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It’s Time to Pay our Debts to Nature
Keeping nature separate from the economy and the financial system has caused humanity to accumulate a large ecological debt. It is time for us to pay up.
We can’t have billionaires and stop climate change
Ecological breakdown isn’t being caused by everyone equally. The richest 1% emit 100 times more than the poorest half of humanity. If we are going to survive the 21st century, we need to distribute income and wealth more fairly.
The Natural Resource Crisis: Humanity’s Toughest Challenge
Economists have always taken nature for granted and kept it out of the accounting books. With humanity facing a resoucre crisis, is it even possible to put a price tag on nature and the services it provides?
The Elephant in the Systems Change Room
Achieving effective systems change requires action at many levels, but we are currently mostly scratching the surface. How can we aim to achieve complete systems change?
Beyond Supply and Demand: A Revolutionary New Concept of Sustainability
A new perspective on the concept of supply and demand can transform the dynamics of society into a living system, which functions within the limits of the Earth’s carrying capacity.
Harnessing the Power of the Spoken Word
Spoken word: Warm, funny, stark, harsh and flowing. Performers speaking truths that we shun as taboo. Words and images that roll together and bring a …
Are we Ready for a New Story of Humanity?
How can stories and narratives support systems change in the transition to a new story of humanity after COVID-19, one where we move forward together in a way that unites our global society?
Local, Bioregional & Global Outreach
A look at how to build networks to support sustainable communities, regions and, ultimately, a sustainable human civilization.
Going Local: Self-sufficiency Through Decentralization
What are the conditions that need to be in place to establish a decentralized economy through regional self-sufficiency?
Trump: The Beginning or The End?
First published in 2017, this article explores the significance of Trump’s election through the macrohistoric lens of the great thinkers of history. On the eve of a new election, it remains as relevant as ever.
The Six Most Serious Environmental Threats Facing Our Planet
These pressing environmental problems could drive us further apart, but they also have the potential to bring us closer together to save the planet we call home.
Thriving Communities and the Solidarity Economy
The global economy has kept on growing in recent years, but so has inequality and other social problems. How can communities take independent action to create green local economies and improve prosperity for all?
Growth or Degrowth?
There is no single answer to the growth/degrowth debate, a balance between distinct strategies for different situations might be the key.
Beyond Climate Change: A New Vision of Resource Utilization
The urgency of climate change is being used by corporations and governments to push a new type of “green disaster capitalism,” which does very little for the climate and sets the framework to privatize the natural world. We need to denounce this course of action and develop alternative ways of doing business.
The Next Economy: Understanding the Problem, Envisioning Solutions IV
In part IV of the interview, George Caitlin and Roar Bjonnes examine the challenges and actions to take towards a new post-capitalist economy.
