Monthly Archives: February 2014

Governments, media and much of the public are preoccupied with the economy. That means demands such as those for recognition of First Nations treaty rights and environmental protection are often seen as impediments to the goal of maintaining economic growth. … Continue reading →

Essays on Frugal Abundance (1 of 4) by Serge Latouche Posted: 27 Feb 2014 01:46 PM PST Serge Latouche is Europe’s preeminent degrowth scholar – an original, deep, and provocative thinker. The Simplicity Institute is pleased to be publishing four … Continue reading →

By: Rob Rainer Kelly Ernst, Toronto Star, 27 February 2014 Toronto Star columnist Carol Goar suggests providing an income guarantee for all Canadians will break the bank (‘Basic annual income’ loaded with pitfalls, Feb. 25 “By endorsing a basic annual … Continue reading →

Autor: Alberto Rabilotta / Alainet.org translated by Jordan Bishop At the end of the 1920s, the economist Karl Polanyi wrote that it is necessary to transcend the individual Christian ethic, to recognize the reality of society, the ultimate and insuperable … Continue reading →

From “Non-capitalist political ecologies”, special section of the Journal of Political Ecology 21: 127-221 Making the green economy: politics, desire, and economic possibility Boone W. Shear, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA “I provide this outline of a ‘strong theory’ of … Continue reading →

Green European Journal 26/10/2012 Responding to the 3rd edition of the Green European Journal, ‘beyond growth/degrowth’, Michael Moon looks at the ecological movement’s relationship with modernity and science, and considers what implications this debate has for the Swedish Greens. Read … Continue reading →

Mark Boyle, along with friends Thomas Smith and Jesse Pasteiner, is a living demonstration that people can thrive, not just survive, in a gift economy. In 2013, the trio founded An Teach Saor (Irish for ‘The Free House’) in County … Continue reading →

We can’t just wait for the floods to ‘wake people up’ to climate change – we need to confront the forces who are actively working to stop that happening, writes Adam McGibbon in Red Pepper 12 February 2014 http://www.redpepper.org.uk/we-must-shout-loud-to-link-the-floods-to-climate-change/ Naomi … Continue reading →

Report from the “Workers’ Economy” international meeting, January 31 and February 1, occupied factory of Fralib, Marseille The occupation of businesses by workers and their democratic management through horizontal decision-making processes is a centuries-old practice, that has however reemerged around … Continue reading →

An Open Letter to the BBC from Rob Hopkins on Lord Lawson’s Today Programme appearance To Jamie Angus, the Editor, Today Programme. I am writing to complain in the strongest terms about your piece on this morning’s programme on climate … Continue reading →