Do We Want System Change or Systems Change?
At first glance, these two concepts may seem almost identical, one word is singular, the other plural. Two words with basically the same meaning. Or so I thought.
Corporate Prosperity Raises Concerns: Calls for Fair Taxation and Equity
By SCA Staff Writers The booming performance of large corporations in the United States, evidenced by the rise in the S&P 500 and a surge in dividends, has prompted significant scrutiny. While investors celebrate, concerns mount over wealth distribution, corporate conduct, and income inequality. A report from Oxfam International spotlights a stark gap: while profits […]
EU’s Nature Restoration Law Faces Setback Amidst Farmer Protests
Environmental ministers in the European Union issued warnings about the bloc’s credibility in addressing global biodiversity and climate crises following the decision to shelve the Nature Restoration Law. The law, aimed at restoring habitats and protecting biodiversity, faced opposition from member states after recent farmer protests over its requirements. Despite initial approval by the European […]
DIGITAL NATIVE STORYTELLING
By CHARLIE AMÁYÁ SCOTT Sharing our Stories online enables us to define who we were, who we are, and who we will be as Indigenous peoples. The scale of social media’s impact surprises me, especially considering that it sits in the palm of my hand. It is a thread connecting us to so many across […]
Local Futures reports from the World Social Forum, Nepal 2024
Compiled by SCA Staff Writers Alex Jensen of Local Futures, a Systems Change Alliance (SCA) member organization, reports that the World Social Forum Nepal 2024 brought together 50,000 individuals and 1,400 organizations from 98 countries in Kathmandu from February 15th to 19th. This gathering echoed the original WSF’s core belief from 2001 in Porto Alegre […]
Climate Change and Energy Transition: The 2023 Scorecard
By Richard Heinberg and David Hughes The numbers are in. Last year was the hottest on record by a wide margin. The planet is now 1.48 degrees Celsius warmer than it was before the fossil fuel revolution. Global heating is accelerating. This year (2024) is likely to set another record because the latter half of last year […]
Scientists Warn of Potential Collapse of Crucial Ocean Current System
Compiled by SCA Staff Writers A recent study published in the journal Science Advances has raised alarm bells about the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a vital system of ocean currents responsible for regulating global climate patterns. The study, conducted by a team of scientists using sophisticated climate models, suggests that […]
Factory Farming Expansion Sparks Concerns Over Public Health, the Environment, and Local Agriculture
Compiled by SCA Staff Writers Amidst the release of alarming federal data on the rise of factory farming in the United States, critics are sounding the alarm over the detrimental impacts on public health, the environment, and local agriculture. According to recent figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the number of large-scale factory […]
What Energy Paradigm Might Underpin Degrowth and Steady State Economies?
by Nick King ‘Degrowth’ and the ‘Steady State Economy’ describe a grouping of related concepts and ideas which are critical of economic growth being a central tenet and goal of modern societies. Proponents of degrowth seek to arrest and ultimately reverse the primary global trend of the last 200 years or so (relentlessly growing economies), […]
How “Weeds” Can Seed Ecosystems of Interspecies Activity
In the article The Future is Feral—And Climate Resilient in Yes! Magazine, Irene Lyla Lee suggests that it is time to change our attitude towards feral plants. They are not just weeds; they are an integral part of the environment we live in. Lee’s article delves into the significance of feral plants, particularly focusing on […]
Building a regenerative future
Why the potential of people, and the places that communities inhabit, is the key to addressing the climate crisis Our times call for “stubborn optimism”, as Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac suggest in their 2020 book The Future We Choose. We all owe them gratitude for their very personal effort in making the 2015 Paris Agreement […]
