A New Renaissance of Local Farms, Local Food, and Local Economies
Systems Change Alliance
At 66, I am old enough to remember when the local economy was still thriving. I grew up in an extended family on a small
Tag: climate crisis
The Energy and Food Crisis Is Far Worse Than Most People Realize
Richard Heinberg
Whenever there’s an energy crisis, it can quickly become an everything crisis. Everyone who owns a gasoline-burning car has noticed that fuel prices have shot up
Beyond Carbon Capture: Spoken Word Workshop with Alina Siegfried
Systems Change Alliance
Join former New Zealand Poetry Slam champion Alina Siegfried AKA Ali Jacs in this intimate 2-hour session to learn how spoken word poetry can be
Carbon Capture and Storage with Kim Bye Bruun
Kim Bye Bruun
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.
Protect Ecosystems Before Planting Trees
Shreya Dasgupta
A recent study shows that preserving existing ecosystems is the most effective way to sequester carbon and mitigate the climate crisis. So why is the emphasis so often placed on planting new trees?
Could a new wave of climate fiction inspire climate action?
Ryan Mizzen
Storytelling about the climate crisis–called climate fiction or ‘cli-fi’–has generally focused on end-of-the-world stories that serve as a warning. But can they inspire change?
Buen Vivir: The Good Life for People and Planet
Natasha Chassagne
Buen Vivir is a complex concept for social and environmental sustainability based on Indigenous worldviews – one that has evolved over time to include ideas from politics, academia and non-Indigenous communities.
IPCC Climate Report: Capitalism is Unsustainable
Roar Bjonnes
Nothing short of economic systems change can save us now.
The Path to and beyond COP26 : Why it’s Important and what needs to Happen Pt III
Natasha Chassagne
The global capitalist system that rewards competition and the exploitation of nature for the accumulation of individual wealth can no longer be logically and ethically argued as best system for an economy bounded by social injustices and planetary restraints.
The Path to and Beyond COP26 : Why it’s Important and what needs to Happen Pt II
Natasha Chassagne
A balance of power towards the groups that have historically been excluded or had their voices ‘white-washed’ in climate negotiations to include more socially and ecologically just approaches will be an unequivocal factor in finding effective solutions going forward.
