Economic Inequality: What Can We Do About It?
Roar Bjonnes
By Roar Bjonnes According to the Gini Index, in every major region of the world outside of Europe, extreme wealth is becoming concentrated in
Tag: climate change
The Myth of Externalities and Carbon Credits
Roar Bjonnes
In today’s economy, if an industrial plant upriver creates water pollution, and a community downriver is forced to cover the cost of the cleanup, it
The Green Revolution is a warning, not a blueprint for feeding a hungry planet
Systems Change Alliance
A farmer spreads fertilizer in a wheat field outside Amritsar, India. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images Glenn Davis Stone, Sweet Briar College Feeding a growing
Microplastics in Clouds Could Be ‘Contaminating Nearly Everything We Eat and Drink’: Study
Systems Change Alliance
People hold umbrellas as they walk in the rain in Tokyo on September 15, 2023. (Photo: Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images) A Common Dreams article
Global Campaigners Call On Norway to Ditch Deep-Sea Mining Plan
Systems Change Alliance
A Common Dreams article By: Julia Conley Calling on Norway to “live up to the responsibilities” it has as co-chair of an international panel on
Why Companies Are Reducing Carbon Emissions and How They Can Track Their Progress
Systems Change Alliance
Specially written for SYSTEMSCHANGEALLIANCE.org By: Rennifer Jayleen With adverse weather conditions and hard-hitting calamities ravaging all parts of the world, corporations need to start addressing
Saving the Planet: Degrowth or Green Growth?
Systems Change Alliance
By Roar Bjonnes Green economics is supposed to save us from climate change and environmental catastrophe. There are, however, competing ideas about how to best
Failed EU Policy: Cutting trees for “green energy”
Systems Change Alliance
By Roar Bjonnes Sure, trees are renewable sources of building materials and even energy. After cutting, they will eventually grow back. But trees are also
The New Economy Movement Comes of Age
Systems Change Alliance
By Michael Towsey May 2022 The publication of Growing a New Economy by Roar Bjonnes and Caroline Hargreaves[1] was a milestone in the history of Proutist literature because it
To Reduce Our Carbon Footprint, We Need Another Kind of Extinction Rebellion
Roar Bjonnes
“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 study focused on how alleviating poverty worldwide would impact carbon emissions. To Reduce Our Carbon Footprint, We Need Another Kind of Extinction Rebellion
