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solarpunkstation.wordpress.com | ||
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lewisdartnell.com
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| | | | | When we talk about human history, we focus on great leaders, revolutions, and technological advances. But how has the Earth itself determined our destiny? How has our planet made us? As a species we are shaped by our environment. Geological forces drove our evolution in East Africa; mountainous terrain led to the development of democracy [...] | |
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bluelabyrinths.com
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| | | | | Recently, I came across a paper by the great historian, and philosopher of technology, Lewis Mumford, titled 'Authoritarian and Democratic Technics' (ADT). Mumford, who was an expert on cities and architecture, publishing the monumental The City in History in 1961, had a unique insight into the way that technics operated in an urban environment. His... | |
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www.ianbetteridge.com
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| | | | | We like to imagine that there's a clean border between technology and nature. Out there are trees, rivers, fungi, and weather; in here are laptops, data centres, and motorways. One is wild and ancient, the other human and new. It's a neat, precise division - and completely artificial. Humans | |
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degrowth.info
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| | | Degrowth critiques the global capitalist system which pursues economic growth at all costs, causing human exploitation and environmental destruction. It exposes the interconnection of systems of oppression such as capitalism, extractivism, colonialism, and patriarchy. As a social movement, a field of academic research and a practice, degrowth advocates for societies that prioritise social and ecological well-being. It proposes a radical (re)distribution of power, wealth and resources, a 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. | ||
