Limits To Growth

Been involved in a difference of opinion with a local resident that relates to our predicament of ecological overshoot. It arose from a Facebook post regarding our provincial government’s ongoing push to expand significantly the construction of homes onto ecologically sensitive lands; in fact, onto lands that had been legislatively…

Paper from about 2012, with 29 views, is of greater interest than any I’ve read in the last ten years — Many humans claim (e.g. see Quora) that we could all live on Unguja in apartments just a few stories high or in Texas with everyone not wanting to live in a city having a spacious suburban home lot, so clearly earth is still 99.998% empty Intro: This paper from about…

Kenneth E. Boulding, 1966 — Abstract: This offering is evidence that not all economists are 100% Anthropocene enthusiasts convinced that growth is good and more is better. Most know far more about Julian Simon and celebrate his winning his bet with doomer Paul Ehrlich. Boulding was an economist who foresaw the coming transition, and was…

What? Me worry? —

Why I root for Development over Growth. We all love pot plants… right? We give them every opportunity to flourish, carefully place then in the sunlight, give them enough water, and perhaps even talk to them! They grow, reach full size and come into bloom. At that point, no matter…

Another brief contemplation this morning that I put together in response to a post that appeared on a Facebook Group I help to administer. One of our moderators works diligently within the ‘system’ in an attempt to persuade some of the ruling caste to embrace degrowth strategies. …

What happens when someone goes through too much? They say that you’re never given more than you can handle. But I beg to differ. I don’t really want to admit it, but I’ve been through enough shit to last a few lifetimes. My life has always been tragic- which is…