Environment and development Around paradigmatic transitions and in the search for alternatives to development or perhaps an alternative development, common goods, systemic alternatives, there are readings, proposals and reflections; These are topics covered by the informational material:
¿Is post-capitalism post-money?
Anitra Nelson (This article includes revised and direct extracts from Anitra Nelson’s book Beyond Money: A Postcapitalist Strategy, Pluto Press, London, January 2022.) Beyond Money: A Postcapitalist Strategy urges twenty-first century social and environmental movements to seriously consider a non-monetary vision and strategies to achieve socio-political and economic equality and ecological sustainability. The supporting argument is that […]
Redefining India’s development on Gandhi’s ‘swaraj’ path
By Kathakali Das BhaumikonJan. 08, 2022in Economics and Technologies The development paradigm of swaraj recognizes that every material transaction is also a moral transaction Sumanas Koulagi, who holds a PhD from the University of Sussex and a Master of Science in biodiversity, conservation and management from the University of Oxford, was raised on an organic farm […]
Collaborative knowledge building – the story of river
By Sriranjini RamanonJan. 04, 2022in Environment and Ecology Written specially for Vikalp Sangam With a focus on education centred around indigenous ecological knowledge while empowering children, their parents and the local community, the Kaigal Education and Environment programme (KEEP) is a unique community based environmental education programme. KEEP began as a programme under the Krishnamurti Foundation India (KFI) in the […]
Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops
The Earth is warming the Earth. In this series of five short films, learn why natural warming loops have scientists alarmed—and why we have less time than we think. SUBTITLED IN 20 LANGUAGES. INTRODUCTION Fossil fuel emissions from human activity are driving up Earth’s temperature—yet something else is at work. The warming has set in motion nature’s own feedback loops which […]