We have to make some serious decisions in the next four years. Do we desire a progressively better world for our children — one with less hunger, less war, less poverty, more food, more fun, more community? Or do we desire a world of ease, frivolity, speed and excess that we’ll have to pay an [...]
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The virtual omnipresence of the internet (no pun intended) has altered the way humanity interacts in absolutely unbelievable ways. Two years ago I was working hard in my nine-to-five job, trying to pay down my school debt and keep up with the grind, when I started writing on a virtually unheard of topic in mainstream [...]
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Can the economy continue to grow on a finite planet? Some have already realized the answer to this question is an unequivocal “no” and moved onto the question of “what next?” Perhaps we should not necessarily ask ourselves “what’s next?” but how do we get to “next” in the first place? (you can read why [...]
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The Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) has released an entertaining animated short called Add It Up that outlines the conflict between economic growth and a finite planet. The animation, produced by film students at the University of Southern California, is available on CASSE’s website and YouTube, as well as here: The [...]
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“In the next ten years we shall increase our wealth by fifty percent. The profound question is – does this mean that we will be fifty percent richer in a real sense, fifty percent better off, fifty percent happier?”
Excerpt from the Chafee Memorial Lecture given at the New Green Economy Conference in Washington, DC.
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photo © 2008 Brooks Elliott | more info (via: Wylio) What makes you feel as though you are progressing in life? Do you measure your success by the dollars in the bank? Perhaps you count the amount of cars you own, or boats, or socks, or elephants? Here’s a radical idea – do you measure [...]
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Here are two lists for the post-growth, steady state economy. The first list is for those of you who haven’t done much reading or are new to the topics. I would suggest reading them for an introduction into steady state concepts and then move on to the more in-depth list. The second list is what [...]
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