Monthly Archives: June 2016

(Please, disseminate widely… Thanks) Open Call for Hosting the Sixth International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity (Foreseen for 2018) The international conferences on degrowth are central landmarks and moments of convergence of the international degrowth intellectual … Continue reading →

An interesting look at climate change science. The author of this blog from the Union of Concerned Scientists argues that the film’s premise is based on badly flawed — and almost unanimously rejected — interpretations of science. According to the … Continue reading →

What does it look like when an ideology dies? As with most things, fiction can be the best guide. In Red Plenty, his magnificent novel-cum-history of the Soviet Union, Francis Spufford charts how the communist dream of building a better, … Continue reading →

While meat may be part of the climate issue it’s not the major or root issue, as argued here. Bob Received wisdom says that to save the planet we have to change our eating habits. Elaine Graham-Leigh explains why the received wisdom … Continue reading →

At the heart of this book is an explanation of how capitalism’s need to accumulate for the sake of accumulation drives environmental destruction. Contrary to popular belief, and the hopes of those who advocate consumerism as a solution to environmental … Continue reading →

[This is a good article, which opens up a view to open source and peer to peer design and production, which I think could be the key to simpler more democratic local production as a base for a sustainable world. … Continue reading →

Platform cooperatives, which share the value they create with the users they depend on, are on the rise. As Shareable co-founder Neal Gorenflo writes in How Platform Co-ops Can Beat Death Stars Like Uber to Create a Real Sharing Economy, … Continue reading →