'For the rich, much much less, while for the billions who lack the basics: more good food, better housing, abundant clean water...'
… Degrowth and the Green New Deal Gareth Dale | 28th … due to Chernobyl alone, and the problem of waste. Scientists are still stumped by the … problem of warning the creatures approaching waste dumps a hundred thousand years from now. …
How does capitalism condition the ways in which we measure, imagine and weaponise time - and what does this mean for our future?
… Davos and 'capitalist time' Gareth Dale | 22nd … the ways in which we measure, imagine and weaponise time - and what does this mean … destructive effects of the former or the wastefulness and colossal energy thirst of …
A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century.
… Editor’s Picks Jökulsárlón A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic … us about climate breakdown—in its causation, and in humanity’s response? And what can both … to reduce unnecessary consumption andwaste. "Victory gardening transcended the need …
More than 200 experts use Europe Day to call for systemic changes to deal with the climate crisis, species extinction and inequality
… Europe needs 'sustainability and wellbeing pact' Nick Meynen | 9th May 2019 … to long lasting products. Barcelona’s zero-waste strategy includes advanced separate waste collection systems with smart waste …
Special Investigation: It’s not ‘Jet Zero.’ It’s not even net zero. It’s plane insanity - and we’re heading for a hard landing.
… Jet Zero and the politics of the technofix Gareth Dale … from fossil fuels, with CO2 released as a waste gas—around 830 million tonnes each year. … agricultural crops such as palm oil or from waste products such as used cooking oil. The …
'Jet zero' is basically just pie in the sky - according to a powerful new report published today by the Royal Society.
… Jet Zero and the politics of the technofix Gareth Dale … from fossil fuels, with CO2 released as a waste gas—around 830 million tonnes each year. … agricultural crops such as palm oil or from waste products such as used cooking oil. The …
This year's prestigious Leontief Prize for economics has been awarded to Professors James Boyce and Joan Martinez-Alier for their ground-breaking theoretical and applied work integrating ecological, developmental, and justice-oriented approaches into the field of economics. They are worthy winners, says NICK MEYNEN
… has been awarded to Professors James Boyce and Joan Martinez-Alier for their ground-breaking theoretical and applied work integrating ecological, … are therefore many resource extraction andwaste disposal conflicts, at different scales, …
A crucial component of concrete, sand is vital to the global construction industry, writes Nick Meynen. China alone is importing a billion tonnes of sand a year, and its increasing scarcity is leading to large scale illegal mining and deadly conflicts. With ever more sand fetched from riverbeds, shorelines and sandbanks, roads and bridges are being undermined and beaches eroded. And the world's sand wars are only set to worsen.
… Concrete, or beaches? World's sand running out as global construction booms … harassment with the Chennai police in March. Recycling rubble into sand? Nah ... ! Abdulali … material is only allowed after the demolition waste is used up. "In the Netherlands, 90% of …
Extraction of raw materials could rise 60 per cent by 2060 – so is degrowth the answer?
… is a major contributor to global heating and ocean acidification, and the rapidly … On the supply side, recovering minerals from waste goods can be ramped up, for instance by … waste that can be sent for enhanced recycling. There is scope for urban mining: …