Rethinking Climate Solutions: The Myth of Infinite Green Growth

Green Growth to Infinity?

'Green Economic Growth' Is a MythThere are 'no realistic scenarios' to make the economic growth demanded by capitalism compatible with a safe climate, researchers who advised the United Nations found.

Andrew McAfee and the Myth of America's Green Growth

Jun 18, 2020 — The Myth of America's Green Growth. A celebrated new book shows U.S. capitalism doesn't need to damage the planet. One problem: Its data is ...

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Absolute Decoupling of Economic Growth and Emissions in 32 CountriesSigns point to the decoupling the world has experienced between economic growth and CO2 emissions becoming absolute.

Economic growth no longer requires rising emissionsNow this decoupling must accelerate

Shrinking the Economy to Save the WorldThe degrowth movement argues that the only way toward an ecologically sustainable world is to redirect economies away from market imperatives.

The perpetual myth of perpetual growthJust as the architects of our current economic system designed the system around perpetual growth, we can redesign the economy around delivering wellbeing to all, within planetary limits, writes Dr Catherine Knight

Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic GrowthDownload the Full Report: EN Download the Summary for Policymakers: EN | JA | SP Download the Factsheet: EN | JA | RU Download the Presentation: EN About this report By 2050, humanity could devour an estimated 140 billion tons of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass per year – three times its current appetite – unless the economic growth rate is “decoupled” from the rate of natural resource consumption. Developed countries citizens consume an average of 16 tons of those four key resources per capita (ranging up to 40 or more tons per person in some developed countries).

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The decoupling delusion: rethinking growth and sustainabilityEven supposedly “green” technologies such as renewable energy require materials, land and solar exposure and cannot grow indefinitely on this planet.

Extraction of raw materials to rise by 60% by 2060, says UN reportExclusive: Report proposes action to reduce overall demand rather than simply increasing ‘green’ production

Critical raw materialsWhy critical raw materials are important, list of critical raw materials and other Commission actions, and supporting information.

Five reasons ‘green growth’ won’t save the planetIf we want to live sustainably, we must question our appetite for growth.

The Degrowth/Decoupling/Post-Growth Economics

Why We Have To Give Up On Endless Economic Growth | NOEMASustainability efforts are scaling and speeding up — but the treadmill of global economic growth is still faster.

DegrowthDegrowth is an idea that critiques the global capitalist system which pursues growth at all costs, causing human exploitation and environmental destruction. The degrowth movement of activists and researchers advocates for societies that prioritize social and ecological well-being instead of corporate profits, over-production and excess consumption. This requires radical redistribution, reduction in the material size of the global economy, and a shift in common values towards care, solidarity and autonomy. Degrowth means transforming societies to ensure environmental justice and a good life for all within planetary boundaries.

Can we save the planet by shrinking the economy?The "degrowth" movement to fight the climate crisis offers a romantic, utopian vision. But it’s not a policy agenda.

What Is The Degrowth Movement And Why Should You Care?The degrowth movement seeks to break the grip of capitalism to reclaim human care and ecological survival but is it too late?

Degrowth: A dangerous idea or the answer to the world's biggest crisis? | CNN BusinessConventional economic logic hinges on a core assumption: Bigger economies are better, and finding ways to maintain or boost growth is paramount to improving society.

What is the Degrowth Movement? — Care About ClimateThe degrowth movement is based on the principle that less production and consumption means greater social and ecological welfare.

Degrowth can work — here’s how science can helpWealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon economic growth as an objective.

‘I’m not buying new stuff any more’: the young people getting into ‘degrowth’Amid the cost of living crisis and threats to the climate, many are pledging to consume less and spend sustainably

SPECIESISM & EXTRACTIVISM: The Underlying Ideologies That Have Enabled Our Economic System For Decades

Extractivism - Uneven Earthby Diana Vela Almeida La versión en español de este artículo está disponible aquí. One could simply define extractivism as a productive process where natural resources are removed from the land or the underground and then put up for sale as commodities on the global market. But defining extractivism is not really this easy. Extractivism

Speciesism | Animal Rights, Ethics & PhilosophySpeciesism, in applied ethics and the philosophy of animal rights, the practice of treating members of one species as morally more important than members of other species; also, the belief that this practice is justified. The notion has been variously formulated in terms of the interests, rights,

Speciesism, like racism, imperils humanity and the planetSpeciesism places Homo sapiens at the top of a hierarchy that is often used to justify sacrificing other animals, plants, fungi and microbes for the benefit of humanity. A different perspective is needed to ensure the survival of Earth’s ecosystem and ...

The Explosion in Post-War Consumerism

A Brief History of Consumer CultureOver the course of the 20th century, capitalism preserved its momentum by molding the ordinary person into a consumer with an unquenchable thirst for more stuff.

Post-War ConsumerismPost-War Consumerism Group of Women and Model Kitchens Joseph Fadler, photographer. Group of Women and Model Kitchens, 1956. Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, 06-70834, The

The Rise of American Consumerism | American Experience | PBSPostwar consumerism was praised as a patriotic contribution to the ultimate success of the American way of life.

Post-War Consumerism and the Media

Commercialization in Post World War II AmericaStan Deaton talked about commercialization and consumerism in post-World War II America. He spoke about the emergence of cars, television, fast food, and suburban communities and the impact of these changes on the middle class.

The hidden environmental costs of digital advertising - ET BrandEquityDigital advertising accounts for approximately eight to ten per cent of global electricity consumption

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Postwar Context. In the years following World War II, America enjoyed an unprecedented period of economic and political growth. Many middle class Americans ...

Television and American consumerismHow did the introduction of mass commercial television in the postwar era change American consumer behavior? Media scholars and U.S. historians claim …

How Did Mass Production and Mass Consumption Take Off After World War II?Discover how consumer goods have become cheap and ubiquitous in the global era.

Post-War Consumerism and Hollywood

Hollywood's Dirtiest Secret | Columbia University PressIn an era when many businesses have come under scrutiny for their environmental impact, the film industry has for the most part escaped criticism and regulat... | CUP

Sink or Swim: Hollywood after World War II. Sink or Swim: Hollywood after World War ... Consumerism became the passion of the day. The baby boom began in earnest and new attitudes about leisure time took shape in the form of miniature golf and bowling.

The Post World War II Boom: How America Got Into Gear | HISTORYAfter years of wartime rationing, American consumers were ready to spend money—and factories made the switch from war to peace-time production.

Female Film Stars and the Dominant Ideologies of 1950s America

Hollywood Glamour and Mass Consumption in Postwar Italy

by S Gundle · 2002 · Cited by 115 — It is not surprising, therefore, that analyses of Italy's transition to consumerism in the postwar period have as- cribed much importance to the