The climate crisis is a consequence of our economic system. Economic solutions, like carbon trading were supposed to be a problem solver. Despite such efforts, CO2 levels kept rising. Should we consider changing our economic system instead? And which role do environmental NGOs play in the battle for climate justice?
Joanna Cabello, activist and researcher on environmental justice and part of the Carbon Trade Watch collective, speaks about false solutions and grassroots activism. Joanna´s blog article "Where to begin with climate justice" is available here.
We live nextdoor to my partner’s grandmother, Maria, who was born during the Second World War in Northern Italy. This means that she knows what hard times look like. Maria could not believe we would be using washable diapers for our baby boy. With genuine surprise she asked me, “why?”, and then she was curious in which pot we were planning to boil the diapers. In her eyes, we could not possibly...
While agreeing with many points of van den Bergh's excellent review of the growth versus climate debate, I would like to point to a fundamental misrepresentation of the quoted research on degrowth: degrowth is not a strategy "aimed at reducing the size of the GDP". In fact, the degrowth proposition is that the relationship between fossil fuels/carbon emissions and GDP growth is mutual, and th...
Interview mit dem Leipziger Verein Ökolöwe Der Ökolöwe – Umweltbund Leipzig e.V. ging vor mehr als 25 Jahren aus der Naturschutzbewegung in Leipzig hervor und will auf mehreren Ebenen und in zahlreichen Projekten Ressourcen schonendere Strukturen voranbringen. Beispielsweise in den Bereichen Verkehr, Schutz der Artenvielfalt, Konsum, sowie Stärkung bürgerschaftlichen Engagements. Der Verein ist ein Unterstützer der [...]
