What single change stands to give Americans more free time, healthier ecosystems, and more meaningful jobs?
Slowing down GDP growth can mean more time to do things we love. Image credit: Qfamily via Flickr
Editor’s introduction: Gus Speth has been a co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, an advisor to presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, the head of the United Nations’ [...]
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Manifesto for a Post-Growth Economy
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: September 21st, 2012
By James Gustave Speth
What single change stands to give Americans more free time, healthier ecosystems, and more meaningful jobs?
Slowing down GDP growth can mean more time to do things we love. Image credit: Qfamily via Flickr
Editor’s introduction: Gus Speth has been a co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council, an advisor to presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, the head of the United Nations’ [...]
Coming Up! NAAEE 41st Annual Environmental Education Conference
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: September 18th, 2012
On October 9-13, 2012 in Oakland, California, NAAEE (North American Association for Environmental Education) will be hosting its 41st annual conference, “Gaining Perspective: Seeing Environmental Education Through Different Lenses.” The event will feature workshops, field trips, special events, and a diverse group of keynote speakers presenting from the perspective of researchers, teachers, farmers, authors, conservation managers, and much more. This conference will focus on the latest and best-in-class [...]
The Social and Psychological Foundations of Climate Change
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: September 17th, 2012
The problem of climate change has been defined and diagnosed predominately through scientific measurement, as with these atmospheric mapping instruments. Greater inclusion of the social sciences is needed to deepen insight into the relationship of these scientific findings to their broader social context.Image credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
In Brief
The debate over climate change has come largely from [...]
Can We Avoid the Perfect Storm?
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: September 10th, 2012
By David Orr
It is quite possible that by the year 2100 human life will have become extinct or will be confined to a few residential areas that have escaped the devastating effects of nuclear holocaust or global warming.
—Brian Barry1
Evolution equipped us to deal with threats from dependably loathsome enemies and fearsome creatures, but not with the opaque and cumulative long-term consequences of [...]
Sustainability and Happiness: A Development Philosophy for Bhutan and the World
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: September 4th, 2012
By Jigmi Thinley
Thirty years ago, the fourth king of Bhutan famously proclaimed that “Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product,” setting the country on a development path that seeks to integrate sustainable and equitable socioeconomic development with environmental conservation, cultural promotion, and good governance.
This “happiness” has nothing to do with the common use of that word to denote an [...]
