Technological Superstitions
Mutatis mutandis, that’s what happened to most of the other grand visions of transformative technological progress that were proclaimed so enthusiastically over the last century or so.
limits to growth
Three Limits to Growth
As production (real GDP) grows, its marginal utility declines, because we satisfy our most important needs first.
Degrowth and the Carbon Budget: Powerdown Strategies for Climate Stability – Part 2
In order to fully understand the necessary scale and speed of action required to significantly reduce climate change risks, citizens and governments must first understand the full extent and implications of the carbon budget challenge.
The Transition Movement: Questions of Diversity, Power, and Affluence – Part 1
As promising as the Transition movement may be, there are crucial questions it needs to confront and reflect on if it wants to fully realise its potential for deep societal transformation.
Transformative Common Sense in Vermont
Chances are that when you hear the phrase “Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy,” you don’t immediately think of dramatic change in the established political-economic order…
We Can’t Have Social Justice Without Environmental Sustainability
The interests of people and the planet are bound together and depend on each other.
Cold War leftovers
One should be grateful to one’s critics–it is much better to be criticized than ignored.
What Does a Post-Growth Economy Look Like?
No respectable person in American politics dares to question the virtue of economic growth even though it is increasingly clear that life on Earth will collapse if current patterns of extraction and consumption continue. So what is the responsible path forward?
‘Fracking’ our food and farming system: “Extreme agriculture” and the politics of denial
It might seem a bit of a jump – talking about "fracking" and food production in the same article. However, when we look at what’s planned for the next phase of intensive agricultural development, what we find is the same economic and political theories at the root of the measures proposed.
Indigenous Ideas About “Living Well” Can Help Heal the Planet
What is “vivir bien,” and why is it relevant now?
Telling Piketty the real reason why economies can’t keep growing
Exactingly empirical and deeply multidisciplinary, Capital is an extremely important contribution to the study of economics and inequality over the last few centuries. But because it fails to address the real limits on growth—namely our ecological crisis—it can’t be a roadmap for the next.
Want to Change the World? Read This First
If you want to change society—or are interested in aiding or evaluating the efforts of others to do so—some understanding of exactly how environmental circumstances affect such efforts could be extremely helpful.