Mapping the global transition to a new economics
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: May 30th, 2012
By David Boyle
This article is reposted from Global Transition 2012.
A new website shows the worldwide emergence of a new economy, one that puts people and planet first, says nef fellow David Boyle. As people, communities and organisaitons begin to upload their projects, we will begin to see that, actually, the new economics isn’t so unevenly distributed after all.
It was never quite clear where or when [...]
Life Beyond Growth: A revolution in how we think about progress
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: May 29th, 2012
By Alan AtKisson
The following article is reposted from Global Transition 2012.
Sustainability expert Alan AtKisson asks, is there life after growth? In a new report by that name and written by AtKisson and the new Institute for Studies in Happiness, Economy, and Society the authors argue decisively, there is. The report demonstrates that more and more countries are seriously questioning the “Gross Domestic Product” (GDP) and traditional [...]
Life Beyond Growth
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: May 24th, 2012
By Alan AtKisson
The following information about the Life Beyond Growth report is reposted from Alan’s blog.
Life Beyond Growth 2012 is the first in a new annual series of reports tracking the rise of “New Economic” ideas such as Green Growth, Green Economy, Genuine Progress, Gross National Happiness, and even De-Growth. It also covers the new indicators that are being developed to measure national [...]
Community Resilience
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: May 23rd, 2012
In February, the Post Carbon Institute announced the first of their Community Resilience Guides, Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Shift Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity. The guide, written by Michael Shuman, is the first in a series of PCI books launched as part of the Institute’s Community Resilience Initiative.
Written by PCI Executive Director [...]
Game Over for the Climate
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: May 21st, 2012
By James Hansen
Reposted from The New York Times Opinion Pages, May 9, 2012
GLOBAL warming isn’t a prediction. It is happening. That is why I was so troubled to read a recent interview with President Obama in Rolling Stone in which he said that Canada would exploit the oil in its vast tar sands reserves “regardless of what we do.”
If Canada proceeds, and we do nothing, it will be [...]
