13/05/2222
“The world's richest ten percent are responsible for an estimated 47 percent share of global CO2 emissions,” writes Florian Zandt at Statista. This is the result of a recent study published in the journal Nature Sustainability. The st…
Category: Economy
Articles
04/04/2222
1. Plant-Centered Diet
Photo by Anna Pelzer on Unsplash
The Western diet is increasingly meat-centered and raising livestock accounts for nearly 15% of global greenhouse gasses. If livestock were a nation of their own, it would be the third gre…
07/03/2222
In our Systems Change Deep Dives video podcast series, we take a systemic look at some of the greatest social, economic and environmental challenges that we are facing as a global community and the ideas and projects that have the potential to cataly…
03/03/2222
Deep inside the Lysefjord, on the Norwegian southwestern coast, heavy rain is the main energy source in producing clean energy. Waterfalls cuts into the mountains. The fjord’s wide gorge has steep, partly overhanging rock walls on both sides.
In t…
25/02/2222
In our Systems Change Deep Dives video podcast series, we take a systemic look at some of the greatest social, economic and environmental challenges that we are facing as a global community and the ideas and projects that have the potential to cataly…
22/02/2222
This article originally appeared on Mongabay.
When it comes to slowing climate change, there’s one natural solution that has recently gripped the world: large-scale tree planting and reforestation.But a new study warns that other natural climate s…
12/02/2222
In British Columbia, there’s a little valley where the Squamish River snakes down past the cliffs of the Malamute, a popular hiking spot. The hills in all directions are, like much of BC, thickly forested with firs. And nestled in that valley is…
10/02/2222
This artice was originally published in Jacobin.
Imagine a group of campers carelessly polluting the forest, leaving beer cans, plastic wrappers, and propane tanks strewn about the understory. An ecologist comes upon their campsite and explains ho…
01/02/2222
The story of how we got to climate change is familiar to most of us: our extractive human habits, free market economies, and short-sighted use of new inventions gave us coal-fired power plants, industrial farming, and gas guzzling automobiles. These …
29/01/2222
This article originally appeared on Mongabay.
In many places, Indigenous communities are working to restore seaweed species that have been traditional food sources or supported traditional diets.From kelp farms in Alaska to seaweed-focused communi…
20/12/2121
This article was on riginally published on Mongabay.
Many people may not remember the 23rd of June, 1988, or recognize its significance. Many may not have even been alive then. But that was the date when Dr. James Hansen gave his US Senate testimo…
15/12/2121
This article originally appeared on natashachassagne.com.
What do you think of when someone talks about the ‘Good Life’? There are many ideas about what the ‘Good Life’ should look like, most of them involving wealth accumulation.
What if I sug…
Podcasts
Apr 09, 2022
In the eighth episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore Digital Monitoring, Verification and Reporting (D-MRV) of Nature-based Projects and Community Empowerment with Jean-Pierre du Plessis, Co-Founder of African Data Technologies.
Apr 02, 2022
In the seventh episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore forest regeneration and community capacity building with Julian Ekelhof, Senior Director of Climate Solutions at FORLIANCE.
Mar 26, 2022
In the sixth episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore blue carbon and ecosystem restoration with Prof. Peter Macreadie, Founder and Head of Deakin University's Blue Carbon Lab.
Mar 23, 2022
In the fifth episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore rewilding and permafrost conservation with Paul Streifeneder, Project Manager at the Pleistocene & Permafrost Foundation.
Mar 12, 2022
In the fourth episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore marine permaculture and sea forestation with Brian von Herzen, founder and executive director of the Climate Foundation.
Mar 09, 2022
In the third episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore carbon capture and storage with Kim Bye Bruun, Communications & Government Relations Director for Northern Lights.
Mar 09, 2022
In the second episode of the A Systems Change Deep Dive podcast, we explore regenerative farming and grazing rotations with Joel Salatin, co-owner of Polyface Farm.
Feb 19, 2022
In the first episode, we explore the world of carbon offsetting and the voluntary carbon market with Niklas Kaskeala, Chief Impact Officer at Compensate.
Dec 15, 2020
The best selling French economist Thomas Piketty has documented in well researched detail how inequality is increasing in the world today. His solution? A global wealth tax on the rich. But is that enough to create a more just and equitable economy? In this podcast, Roar Bjonnes suggests that tax reforms are not enough and that what we need instead is economic systems change through economic democracy.
Nov 12, 2020
Shopping locally, growing some of our own fruits and vegetables, these are all very important habits to cultivate if we want to create deeper systems change. But individual changes are not enough in order to stem the tide of economic destruction against nature and the local economy. In this podcast, Roar Bjonnes outlines the eight design principles we need to implement a truly local economy.
Oct 27, 2020
Corporate capitalism is addicted to making money and therefore has a very short planning cycle--hardly longer than its next quarterly profit fix. A truly green, regenerative economy will have to plan long term. To do that, we need deeper economic changes. In this episode, Roar Bjonnes talks about the two most important systems changes needed to create an eco-economy of the future.
Oct 09, 2020
Green capitalism is overlooking a fundamental issue in economics; an issue that we need to overcome through systemic restructuring in order to create a sustainable economy. In this episode of Musings on Systems Change, Roar Bjonnes talks about what this fundamental issue is and how to overcome and go beyond the limits of green capitalism.
Sep 25, 2020
In this new Musings on Systems Change podcast, Roar Bjonnes asks if the popular Triple Bottom Line slogan of green capitalism--Profit, People, Planet--which has been adopted by companies such as Shell, is really enough in creating systems change in economics.
Aug 20, 2020
Learning from human history. Not all peoples and cultures from the past were environmentalists. What can we learn from their mistakes?
Aug 13, 2020
Is sustainable capitalism just another green mean machine or does it hold the promise of a new economy? Can we solve our environmental problems by producing and buying green products?
Jul 24, 2020
Is making capitalism more green a practical strategy? How can an economy built on greed create global economic justice and ecological balance?
Jul 16, 2020
Professor Erik S. Reinert is a Professor of Technology Governance and Development Strategies. His book "How Rich Countries Got Rich … and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor" won the Myrdal Prize in economics and the Norwegian Selvaag Prize, both in 2008. Professor Reinert is one of the best-known heterodox economists of our times.
