Resistance and alternatives Complementary literature
Mapping hope and inspiration
Towards a just, sustainable, equitable society 13 AUGUST 2021, ASHISH KOTHARI originally posted on https://wsimag.com/ Bombarded as we are by news of disasters on an hourly basis, there is a desperate need for stories of hope and inspiration. A unique map released recently by the Vikalp Sangam process in India meets this need, and the website hosting it […]
A Societal Transformation Scenario for Staying Below 1.5°C
A study by Kai Kuhnhenn, Luis Costa, Eva Mahnke, Linda Schneider, Steffen Lange To stop climate change, we have to limit global warming to 1.5°C. But can we still achieve this target? And if so, what pathways can society take in transiting towards a climate-just economy? One important yardstick emerging from it was the need […]
Holistic science for living well (Joerg Elbers)
[Holistic science for living well: an introduction] Jörg Elbers September, 2020 We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein Summary This book invites you to explore holistic science as a new way of understanding ourselves, as human beings, within the complexity of life on […]
Anti-Capitalism in Five Minutes
by ROBERT JENSEN We know that capitalism is not just the most sensible way to organize an economy but is now the only possible way to organize an economy. We know that dissenters to this conventional wisdom can, and should, be ignored. There’s no longer even any need to persecute such heretics; they are obviously […]