'The LSE would become a world leader and show other universities teaching economics is incomplete without teaching ecology.'
… We need a London School of Ecology and Economics Satish Kumar | 11th January 2021 | Comment Ecology Economics LSE The Resurgence Trust Editor’s … leader and show other universities teaching economics is incomplete without teaching …
Worried about debt, defaults and deficits? Save up your concern for the real problem, writes Glen Barry. The systematic destruction Earth's natural ecosystems for short-term profit is the 'bubble' that underlies economic growth - and if allowed to continue its bursting will leave the Earth in a state of social, economic and ecological collapse.
Biosphere collapse: the biggest economic bubble ever Glen Barry | 14th September 2015 Comment Ecology Economy Society Forests Oceans Climate Change clearcut-cut.jpg Worried about debt, defaults and …
China boasts the fastest growing economy in the world. But how to calculate this development’s impact on natural resources, on public health and the environment? Pan Yue sets out the case for green GDP accounting
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'Natural capital' is an understandable attempt to put a value on our living planet and all the services it provides for us, writes John McMurtry. But it fails by measuring nature in dollars and cents. We need to develop a new concept of 'life capital' that must be preserved from exploitation and degradation no matter what the economic cost, because we, and Earth herself, depend upon it.
… end in themselves. So-called 'neo-classical economics' has no life coordinates, while political leaders assume this economics in a world of invisible-hand rule. Even mainstream ecological economics remains confined to raw material …
Sir Nicholas Stern was asked to find out what way of averting climate change was economically feasible. A loaded question that has allowed him to find a perverse solution to a fatal problem.
… the realms of what has been termed ‘the economics of genocide’. Essentially, the whole …
Vivien Dinh speaks to Satish Kumar about his new book, 'Radical Love: From Separation to Connection with the Earth, Each Other, and Ourselves'.
… News Editor’s Picks Satish Kumar Politics And Economics Ecology Energy Lessons From Nature Economics … Oikonomia is the basis for regenerative economics. The whole of this beautiful planet …
Conventional economic analyses of trade tend only to discern the flows of money, writes NICK MEYNEN. But by also considering biophysical metrics - such as material and energy flows, and embodied water and land - ecological economists can identify the asymmetric flows of resources obscured by the apparent reciprocity of market prices.
… | 23rd November 2016 Comment Ecology Trade Economics Biophysical tokyo skyline.jpg … conflicts in our time. In ecological economics, the environmental justice movement, … outside the field of vision of neoclassical economics. So whenever you want to debate a …
The quiet desperation of declining towns and cities across America's West is understandable, writes George Wuerthner. Of course people dream of the 'good old days' when there were wild prairies to be grazed, forests to be felled and oil wells to be sunk - and try to bring them back. But in so doing they neglect and abuse their real and enduring wealth: nature, landscape and wildlife.
… George Wuerthner | 9th May 2016 Comment USA Economics Ecology Politics Commons The Land … gas drilling, and ranching. However, global economics have taken away most of those jobs. … what they don't understand is that global economics have changed, and even if the …
Since 1948 Jordan has taken in millions of refugees from Palestine, Iraq and most recently Syria, writes Doug Weir. Politically and economically the country has proved astonishingly resilient - but the population increase has caused huge damage to its fragile environment. Ecological degradation, pollution and resource scarcity may cause political instability unless more is done to tackle the problems.
… of environmental degradation. Politics and economics take precedence over environment …
Peter Lilley MP was among just five Parliamentarians to vote against the Climate Change Act in the Commons in 2008. Here's why.
Why Lilley voted against climate action Brendan Montague | 9th November 2018 News Fakenomics Peter Lilley Climate Change Climate Change Act Lord Nigel Lawson Global Warming Global Warming Policy …
Sooner or later economics and ecology will need to be recognised as the two complementary faces of the same coin, writes environmentalist Tony Juniper
… Tony Juniper | 31st October 2012 News Ecology Economics Tony Juniper George Osborne Nature tonyjuniper.jpg Sooner or later economics and ecology will need to be … to how environmental challenges relate to economics provide a case in point. The idea …
The EU is already paying farmers and landowners for creating and maintaining valuable habitats, write Dominic Hogg & Luke Dale-Harris. But could the UK do better by creating markets in 'ecosystem services' that would put financial value on clean water, key wildlife habitats, endangered species and precious landscapes?
… September 2016 Comment Natural World Ecology Economics Regulation UK Brexit … protection an integral part of rural economics. Payments for 'ecosystem services' …
Environmentalists had waited with baited breath for the Chancellor's 2007 Budget. Gordon Brown had intimated that it would be the 'greenest ever'. In fact, it was a resounding disappointment.
… 23rd March 2007 News Budget Gordon Brown Lets Economics Spending Incentives Taxation Tax Green UK Economics Finance Carbon Dioxide Global … Subsidies World Bank Fair Trade Politics And Economics Society Ecologist_archive_MAIN_3.jpg …
Cost of pollution, deteriorating soil and other impacts surged to 1.3tr yuan in 2008 - equivalent to 3.9 per cent of country's GDP - as officials warn of threats to ecology, food safety and flood control
China counts £130bn cost of economic growth in ecological damage Jonathan Watts Guardian Asia environment correspondent | 29th December 2010 News China Pollution Degradation Flooding Natural World …
Talis Kalnars was a pioneer of 'continuous cover' forestry in Britain, writes Phil Morgan. His woodlands were not only beautiful but profitable, as he nurtured the 'natural capital' of the forest ecosystem, and only harvested the dividend of high value timber.
… 2014 Comment Forests Ecology Natural World Economics Green Economy UK Wales … species into its few acres. For Talis, forest economics had to come first. "Of course my … and the job is never finished anyway." A new economics of forestry Oliver's curiosity about …
As the Arctic warms and its ice melts, growing numbers freight ships are reaping big savings from the 'Arctic short cut'. But this is creating a huge risk of invasive species spreading in ballast water and on hulls - disrupting both Arctic and temperate ecosystems.
The Arctic shipping boom - a bonanza for invasive exotic species Natasha Geiling Smithsonian | 27th June 2014 News Oceans Transport Natural World Ecology redkingcrab-cut.jpg As the Arctic warms and …
How can we reduce consumption as much as necessary in a socially-sustainable way, while still safeguarding human needs and social security?
… Manfred Lenzen | 25th June 2020 News Ecology Economics Science And Systems Editor’s Picks … block is not technological limits or economics itself, but the economic imperative … professor in social ecology and ecological economics at the University of Leeds. Manfred …
Where does the Green Party go now? Last week's uninspiring election results show that Jeremy Corbyn's Labour poses a serious challenge to us Greens, who can no longer succeed by being merely left wing. We must fulfil our own destiny, representing a distinct, authentic ecological strand in politics, making the case for living as if we only had one planet - as is in fact the case.
… Read | 10th May 2016 News Politics Ecology Economics Consumerism UK …
David Nicholson-Lord explains why trying to discuss human population growth these days is like placing your head on a stand at a coconut shy
… | 22nd September 2006 Comment Population Economics Politics Lifestyle Enviroment … Green Lifestyle Globalisation Politics And Economics Society David Nicholson-Lord …
The European Commission has set out plans to keep global temperatures from increasing more than 2 degrees. The authors said that limiting global warming to 2ºC is both technically feasible and economically affordable if the international community acts swiftly.
… And Analysis Nuclear Oil Solar Wind UK Economics Energy Politics And Economics News web pic 2_137.jpg The European …
The United States is trying to water-down the recommendations made in the third report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, due to be released this Friday, the Associated Press reports.
US lobbies for watered-down IPCC report 2nd May 2007 News US USA United States Ipcc Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change Climate Change Global Warming Politics Lobbying Carbon Dioxide Global …
The recent U-turn by of some of the UK's leading environmentalists - and one-time nuclear energy opponents - on the issue of nuclear energy, has caused vigourous debate in the media. Their reasoning is that we simply don't have the capacity to produce enough renewable energy to meet our needs. But as this comprehensive Ecologist report from 2007 shows the UK is really a renewable energy powerhouse.
… Climate Change Energy Politics And Economics Power_On_MAIN.jpg The recent U-turn … The dynamics of simple supply-and demand economics highlights the fundamental problem …