Monthly Archives: March 2017

In 1971 a geologist called Earl Cook evaluated the amount of energy ‘captured from the environment’ in different economic systems. Cook discovered then that a modern city dweller needed about 230,000 kilocalories per day to keep body and soul together. … Continue reading →

While agreeing with many points of van den Bergh’s excellent review of the growth versus climate debate, I would like point to to a fundamental misrepresentation of the quoted research on degrowth: degrowth is not a strategy “aimed at reducing … Continue reading →

Trade on the Streets, and Off the Books, Keeps Zimbabwe Afloat This NYT article got me thinking about how a crisis like this might contribute to some understanding of how people respond to “degrowth”. Are there any positive or potential … Continue reading →