This group is devoted to discussions regarding ways to think beyond sustainability, to forge a future that is not only characterized by a balanced relationship with nature, but by a thorough and civilization-wide commitment to a world in which the principle is not just respect, awareness and sustainability, but pervasive, mutual flourishing, and an economic model generative of more resources, and more quality of human life, not reliant on processes which undermine such aims.
Joseph Robertson started the forum topic Deep Green Economy in the group Deep Green: Beyond Sustainability 6 months, 1 week ago
We are moving through a period of global economic transition. The new economy will favor complexity over hierarchy, and work with ecosystems and civil society, to achieve a more harmonious relationship between […]
Elli Sparks joined the group Deep Green: Beyond Sustainability 11 months, 1 week ago
Joseph Robertson posted an update in the group Deep Green: Beyond Sustainability: 1 year ago
Now is the Time: Carbon Fee & Dividend to Spur Job Creation, Industrial Boom
The conventional wisdom on carbon emissions is that we must emit ever more carbon dioxide, if we are to continue to be prosperous. This is a blatant falsehood rooted in 18th-century thinking about the nature of energy. The conventional wisdom on action to reduce carbon…[Read more]
Joseph Robertson started the forum topic Energy Without Depletion in the group Deep Green: Beyond Sustainability: 1 year, 1 month ago
Our standard model for how to generate energy involves the destructive transformation of matter, the compositional unraveling of what was, to release energy. This model assigns a high value to projects of depletion, and drives our elimination of vital resources and fragile natural systems. We should be seeking a model whereby we derive energy, not [...]
Tony Billera joined the group Deep Green: Beyond Sustainability 1 year, 1 month ago
Joseph Robertson created the group Deep Green: Beyond Sustainability 1 year, 1 month ago