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What to Do When You Suspect We’re Headed for Collapse
/9 Comments/in Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat can you do in the face environmental and social mayhem? Learn something, say something, and do something.
A Medical Missionary’s Environmental Epiphany
/7 Comments/in Climate Change, Consumption, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Governance, Sustainability, Technology, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWhat can leprosy and its treatment teach us about ourselves and how to manage our environmental crises?
Remembering Robert Goodland
/3 Comments/in Economic Policy, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechRobert Goodland’s life story will inspire all who care about the environment and social justice.
The Five Dumbest Things You’ll Hear About Sustainability
/6 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechPeople have said some misguided things about how to run a sustainable economy — here are Brian Czech’s top 5.
Growth and Laissez-faire
/4 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Energy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechLaissez-faire takes on a new meaning — it is the ecosystem, not the economy that must be “left alone” to manage itself and evolve by its own rules.
Bill Clinton, The Nature Conservancy, and The Old Win-Win Rhetoric
/3 Comments/in Brian Czech, Economic Growth, Environment, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechWishful thinking and political rhetoric aside, we’ve got to get a handle on economic growth to conserve biodiversity and environmental health.
The Lurking Inconsistency
/7 Comments/in Biodiversity, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Endangered Species, Environment, Steady State Economy, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHerman Daly suggests that changing the economy will require more than new policies; it’ll require a substantial change in worldview.
Three Glimmers of Hope for an Economic Transformation
/6 Comments/in Corporate Reform, Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, Steady State Economy, Sustainability, The Daly News /by Brian CzechBrent Blackwelder sees three possibilities (granted they’re long-shots) for overcoming the obstacles to an economic paradigm shift.
Negative Externalities Are the Norm
/7 Comments/in Economic Growth, Economic Policy, Environment, The Daly News /by Brian CzechHere’s a crazy but true fact: negative externalities are the norm — not the exception — in our current economic setup.