Faced with multiple converging crises humanity is challenged to redesign the human presence on Earth within the lifetime of present generations, writes Daniel Christian Wahl, and so transform our impact from degeneration to regeneration. We are capable of creating diverse creative cultures elegantly adapted to the uniqueness of place.
… Wahl | 25th April 2016 Ethical Living Ecology Culture Society … We are capable of creating diverse creative cultures elegantly adapted to the uniqueness … transformation - actually serve the necessary culture change? Or are they merely premature …
In his search for alternatives to consumerism and industrialism, Jules Pretty travelled around the world to find surviving nature-based cultures. In this extract from his book 'The Edge of Extinction', he tells of the Tuva people of the Siberian steppe - proud of their traditions and closeness to the land, but very much part of the modern world - strictly on their own terms.
… the world to find surviving nature-based cultures. In this extract from his book 'The … has the capacity to damage and even destroy cultures. Yet many talk of the need for … 1950s, despite a trebling of wealth. Consumer culture has transformed the old equations …
Aidan Rankin argues that modern liberal values can be more of a threat than a liberation.
… 'progressive’ educators weaken local cultures, rather than supporting them by … successfully until a larger, more arrogant culture started to impose its will. In the … over local peculiarities and distinctive cultures, leading us towards ever-larger units …
The True Cost Accounting in Food and Farming conference was remarkable - star speakers ... fine food, drink and music ... even an impromptu Panto performance. In short, writes Sharon Garfinkel, it was an inspiration to all who attended.
… where we most forward." Less about agriculture, more about food culture This sentiment was echoed by all the … the caveat: "We need to talk less about agriculture and more about food culture ... The …
Plastic is ubiquitous around the world's oceans, writes Lesley Henderson, but although it's visible from space, it can be surprisingly elusive in the water - as she heard from Jo Ruxton, producer of the investigative documentary 'A Plastic Ocean'. Solutions to this growing hazard have also proved elusive to date, hence the film's strong focus on action: educational, cultural and legal.
… Comment Oceans Waste Pollution Ecology Health Culture Law jo-ruxton1-cut.jpg Plastic is …
Filmmaker, campaigner and environmental pioneer Helena Norberg-Hodge talks to Jemima Roberts about her latest film - The Economics of Happiness - the damage globalisation is doing, and what can be done to counter it
… of the International Society for Ecology and Culture [ISEC] to promote the concept of … on the impact of the global economy: on culture and on agriculture.’ JR: Tell me about The Economics of …
Ensuring women have equal rights to inheritance and property ownership is key to tackling climate breakdown.
… more than 400 million women work in agriculture, producing the majority of the world's … of how family laws that defer to religion and culture have been amongst the most entrenched … to the family, regardless of religion, culture and tradition. International …
Review of 'Another England: how to reclaim our national story' by Caroline Lucas.
… system and overall existing contemporary culture in her new book, Another England: how … strong current of environmentalism in English culture. The sections of this book focused on … already blighting our political culture. Marginalised I do love the idea of …
The EU referendum debate is taking place between different wings of the corporate elite, dominated by assumptions in favour of big business, free trade and endless economic growth, write Helena Norberg-Hodge, Rupert Read & Thomas Wallgren. But to vote for a sustainable future we must adopt a very different, local perspective - one you'll never find in UK's 'mainstream' media.
… integration imposes human and ecological monoculture Europe is home to a great variety of cultures, languages and customs. The economic … traditions is being replaced by the uniform culture of consumerist 'individualism'. …
Last week's 'War on Waste' - throwaway coffee cups were the deserving target - was an exemplar of effective single-issue campaigning by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. But the answers to our waste problems go way beyond recycling. We must begin to plan a societal transition to a post-consumer culture of caring, sharing, and knowing when we have enough.
… plan a societal transition to a post-consumer culture of caring, sharing, and knowing when … the most obvious manifestations - of a waste culture, never the causes. And remarkably, the … unnamed however: a neoliberal economy and culture whose life-blood is rampant …
The future of our planet itself depends on revolutionising the fabric of our entire social order. Natural forces of evolution and revolution can provide a model. The latest essay from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
… process. This confusion of course is cultured and encourage by mass media that is … of ancient times so often blamed on ‘agriculture’ more accurately can be seen as product of states which abused agriculture to support their expansion. Although …
Peter Kropotkin died 100 years ago. But his ecological and social innovations and teachings still resonate today.
… and in having developed complex symbolic cultures and technology. Indeed, humans are … with its emphasis on human agency and human culture, and naturalism, fully recognizing the … capitalism, of an industrial form of agriculture, a system of monoculture which …
For the women farmers of Tamil Nadu life has long been a struggle, Sheelu Francis told Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau, all the more so following the advent of 'Green Revolution' industrial agriculture. So now women's collectives are organising to restore traditional foods and farming methods, resulting in lower costs, higher yields, improved nutrition, and a rekindling of native Tamil culture.
… advent of 'Green Revolution' industrial agriculture. So now women's collectives are … nutrition, and a rekindling of native Tamil culture. "Agroecology means that we are free … people have carried out their traditional agriculture systems. It is nothing new for farmers …
To embrace the Earth as truly alive is a step too far even for many committed environmentalists, writes Charles Eisenstein: worried that others may perceive us as unscientific, childish, woolly-headed and ridiculous. But it's a step we must take: in refusing to recognise the living Gaia that is both our creator and our home, we accept and perpetuate the philosophy of her destroyers.
… cloaked in the pervasive ideology of our culture. Is it true though? We might play with … and writer focusing on themes of human culture and identity. He is the author of …
… and restoration” - and regenerative agriculture - “nature friendly food production - are vaguely and uncritically defined. Cultures Although their realisation is … counterposed to the Indigenous knowledges and cultures of land management that he …
Buy Nothing Day is an annual event to protest our consumerist culture. Consumers are encouraged across the world to stay out of malls and put their wallets back in their pockets for just one day. Started back in 1992 in Vancouver, Canada by Ted Dave, it was popularized by the Adbusters media foundation and it has spread to become an international day of action.
… Conrad Schmidt | 27th November 2008 Activism Culture Change Consumerism Buy Nothing Day … is an annual event to protest our consumerist culture. Consumers are encouraged across the … and our own participation in consumerist culture. What makes this year’s Buy Nothing …
The struggle for collective rights unites all Indigenous peoples from North America to Palestine, writes Sarah Marusek - as does their common narrative of resistance to colonialism, imperialism and capitalism.
… the collective aspects of Native American cultures, the US has become more effective at …
We humans have much to learn from our kissing cousins, the peaceful, empathic, playful, sensual and highly sexual Bonobos, writes Susan Block. Rather than play out the myth of ancestral 'killer apes', better follow the 'Bonobo Way', and extend our love to all living beings and Earth herself.
… that simply do not translate well into human culture. But generally, they set a pretty … 'sex-positive' and 'female-empowering' in our culture. Go bonobos in bed - and throughout … none of which are any reflection on their culture. Poaching, despite being illegal in …
By seeking refuge in remote and awe-inspiring parts of the natural world, could we inadvertently be harming the very landscapes that we love?
… from Nature and wilderness is now overdue. Cultures across the world have maintained … in Tibetan), is sacred for many surrounding cultures. Yet many, particularly from the … the language we use demonstrates how certain cultures have evolved a transactional …
Green growth is a myth, writes André Reichel, because it ignores the social, political and personal dimensions of sustainability. Instead we must plan for economic 'de-growth' - and go for growth only in the areas that really matter, like culture, learning and joy.
… only in the areas that really matter, like culture, learning and joy. In discussions of … to maintain its GDP . Growth can go on - in culture, joy, learning, fulfilment ... So … as much scope as ever for all kinds of mental culture, and moral and social progress; as …
Theologian Martin Palmer tells Tom Levitt how we can learn from previous man-made ecological collapses in Britain and create a 'new narrative' that challenges our dominant consumer culture
… in Britain saw an end to the stone circle culture Theologian Martin Palmer tells Tom … that challenges our dominant consumer culture In your book you talk quite a lot … periods. This was a monumentally industrial culture. By the 4th century AD, there were …
An international conference in Bristol will explore how we can put wellbeing and sustainability before profit.
… and environmental degradation towards local cultures and economies that put wellbeing and … and the College for Real Farming and Food Culture in 2016. Liz Zeidler – chief executive …
North American buffalo are officially 'vulnerable to global extinction', writes Louise Willcox, yet the US National Parks Service and Montana are intent on their wholesale slaughter. In place of a complete ecosystem with wild-roaming buffalo and grizzly bears, wildlife managers are systematically favoring the over-abundant elk that drive the politically powerful hunting industry.
… and politically well-connected agriculture interests at the expense of the … Protecting buffalo, protecting Indian culture And not just to bears but to all of … is protecting ourselves, our spirits, and our culture. …
Identity politics and culture wars sit at the heart of climate denial.
… Identity politics and culture wars sit at the heart of climate … their lead from existing currents within the culture. These currents have gained strength … become acceptable and repeated throughout our culture. Instability Its damaging impact can …