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  • Tax Carbon Not Income and Reform Markets – part 2 of a #RealGreenRevolution

    Tax Carbon Not Income and Reform Markets – part 2 of a #RealGreenRevolution

    This is the 2nd in a 7-part essay on the type of policy innovations that would respond to the truth of the environmental predicament and, also, why most environmental professionals ignore such ideas to promote limited and limiting ideas instead. These ideas on a #RealGreenRevolution provide a contrast to current agendas, with the aim of… Read more

  • This is what a #RealGreenRevolution would include

    This is what a #RealGreenRevolution would include

    This is the first in a 7-part essay on the type of policy innovations that would respond to the truth of the environmental predicament and, also, why most environmental professionals ignore such ideas to promote limited and limiting ideas instead. It provides a contrast to current agendas, with the aim of encouraging a global environmental… Read more

  • It’s time for more of a citizen’s response to the pandemic – for a real #PlanB

    It’s time for more of a citizen’s response to the pandemic – for a real #PlanB

    It is becoming clear that elites are going too far with a narrow medical response to the pandemic, and that we are not going far enough with a citizen-based response. An essay on how any #PlanB against Covid-19 needs to support, not suppress, both staff and community solidarity, which is neither pro-vax or anti-vax for… Read more

  • So tweeting wont save democracy? Nor blogging :-(

    So tweeting wont save democracy? Nor blogging 😦

    For me, Twitter has been a useful place for getting some news headlines but a lousy mechanism for discussion. With over 11,000 followers I thought I should keep sharing some news and views, despite the restrictive format. So for the first time I tweeted a couple of threads, to give a bit more of a… Read more

  • Resources from Jem Bendell on Deep Adaptation

    Resources from Jem Bendell on Deep Adaptation

    I work part time with the University of Cumbria in the UK (less than 2 days a week). Cumbria is known as a beautiful part of the UK and being wonderful for hiking (opportunity for a fab landscape photo!). The University is not old, but builds upon traditions of its prior institutions and their emphasis… Read more

  • Reviving humanity and creativity in this time of dying

    Reviving humanity and creativity in this time of dying

    The Deep Adaptation Quarterly is out. it shows what a lot of stuff is happening under the radar of the mainstream media’s attention to social change. This is my editorial – you can also read the full newsletter and subscribe to the next. Editorial – Reviving humanity and creativity in this time of dying Anxiety… Read more

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