Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
If we are, as neo-classical economists claim, “rational individuals” then you would think that all of us would put a lot of weight on the opinion of such a large number of scientists and the rigour of the process that is gone through.
This movement from gloom about our energy future to what can only be called fossil-fuel euphoria may prove to be the hallmark of our peculiar moment.
“I want to be able to sleep at night. I want to know that the food I’m selling people is going to help their health, not make them sick.”
Co-operative accumulation must be framed as one important means…to navigate the cascade of challenges flowing from the need to rapidly uncouple fossil fuels as our primary energy source.
Time spent here, and talking to people, gives a sense of just how powerful the forces of nature are, and how we tamper with them at our peril.
Think global, act local, globally. That’s got to be the next step for this broader movement…
Sometimes the fate of the Earth boils down to getting one person with modest powers to budge.
In this provocative paper, PCI Executive Director Asher Miller and Transition Movement Founder (and PCI Fellow) Rob Hopkins make a convincing case for why the environmental community must embrace post-growth economics and community resilience in their efforts to address the climate crisis.
The fossil fuel industry hurts the climate – and the economy. In Norway, environmentalists and labour union activists have formed a new alliance, and published a book on how to wean the country off oil.
•Climate Change 2013: the Physical Science Basis •Carbon Brief’s guide to the IPCC report •Climate Panel Says Upper Limit on Emissions Is Nearing •Is global warming in a hiatus? Not if you measure global heat content •Global warming: why is IPCC report so certain about the influence of humans? •Climate Skeptic Groups Launch Global Anti-Science Campaign •Big business funds effort to discredit climate science, warns UN official
Africa as a whole is going to face two major problems in the 21st century: food security and adapting to climate change.
Much of the media believes climate change isn’t what gets measured and reported by scientists, but is somehow a dialectic or a debate between scientists and deniers.
