Monthly Archives: March 2018

by Maëlle Mariette ‘Pachamama is a reality in the indigenous world,’ said Alberto Acosta, energy and mining minister in 2007 and president of the 2008 Constituent Assembly which, encouraged by President Rafael Correa, granted rights to nature and ecosystems. This … Continue reading →

Can Information Technology Save Global Fisheries? Masses of new data reveal where fish are being captured and by whom, and what determines fishing schedules. Will this information lead to sustainable fishing, so long as profit rules? http://climateandcapitalism.com/2018/03/27/can-technology-save-global-fisheries

A decade after the first international ‘degrowth’ conference, FEDERICO DEMARIA charts the evolution of the term from a provocative activist slogan to what he says is now an academic concept taking hold with policymakers This year we celebrate the 10th … Continue reading →

Why petroleum didn’t save the whales Abstract – Richard York Ironically, even though fossil fuels provided substitutes for the main uses of whale oil, the rise of fossil fuel use in the nineteenth century served to increase the intensity of … Continue reading →

A capitalist approach to “degrowth”? Interesting analysis of clothing sector energy use. The Clothing Industry Is Set to Consume a Quarter of the Global Carbon Supply by 2050 In an industry based on bottomless consumption, ever-cheaper prices, and ever-declining labor … Continue reading →

This opens with a litany of elements of the negative context, but is actually heartening in its description of counter power alternatives across the USA. Bob Among the many forms [of counter power] are new cooperative, small businesses, neighbourhood-owned and … Continue reading →

From: Sam Bliss <samcbliss> To: degrowth-reading-group Sent: Sat, 03 Mar 2018 11:14 Subject: Re: David Graeber and David Wengrow on pre-history This feels relevant to degrowth somehow “..focus on one figure: the [assumption of a] Palaeolithic income of $1.10 a … Continue reading →