WEEKLY POST: The Next System Project and Miscellaneous Thoughts

We’re at a turning point. Between climate change, persistent and rising inequality, and the rising food crisis, it is clear that our current system is incapable of sustaining human civilization. The technological revolution we’re going through isn’t just about communications, but about automation, and it’s becoming increasingly clear that this is a change on the scale … Continue reading WEEKLY POST: The Next System Project and Miscellaneous Thoughts

Post-Growth: Is Economic Growth the Only Way to Prosperity?

Going further, is economic growth in the context of pure, unregulated capitalism even a path to prosperity? Sure, it has made some countries prosperous. But it hasn’t been a neutral force in the areas outside its bubbles of prosperity. Progress has been build on the backs and the graves of the poorest and darkest of … Continue reading Post-Growth: Is Economic Growth the Only Way to Prosperity?

The Guardian’s Keep it in the Ground Campaign, and the Changing Face of the Climate Movement

Join the Guardian News and 139,000 others in signing this petition to keep fossil fuels below ground: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2015/mar/16/keep-it-in-the-ground-guardian-climate-change-campaign Read up on the Climate Movement’s progress so far and how it’s changing: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/09/climate-fight-wont-wait-for-paris-vive-la-resistance Continue reading The Guardian’s Keep it in the Ground Campaign, and the Changing Face of the Climate Movement