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
What is carbon offsetting? If you are concerned about global warming and you are the CEO of a corporation in Europe or the US, and
“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
To go Beyond Carbon Capture and to change the destructive trajectory we are on, we need to connect the ecological, economic, political, cultural, and scientific dots. As a global community, we have just started to come up with solutions for that challenging task.
To advance system change, it might be more useful to move away from such labels, as they are divisive and confusing for most people. How can we replace what we have now with something built around a non-extractive, free market?
Climate Adaptation: Accounts of Resilience, Self-Sufficiency and Systems Change, bravely sets out to take a systemic look at the issue of climate change, while supporting the voices of those that stand to be the most affected by it.
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.
Certainly, global warming will negatively effect certain resources and thus reduce economic growth—but, ironically, few economists will admit that degrowth may be the only solution to solve climate change.
Via Campesina, a movement representing millions of people across the globe, has released a powerful manifesto highlighting the destructive role of imperialism.
Announcing the winners of this year’s Flash Fiction Challenge, Visioning a Better World Beyond the Pandemic with feedback on the winning story from our guest judge, Thomas Rain Crowe.
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