{"id":60421,"date":"2021-11-14T07:52:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T12:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60421"},"modified":"2021-11-14T07:52:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T12:52:32","slug":"weird-thinking-beyond-technology-issue-no-5-research-for-the-end-of-your-normal-everyday-existence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60421","title":{"rendered":"WEIRD \u2013\u00a0Thinking Beyond Technology: Issue no.5,\u00a0\u201cResearch for the End of Your &#8216;Normal&#8217; Everyday Existence\u201d"},"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>: Issue no.5,\u00a0<em>\u201cResearch for the End of Your &#8216;Normal&#8217; Everyday Existence\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\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>\u262e\u00a0<em>\u201c&#8230;a felt need for increased efficiency\u201d<\/em><\/dt>\n<dd>The fatal flaw at the heart of the mainstream debate over efficiency and ecological impact \u2013 the \u2018rebound effect\u2019.<br \/>\nReferences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"pack\">PLOS One:\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto PLOS One: \u2018Is Decoupling GDP Growth from Environmental Impact Possible?\u2019, vol. 11(10) art. e0164733, 14th October 2016 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0164733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018Is Decoupling GDP Growth from Environmental Impact Possible?\u2019<\/em><\/a>, vol. 11(10) art. e0164733, 14th October 2016;<\/li>\n<li class=\"pack\">Nature Climate Change:\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Nature Climate Change: \u2018Pathways of human development and carbon emissions embodied in trade\u2019, vol. 2 pp.81-85, February 2012 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/data\/economics\/steinberger_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018Pathways of human development and carbon emissions embodied in trade\u2019<\/em><\/a>, vol. 2 pp.81-85, February 2012;<\/li>\n<li class=\"pack\">Frontiers Energy Research:\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Frontiers Energy Research: \u2018The Rebound Effect and the Jevons' Paradox \u2013 Beyond the Conventional Wisdom\u2019, vol. 7 art. 90, 10th September 2019 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fenrg.2019.00090\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018The Rebound Effect and the Jevons&#8217; Paradox \u2013 Beyond the Conventional Wisdom\u2019<\/em><\/a>, vol. 7 art. 90, 10th September 2019;<\/li>\n<li class=\"pack\">Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews:\u00a0<a class=\"os\" title=\"goto Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews: \u2018Energy efficiency and economy-wide rebound effects \u2013 A review of the evidence and its implications\u2019, vol. 141 art. 110781, March 2021 (opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1364032121000769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u2018Energy efficiency and economy-wide rebound effects \u2013 A review of the evidence and its implications\u2019<\/em><\/a>, vol. 141 art. 110781, March 2021.<\/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 \u262e\u00a0\u2018Introduction\u2019 Introducing the science for the end of your &#8216;normal&#8217; everyday existence. \u262e History file: Bill Devall \u2013\u00a0\u2018The Deep Ecology Movement\u2019 Published in 1980, this tract was the first to outline the split between \u2018eco-reformers\u2019 &amp; \u2018deep ecologists\u2019. 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