<0> fossil fuels – big oil theguardian.com 8-3-2024 Oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s – Research shows industry lobbying against support for solar panels and electric cars while enjoying subsidies itself – by Ajit Niranjan …FuelsEurope, which has also fought support for electric vehicles for more than a … Continue reading NATURAL RESOURCES – fossil fuels- big oil
>forests, deforestation, amazon, Brazil >commodifcation, commons, enclosure, financialisation, land, monetisation natural resources, gaia, earth – land, soil, fauna+flora earth – energy – fossil fuels – mining – oceans – water see also > theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/22/climate-food-biodiversity-five-charts wired.com 17/12/2021 The Biodiversity Crisis Needs Its Net Zero MomentClimate change isn’t the only major crisis facing the world. We’re in the middle of a mass extinction, and we’re missing all of our … Continue reading natural resources, gaia, land, soil, fauna+flora
source: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00723-1 pdf here Lead author Donella Meadows wrote that the book The Limits to Growth “was written not to predict doom but to challenge people to find ways of living that are consistent with the laws of the planet”.Credit: Alamy Fifty years ago this month, the System Dynamics group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in … Continue reading Are there limits to economic growth? It’s time to call time on a 50-year argument – nature editorial – 2022
natural resources – earth – energy – fossil fuels – mining – oceans – water medium.com/eco-news 7-2-2023 Race To The Bottom – Mining menace – by John Pearce The push for greater adoption of electric vehicles and other green energy adoption is creating demand for “rare earth” and other metals, which are often in conflict zones or under the control of autocratic regimes. As a … Continue reading MINING
Even “sustainable” technology such as electric vehicles and wind turbines faces physical limits and exacts environmental costs – By Chirag Dhara, Vandana Singh on June 20, 2021 source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-delusion-of-infinite-economic-growth/ The electric vehicle (EV) has become one of the great modern symbols of a world awakened to the profound challenges of unsustainability and climate change. So much so that we … Continue reading The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth – Chirag Dhara + Vandana Singh – 2021
source: John Feffer 2021 resilience.org , originally published 20-12-2021 by Foreign Policy In Focus GaiaMoney is revisiting DeGrowth for Xmas with John Feffer’s question: “Can those who advocate hitting the brakes on economic growth get their message across before it’s too late?” “Over the last three decades, a growing number of scientists and ecologists have argued … Continue reading The “Selling” of DeGrowth – or how to soft sell the hardest sale ever – by John Feffer
Karlsruhe korrigiert die Regierung : Es gibt eine Recht auf Lebenserwartung! “Versagt”: Nach dem spektakulären Karlsruher Urteil zum Klimaschutzgesetz hat die Aktivistin Neubauer im nachtmagazin die Koalition kritisiert. Ministerin Schulze hingegen sprach in den tagesthemen von “Rückenwind”. Fridays-for-Future-Aktivistin Luisa Neubauer hat das Lob aus der Politik für die Klimaschutz-Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts als “grenzenlos scheinheilig” bezeichnet. … Continue reading Karlsruhe goes green ?!
Contents Notes Potash Production Notes [ The below is from 10 minerals.docx ] Potash (potassium oxide equivalent) 3.6 billion Canada has the largest reserves: 1 billion 66.2 million Canada is the world’s largest potash producer, accounting for 31.6% of the world’s total in 2019 = 20,934 Russia: 13,052 19.7% Belarus: 12,046 18.2% China: 7,445 11.3% … Continue reading Global Slice 🌍: Potash
also see >chemical, water neurosciencenews.com 15-3-2023 Hidden Danger in Your Groundwater? Widely Used Chemical Linked to 500% Increased Risk of Parkinson’s Summary – Trichloroethylene (TCE), a widely used chemical used in decaffeinated coffee, metal degreasers, and dry cleaning clothes formulas, has been linked to a 500% increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. Source: University of Rochester … Continue reading POLLUTION various
“Transformative changes are now necessary” says the Nobel report. Will the event be a spectacle of technological inventions? Would be nice to see some monetary innovations, too. Just follow the money … nobelprize.org our planet our future – solutions sessions On day three of the Nobel Prize Summit our partners will be hosting events that … Continue reading State of the Planet
see also> gg theories of theories jstage.jst.go.jp 2020 Nominality of Money: Theory of Credit Money and Chartalism – by Atsushi Naito Abstract – This paper focuses on the unit of account function of money that is emphasized by Keynes in his book A Treatise on Money (1930) and recently in post-Keynesian endogenous money theory and … Continue reading theories of money
see also > nature.com 13-3-2024 Regional impacts of warming on biodiversity and biomass in high latitude stream ecosystems across the Northern Hemisphere – by Michelle C. Jackson, Nikolai Friberg, Luis Moliner Cachazo, David R. Clark, Petra Thea Mutinova, Eoin J. O’Gorman, Rebecca L. Kordas, Bruno Gallo, Doris E. Pichler, Yulia Bespalaya, Olga V. Aksenova, Alexander Milner, … Continue reading ECO CRISIS – biodiversity – conservation – extinction
all pages – new coneptuality caw’s basic concepts used in the social science narrative: human spectrum/agency+ aggregation: individual ID of a single human being <<< >>> global population decentralised mobilisation by propositional vote >string facilitates random conventions imagine the string is operating and generating a global vote of 75%plus saying yes to proposition 1 etc … Continue reading pagelist – re-edit
Not exactly. It’s not new. And it’s a lot bigger. The trillions involved are likely to dwarf the entire history of money laundering. Dig into the numbers below. But lets look on the bright sunny core of greenwashing. Unlike money laundering this is not aiding and abetting criminals. On the contrary. It’s keeping legal businesses … Continue reading Is Greenwashing the New Money Laundering?
a-z concepts aggregates – Hayek on Keynes ALT currencies deciphering crypto J Norrington CARS the COMMONS – PUBLIC GOOD COMPETITION COMMUNITARIANISM COOPS CRISIS next recession The Next Global Recession 2020 G. Salapa DEBT crisis Post Pandemic crisis DEMAND advertising metrics DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS Malaysia A A Rashid EARTH – land ECO CRISIS – Nature eco crisis … Continue reading a -z concepts + authors
a-z concepts aggregates – Hayek on Keynes ALT currencies deciphering crypto J Norrington CARS the COMMONS – PUBLIC GOOD COMPETITION COMMUNITARIANISM COOPS CRISIS next recession The Next Global Recession 2020 G. Salapa DEBT crisis Post Pandemic crisis DEMAND advertising metrics DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS Malaysia A A Rashid EARTH – land ECO CRISIS – Nature eco crisis … Continue reading a-z concepts and authors
European Union (EU) – Spain – Fisheries – Tuna – Overfishing – African Union – Senegal – Fishery
endorsements Foreword: The Development Dictionary Revisited WOLFGANG SACHSIntroduction: Finding Pluriversal Paths A KOTHARI etal see also > academia.edu gg/pdf 2017 Designs fort he Pluriverse – Radical Interdependence, Autonomy,and the Making of Worlds – by Arturo Escobar
“Geolibertarian experimental monetary realist” Tuure Parkkinen’s root bug economics represents an audaciously original “PraxisTheorie” of the type only an institutional outsider would dare come up with.
>political economy – geopolitics – real existing capitalism – monetary history, – money – debt – power -energy scholars.uow.edu.au – uow.academia.edu/publications academia.edu> Finance – Anthropology – Political Economy – International Political Economy – Money and Banking – Sociology of Money – Money –Theories of Money bnarchives.yorku.ca – econstore.eu/pdf – gg/pdf 2023 Capitalism, Money and Inequality … Continue reading Tim Di Muzio
azquotes.com “The ruling passion of the age is to convert wealth into debt in order to derive a permanent future income from it – to convert wealth that perishes into debt that endures, debt that does not rot, costs nothing to maintain, and brings in perennial interest.” Frederick Soddy amazon/kindle – goodreads – routledge – … Continue reading Frederick Soddy
Part of series on Growth! What Growth? The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World beyond Capitalism – by Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter , Aaron Vansintjan. The book explores the origins, sub-currents, and evolution of degrowth, as well as the solutions it offers for the future.
DSGE Departures In one of its daring trips beyond the walls of orthodoxy The Economist is indulging in a historic turn, reflecting that “Strangely, most economic models do not treat the economy as an evolving thing, undergoing constant change. They instead describe it in terms of its equilibrium: a stable state in which prices balance … Continue reading What happens when The Economist tries to escape from the Equilibrium Academy
Money: 5,000 Years of Debt and Power by Michel Aglietta
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Kohei-Saito updates here see also> www3.nhk.or.jp/ 2-2022 Japanese scholar looks to Marx’s theory to explain pandemic, climate change – by Iwasaki Atsuko A Japanese academic has penned a surprise bestseller that is prompting a new generation of readers to consider the ideas of German philosopher Karl Marx. Saito Kohei says Marx’s ideas in his late … Continue reading Capital in the Anthropocene – by Saito Kohei
DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS – A ROADMAP FOR A THRIVING SUSTAINABLE CITY Dr. Azmizam Abdul Rashid “… Malaysia, being an exceptionally open economy, has benefited greatly from globalisation. However, this also leaves us exposed, with external shocks contributing to previous economic crises. As an outcome, negative social impacts havebeen sorely felt, with more than 600,000 people reported … Continue reading DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS Malaysia A A Rashid
degrowth updates here Décroissance, or degrowth, is a story of hope amidst adversity. Just like Xmas. Born of the adversities of a poisoned and plundered planet, degrowthers say “No! No More! Let’s get out of the Old National Market Hall of Sickly Scarcity and into the New Global Banquet Hall of Happy Abundance… Yes, contrary … Continue reading DeGrowth or Décroissance anyone? (not just for Xmas)