Resistance and alternatives Complementary literature
What may grow, what must shrink
JÖRG HAAS vía www.boell.de “The Limits to Growth”. This Club of Rome report, published 50 years ago, is still one of the most cited, most influential and most controversial publications in the history of environmental policy. It was published in 35 languages with a total circulation of over 30 million. Together with Rachel Carson’s “The Silent Spring”, it […]
Decentralisation and food democracy
By Anil UppalapationMar. 26, 2022in Environment and Ecology Parindey: Caxton Christdhas Livelihood: Natural Farming Region: S. Thatanapalli Village, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu “The process is more important than the person doing it. I didn’t grow up in a farming community doing physical work. Being on a farm means being in the present. I don’t have a […]
A path to freedom (by Gustavo Esteva)
By Gustavo Esteva radicalecologicaldemocracy.org It is possible to say that underdevelopment afflicted me when I was 13 years old. On January 20, 1949 I became underdeveloped along with two billion other people of the non-western world, the former colonies, when president Truman took office and adopted the word as a political emblem of American hegemony. […]
¿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 […]