Month: December 2014

convivial degrowth, overpopulation, ecologic collapse
Sustainability

Convivial Degrowth: An Ecologic Reckoning for an Ailing Planet

The model planners and economists touted as “sustainable development” has only exacerbated ecologic distress and community dislocation through its focus on wealth-creation. The needs of our ailing planet facing an impending 11 billion population calls for ecology and human welfare to dominate economy, but how to achieve this in a world bought and paid for by finance capitalism?