In my opinion, our #1 job is to educate ourselves as to the reality of our situation.
We live in such delusion about so many issues eg renewables, alternative energies, economics, money ..the problems ahead of us sadly…because unless we seek out experts in the fields of energy, materials, ecology, economics, psychology we’ll believe what we read in the media…who are pro growth ie business as usual with so-called green technological solutions.
Ooh yes, our obsession with growth is the big elephant in the room, isn't it? Switching to renewables alone won't be enough given our still-increasing energy use and the materials that would be required to build capacity for it. We actually quote Jean-Marc Jancovici in the previous newsletter we linked in our intro, here! https://climateclubnz.substack.com/p/72-how-doing-nothing-can-save-the
Also, are you part of Degrowth Aotearoa, Meg? Education is the starting point as you say, and they do some great work in that area. They might be an awesome community to join!
In my opinion, our #1 job is to educate ourselves as to the reality of our situation.
We live in such delusion about so many issues eg renewables, alternative energies, economics, money ..the problems ahead of us sadly…because unless we seek out experts in the fields of energy, materials, ecology, economics, psychology we’ll believe what we read in the media…who are pro growth ie business as usual with so-called green technological solutions.
We are energy & materials blind!
I suggest you start with the guy; https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/84-jean-marc-jancovici
Then go on to listen to people like ArthurBerman, Simon Michaux, Steve Keen, Bill Rees etc
Ooh yes, our obsession with growth is the big elephant in the room, isn't it? Switching to renewables alone won't be enough given our still-increasing energy use and the materials that would be required to build capacity for it. We actually quote Jean-Marc Jancovici in the previous newsletter we linked in our intro, here! https://climateclubnz.substack.com/p/72-how-doing-nothing-can-save-the
Also, are you part of Degrowth Aotearoa, Meg? Education is the starting point as you say, and they do some great work in that area. They might be an awesome community to join!
https://www.degrowth.nz/connect
Add Richard Heinberg from The Post Carbon Institute to the list, including https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-06-15/polycrisis-unraveling-simplification-or-collapse-coming-soon-to-a-planet-near-you/