Monthly Archives: March 2014

Climate & Capitalism posts 2014 IPCC report on impacts and risks of climate change. “The world is ill-prepared for risks from a changing climate.” March 31 2014 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report today that says … Continue reading →

Tom Bowerman PolicyInteractive, Institute for Sustainability Education and Ecology, tom) Abstract: Climate-change research suggests that civilization and its ecological underpinnings may face catastrophe without profound changes in our collective cultural behavior. Yet, meaningful policy responses seem largely insufficient. This article … Continue reading →

Richard Swift With the progrowth model under strain, a new intellectual and social movement is arising that calls for building an economy based on values other than endless growth for growth’s sake. http://www.irpp.org/en/po/opening-eyes/swift/ See also Richard Swift’s CBC Ideas one … Continue reading →

BY ANNIE LEONARD I’m thrilled the president is shining a light on inequality. But for environmentalists, the debate over inequality – not only here in the US, but also the chasm between wealthy and poor countries – raises serious tensions … Continue reading →

From 2006 to 2008, Enric Duran “borrowed” 492,000 Euros from some 39 banks and used the money to finance various cooperative and anti-capitalist movements. Now, 5 years after his September 17, 2008 announcement of this action, i.e. his refusal to … Continue reading →

A fascinating outline of an element of degrowth that I hadn’t seen before. Thanks to Gualter for posting it. By Joan Martinez-Alier, RESPONDER conference, 21 March 2014 In 1971 Sicco Mansholt, a Dutch agrarian unionist and social-democratic politician, who had … Continue reading →

Saturday 1 March 2014 If we are to avoid that kind of carnage [the 1929 crash – the worst economic crisis of modern times] while meeting our science-based emissions targets, carbon reduction must be managed carefully through what Anderson and … Continue reading →

David Bollier February 2014 This essay argues that, in the face of the deep pathologies of neoliberal capitalism, the commons paradigm can help us imagine and implement a transition to new decentralized systems of provisioning and democratic governance. The commons … Continue reading →