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Category Archives: Ecological Economics
The Fire Blog
Politicians fiddle while Colorado burns. We need to change our lifestyle if we want to avoid this fate or one like it. You can’t “grow the economy” without increasing fossil fuel use and without making climate change worse, not to … Continue reading
Too Smart For Our Own Good
Too Smart for our Own Good: The Ecological Predicament of Humankind. Craig Dilworth. Cambridge University Press, 2009. Wow, what a book! Craig Dilworth, a Canadian professor of philosophy, has written a significant new book on our ecological predicament. I hope … Continue reading
Posted in Ecological Economics, Limits to Growth
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Why Isn’t “Peak Oil” Catching On?
Oil discoveries have been declining for decades. We now consume much more oil than we discover. Despite the fact that the price of oil is now over $100 a barrel, oil production hasn’t really budged since 2005. There’s an obvious … Continue reading
Increased Support for the “Livestock and Climate Change” hypothesis
Livestock is not just an important factor, but the key factor driving climate change. Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang put forward this idea in their 2009 WorldWatch article “Livestock and Climate Change,” and it is now receiving increased support and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Vegetarianism / Veganism
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EcoMind Thought Trap #3
EcoMind: changing the way we think, to create the world we want. Frances Moore Lappé. New York: Nation Books, 2011. In EcoMind, Frances Moore Lappé sets out seven “thought traps” which she seeks to defeat and replace with better ways … Continue reading
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EcoMind Thought Trap #1
EcoMind: changing the way we think, to create the world we want. Frances Moore Lappé. New York: Nation Books, 2011. In EcoMind, Frances Moore Lappé (most notably of Diet for a Small Planet fame, written in 1971) sets out seven … Continue reading
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The Economy and the Environment — Can We Have Both?
Can we have both economic progress and save the environment?Yes, we can have a sustainable economy and keep people employed, feed the hungry, and keep everyone warm during the winter. But the country as a whole will be poorer — … Continue reading
Will we see change in our lifetime?
Change [in the direction of veganism] will come. This I believe. But (for those who live in sophisticated urban centers with large populations of enlightened vegans this will be harder to accept): we shouldn’t plan to see much of it … Continue reading
Plenty of Something (review)
Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth, by Juliet Schor (New York: Penguin Press, 2010). (Also published in paperback as True Wealth.) Plenitude argues for an “ecological economics” which turns a lot of what we think about wealth upside down. … Continue reading
Is Economic Growth Over?
Review of The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality by Richard Heinberg My rating: 4 of 5 stars (as a Goodreads review) This is a tough book to review because basically, it depends on the audience. Generally, … Continue reading