Monthly Archives: February 2013

Join Degrowth Vancouver on March 6th for a group and panel discussion with David Rosnick,Bill Reese and Tom Walker. David Rosnick recently authored a research paper that is getting a lot of media attention “Reduced Work Hours as a Means … Continue reading →

February 20, 2013 by James Howard Kunstler Back in the day when big box retail started to explode upon the American landscape like a raging economic scrofula, I attended many a town planning board meeting where the pro and con … Continue reading →

by Arundhati Roy, 19 February 2013, Adbusters Here in India, even in the midst of all the violence and greed, there is still hope. If anyone can do it, we can. We still have a population that has not yet … Continue reading →

A family-oriented nation of fairness, social justice and mutual ownership? It exists – just not all in one place Andrew Simms, The Observer, Sunday 17 February 2013 Do you grudgingly accept there is no fundamental alternative to how things are, … Continue reading →

From Pablo Solon 14/2/13 Solving the systemic crisis of climate change means redefining well-being 2 April 2012 We are in the process of an evolutionary if not revolutionary change in how we structure the economy. We’re going to need to … Continue reading →

Systemic alternatives “Vivir Bien”, commons, rights of nature, happiness index and others February 7, 2013 Climate change cannot be solved without system change. In the roots of global warming is capitalism. Growth and development will not solve poverty and will … Continue reading →

ARE THE SOCIAL FORUM FORMULAS ADEQUATE TO THAT EFFECT? Autor: Samir Amín | FMA The undeniable success of the World Social Forums (and of the national and regional forums), from their first edition (Porto Allegre 2001) to their seventh (Nairobi … Continue reading →

Eduardo Gudynas, a leading scholar on buen vivir, talks to Oliver Balch about the limits of capitalism, consuming less and developing a sense of the collective. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/blog/buen–vivir-philosophy-south-america-eduardo-gudynas

Enzo Di Matteo, Now Magazine, Toronto, If you haven’t heard, the tar sands are in trouble. There’s fear in the oil patch. Turns out those rosy predictions that riches would flow forever from the fountains of crude aren’t panning out. … Continue reading →

Sacred Economics: Money, Gift and Society in the Age of Gift and Society in the Age of Transition. An evening with Transition. An evening with Charles Eisenstein Charles Eisenstein Bronfman Building : Room 151, 1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest Montreal H3A … Continue reading →