We are at a crossroads where, if we decide to invest in new energy infrastructure that relies on fossil fuels, we tie ourselves into decades of dirty energy use . Our economies, under the dominant global economic system, need to expand, and cheap energy is the manner in which it has been growing so far. … Continue reading the relationship between energy and jobs is not clear cut
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Nature as employer
How is the myth of job creation trumping sustainability perpetuated? I imagine it is a combination of people having immediate needs, more important that planning for the uncertain future, and of widespread ingnorance on what it is that creates jobs. How do people learn that by sacrificing biocapacity now, irreversible job losses will occur in the … Continue reading Nature as employer
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