Monthly Archives: March 2021

Review: Tim Jackson’s Post Growth – Life after capitalism

Tim Jackson’s Prosperity Without Growth is one of the most influential books on the postgrowth bookshelf, written in the wake of the financial crisis and clearly articulating the limits of economic growth as a measure of success. This book also … Continue reading

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What the Ever Given saga could teach us about the world

Washington Post, 30 March 2021 – https://tinyurl.com/38ws8xx4 The mishap led to the huge container ship choking off the Suez Canal, a man-made strait that sees more than a tenth of all global shipping pass through every year, for almost a … Continue reading

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Are Environmentalists No Wiser than Monkeys Reaching for the Moon?

A fairy tale comparing monkeys cooperating to get the moon out of a lake to environmentalists pursuing a consumer economy based on renewable energy – blanketing the Earth with solar panels and wind turbines – reaching for the mere illusion … Continue reading

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Fossil Fuel Pollution Kills Eight Million a Year

On Feb. 9, the journal Environmental Research published a study conducted by three British universities and Harvard, titled “Global mortality from outdoor fine particle pollution generated by fossil fuel combustion: Result from GEOS-Chem.” While it seems like just another research … Continue reading

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