Resist Locally, Renew Globally
Helena Norberg-Hodge
Resistance to corporate rule at the policy level will need to be coupled with the generation of alternatives, to fill the gaps left by the departing old system.
Tag: climate change
Decolonizing Environmentalism
Jazmin Murphy
Environmentalism has been unconsciously steeped in the Judeo-Christian concept of man’s dominion over the natural world. Jazmin Murphy explores how this crisis can be redressed by the inclusion of indigenous communities in environmental dialogue, research and action.
Beyond Carbon Offsets: We Need Real Carbon Neutral Solutions
Roar Bjonnes
Carbon offsetting our consumer lifestyle has become a fashionable way to take climate action. But is it effective?
Beyond Climate Change: A New Vision of Resource Utilization
Roar Bjonnes
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.
Beyond Covid-19: Creating a New Planetary Narrative
Sohail Inayatullah, PhD
Will the world after Covid-19 be followed by light-speed economic growth back to where we started? Or will we create a better world where wild animal markets and meat is out and vegan sandwiches are in, where poverty is no more, and a Real Green New Deal is more than just a dream?
