I am never certain exactly why resources are allowed to be squandered for the fleeting enrichment of a few and to the ultimate detriment of all. I know there is job creation, tax revenue, short-term political cycles reinforcing the two, but I am not sure why there is not more social opposition - especially given … Continue reading Can corporations really ever own resources?
Tag: sustainability
World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
April 22nd, Cochabamba, BoliviaPEOPLES AGREEMENTToday, our Mother Earth is wounded and the future of humanity is in danger.If global warming increases by more than 2 degrees Celsius, a situation that the “Copenhagen Accord” could lead to, there is a 50% probability that the damages caused to our Mother Earth will be completely irreversible. Between 20% … Continue reading World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth
a disconnect between jobs and nature
How is the myth of job creation over sustainability destroyed? How do people learn that sacrificing biocapacity now will lead to irreversible job losses in the future? Biodiversity loss is not reversible, neither is runaway climate change, and these will affect the ability of our ecosystems to function healthily and to an optimum, and in … Continue reading a disconnect between jobs and nature
My personal demands for the Occupy movement
1: remove the ability of special interests to influence politics, through enacting into law publicly funded elections. Governments should be beholden to all people equally, all nature and future people and nature.2: shift from a system of representative democracy to suitable forms of participatory democracy.3: within national and global policies, place economy firmly as a subset … Continue reading My personal demands for the Occupy movement
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
some ideas on how to create sustainable society, part 4
All new houses built could be required by law to install solar geysers and solar panels (if no access to a clean energy generation is available, such as wind power) as well as energy conservation strategies e.g. passive solar, orientation, roofing colour (to reduce the need for air conditioning and heating). All pre-built buildings and … Continue reading some ideas on how to create sustainable society, part 4
some ideas on how we create sustainable society, part 3: ecosystems and agriculture
Regarding plants, animals and biodiversity, what one could term natural communities, there seems to be this play-off between conservationists, and human development and resource use. Human development is an easy one to understand and justify, but resource use does not justify turning rainforest into palm oil plantations, soy and cattle enterprises - when all these … Continue reading some ideas on how we create sustainable society, part 3: ecosystems and agriculture
Some ideas on how we create sustainable society, part 1
These are some thoughts about how to use a carbon tax in the realms of transport.Regarding climate change, the greatest medium- and long-term threat to the survival as a species, transport is a huge contributor to GHG emissions...Despite the frustrations of years of failed global climate talks, we all know there ought to be enforceable … Continue reading Some ideas on how we create sustainable society, part 1
ownership
I know, I know, it is too reminiscent of the days of Communism to talk about 'common ownership', and we all know and it is proven that ownership under the capitalist system generally inspires good and efficient care of a resource (using certain criteria), but still....some part of me has always struggled with a system … Continue reading ownership
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