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Produce Less – Exploring Degrowth

Welcome to our in-depth exploration of degrowth. In a world shaped by economic systems, our articles delve into the intersection of green politics, degrowth, and anti-capitalist principles, providing a unique perspective on reshaping economic paradigms.

Our articles offer a green perspective on degrowth, examining how it aims to redefine success beyond mere GDP growth and advocates for a sustainable, balanced approach to resource allocation.

Discover how anti-capitalist ideals align with the Green vision for an economic system that prioritizes people and the planet over profit. We explore the complexities of dismantling the current economic framework and replacing it with one that emphasizes social justice, environmental sustainability, and community well-being. Navigate through insightful articles that unpack the strategies proposed by green political movements to reduce the size of the military-industrial complex.

Together, let’s envision and advocate for a future where economic prosperity is intertwined with social and ecological well-being.

‘No safe level’: Babies are harmed by even tiny amounts of nitrate in drinking water, study finds

Pamela Ferdinand

Even very low levels of nitrate in drinking water—far below the federal government’s safety threshold—may significantly increase the risk of premature birth and low birth weight, according to a new study. Nitrate, a pervasive chemical that enters drinking water mainly through chemical fertilizer runoff and animal manure from farms, is invisible, odorless, and tasteless—leaving many people unaware they’re consuming it. Researchers analyzed more than 350,000 birth records in Iowa from 1970 to 1988 and found that even 0.1 milligrams of nitrate per liter (mg/L)—a mere 1% of the level the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently considers “safe”—was linked to higher risks of babies being born too early or too small.  Prematurity and low birth weight is the leading cause of death in newborns and children under age 5.

‘Energy Security’, Renewable Energy and Urgent Climate Action

Soumya Dutta

A critical yet often overlooked question in the energy transition debate is how much total energy—accounting for materials, services, and other embedded uses—can a society/community/family sustainably consume. While there is no consensus, we can consider models like pre-crisis Sri Lanka or Kerala in India, which achieved high Human Development Index scores with relatively low per capita energy use. Could a renewable-powered world, based on such efficient societies, be achievable, and at what cost?

The Power of Diversity & Community-Managed Natural Farming – The Future of Agriculture Comes From India

Benedikt Haerlin

When Sowjanya Soujanaya goes to her ATM garden in Edulamaddali in the morning, she not only finds enough herbs, spices and tubers to cook a healthy lunch for her family of five, but also always finds something to sell at the market. ATM stands for “Any Time Money” and is a mixed cultivation of more than 20 different kinds of vegetables, berries, roots and herbs on the 800 m² in front of her house.

Is the bioeconomy a sustainable solution for the planet?

Jorge Curiel, Theo Rouhette, and Mavi Roman

Such a model promises to protect the environment, achieve climate neutrality, avoid overexploitation of natural resources and enhance biodiversity while boosting the economy by creating jobs and wealth (European Commission, 2018). Thus, the bioeconomy according to its promoters aspires to save the planet without having to give up our current economic model.

Latin America’s Long Fight Against the US for Sovereignty

John Perry

Greg Grandin’s new book shows that “America” (or, in Spanish, América) was the name used for the whole hemisphere by the late 17th century. In the 18th, the great liberator Simón Bolívar set out his vision of “our America”: a New World free of colonies, made up of distinct republics living in mutual respect. He even cautiously welcomed the newly declared Monroe Doctrine as a rejection of European imperialism. Bolívar died without realizing his dream of a Pan-American international order but, Grandin argues, his ideals live on in Latin America today.

Ultra-processed food leads to obesity: The science explained

Natasha Gilbert

In the United States, around half of the food that people eat every day is ultra-processed—industrially manufactured products, like chips or candy, that are made by breaking down whole foods, modifying and combining them with additives to make them more attractive in the way they look, smell and taste. Scientists have linked consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to obesity  and other health issues such as cancer and diabetes. Now they are starting to discover why people eat more UPFs and gain excessive weight.

Southern Panther Malik Rahim

Ann Garrison

In “A Southern Panther,” movement elder Malik Rahim talks about his lifetime of battling racism and fighting for peace and environmental justice. Former Louisiana Panther Malik Rahim first came to national and international attention in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans. “This is criminal ” is his harrowing account of how mostly poor Black people struggled without water, electricity, food, or sanitation, many trapped in the upper floors of flooded buildings waiting for rescue if they hadn’t drowned. Mary Ratcliff, Editor of the San Francisco Bay View Newspaper , managed to reach Rahim on the phone two days after the flood and transcribed it. “There are gangs of white vigilantes near here riding around in pickup trucks, all of them armed,” he said, “and any young Black they see who they figure doesn’t belong in their community, they shoot him.”

Donald Trump’s Feverish Lust for Green Energy Resources – It’s Not About the Climate, It’s About Greed

Joshua Frank

Ancient oak trees rise above gigantic boulders scattered across a high desert mesa in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest. This is Oak Flat (Chi’ chil Bildagoteel), a sacred site for Native Americans, including the Western and San Carlos Apache. And like many other lands across the West, it’s under grave threat from multinational mining interests, all in the name of climate mitigation, but most importantly, for the money. “Here is the creation story of where a woman came to be, and where the holy ones came together,” Wendsler Nosie, tribal leader of the San Carlos Apache tribe, explains. “This is where we originated as people.” Beneath this biologically rich landscape, home to a variety of dry-land species including the endangered hedgehog cacti and the ocelot wildcat, lies a rich deposit of copper, the conductive metal vital for the technologies needed to power the world’s green-energy transition.

Great Nicobar: Disaster in the Making

Pankaj Sekhsaria

A series of developments and new information that has come to light in recent months have raised further questions about the planned Rs.80,000 crore mega infrastructure project on Great Nicobar Island (GNI). The NITI Aayog–piloted initiative has four components: a transshipment terminal in Galathea Bay, an airport, a greenfield township, and a tourism project and gas-powered power plant.

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