition of WEIRD, each of the article headings contains a list of the academic studies referenced in it<br \/>\nfor you to download &amp; read.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>\u262e\u00a0<em>\u2018Introduction\u2019<\/em><\/dt>\n<dd>Introducing the science for the end of your &#8216;normal&#8217; everyday existence.<\/dd>\n<dt>\u262e History file: Bill Devall \u2013\u00a0<em>\u2018The Deep Ecology Movement\u2019<\/em><\/dt>\n<dd>Published in 1980, this tract was the first to outline the split between \u2018eco-reformers\u2019 &amp; \u2018deep ecologists\u2019.<br \/>\nReferences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"pack\">Journal of Natural Resources:\u00a0<a class=\"src\" title=\"goto Journal of Natural Resources: \u2018The Deep Ecology Movement\u2019, Spring 1980 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/data\/ap\/devall_1980.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018The Deep Ecology Movement\u2019<\/em><\/a>, Bill Devall, Spring 1980.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<dt>\u262e\u00a0<em>\u201cIt&#8217;s the economy, stoooopid!\u201d<\/em><\/dt>\n<dd>Environmentalism uses tech. as a sticking plaster; research says it\u2019s affluence.<br \/>\nReferences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"pack\">Nature Communications:\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Nature Communications: \u2018Scientists\u2019 Warning On Affluence\u2019, vol. 11 art. 3107, 19th June 2020 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-020-16941-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018Scientists\u2019 Warning On Affluence\u2019<\/em><\/a>, vol. 11 art. 3107, 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June 2020;<\/li>\n<li class=\"pack\">Oxfam:\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Oxfam: \u2018Extreme Carbon Inequality\u2019, December 2015 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/policy-practice.oxfam.org\/resources\/extreme-carbon-inequality-why-the-paris-climate-deal-must-put-the-poorest-lowes-582545\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018Extreme Carbon Inequality\u2019<\/em><\/a>, December 2015;<\/li>\n<li class=\"pack\">PNAS:\u00a0<a class=\"src\" title=\"goto PNAS: \u2018Tracking the Ecological Overshoot of the Human Economy\u2019, vol. 99 no. 14, 2002 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/data\/limits\/wackernagel_2002.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018Tracking the Ecological Overshoot of the Human Economy\u2019<\/em><\/a>, vol. 99 no. 14, 2002;<\/li>\n<li class=\"pack\">Journal of Industrial Ecology:\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Journal of Industrial Ecology: \u2018Environmental Load from Dutch Private Consumption \u2013 How Much Damage Takes Place Abroad?\u2019, vol. 9 no.1\/2, 2005 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1162\/1088198054084725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018Environmental Load from Dutch Private Consumption \u2013 How Much Damage Takes Place Abroad?\u2019<\/em><\/a>, vol. 9 no.1\/2, 2005.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<dt>\u262e\u00a0<em>\u2018Are humans a virus?\u2019<\/em><\/dt>\n<dd>In these times of disruptive pandemic, it might be interesting to figure how all other life on Earth looks at us.<br \/>\nReferences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"pack\">Ecological Economics:\u00a0<a class=\"src\" title=\"goto Ecological Economics: \u2018Ecological economics for humanity\u2019s plague phase\u2019, vol. 169 art. 106519, March 2020 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/data\/limits\/rees_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018Ecological economics for humanity\u2019s plague phase\u2019<\/em><\/a>, vol. 169 art. 106519, March 2020;<\/li>\n<li class=\"pack\">Ecological Economics:\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Ecological Economics: \u2018Economics for the Future \u2013 Beyond the Super-organism\u2019, vol. 169 art. 106520, March 2020 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0921800919310067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018Economics for the Future \u2013 Beyond the Super-organism\u2019<\/em><\/a>, vol. 169 art. 106520, March 2020;<\/li>\n<li class=\"pack\">Energy Research &amp; Social Science:\u00a0<a class=\"src\" title=\"goto Energy Research &amp; Social Science: \u2018Energy transitions or additions? Why a transition from fossil fuels requires more than the growth of renewable energy\u2019, vol. 41 pp.40-43, 2019 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/data\/economics\/york_2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018Energy transitions or additions? Why a transition from fossil fuels requires more than the growth of renewable energy\u2019<\/em><\/a>, vol. 41 pp.40-43, 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/dd>\n<dt>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEIRD \u2013\u00a0Thinking Beyond Technology: Issue no.5,\u00a0\u201cResearch for the End of Your &#8216;Normal&#8217; Everyday Existence\u201d Mabon 2021 Go to\u00a0\u2018WEIRD\u2019: Thinking Beyond Technology \u2013\u00a0Main Index Click here\u00a0for a brief explanation about the\u00a0\u2018WEIRD\u2019\u00a0newsletter. 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