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Mother Pelican
A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability

Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2024
Luis T. Gutiérrez, Editor
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Anticipating Degrowth after Overshoot

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That degrowth comes after overshoot is not a matter of if, but when.
It is also predictable that the higher we go, the harder the fall.
Given human nature, degrowth will be mostly involuntary.
This edition focuses on mutuality and solidarity in anticipation of degrowth.
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NATALIST
PRO-GROWTH AGENDA

GROWTH, DEGROWTH & STAGNATION

GROWTH & CATASTROPHIC OVERSHOOT

ON THE FAILING RENEWABLES TRANSITION

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CONTENTS

Significant Research and Forthcoming Events

What Would a Real Renewable Energy Transition Look Like?
Richard Heinberg

Population: The Fear of Limiting People and Our Things
Robert Jensen

The Prosumer Economy: Embracing Posthumanism for a Regenerative Future
Uygar Özesmi

Irresponsible Growth v. Degrowth v. Harmonious Growth
Carmine Gorga

Navigating New Horizons to Protect Human and Planetary Health
Nadejda Komendantova

Degrowth and Disagreement: Why Engage with Our Strongest Critics?
Oliver Lewis

Why We Must Confront the Dark Side of Human Nature to Save the Planet
Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

With CO2 Levels Rising, World's Drylands Are Turning Green
Fred Pearce

The Energy Debate: Fanboys, Fangirls, and the Real Cost of Pollution
Art Berman

The Problem with Pronatalism: Pushing Baby Booms to Boost Economic Growth Amounts to a Ponzi Scheme
Emily Klancher Merchant & Win Brown

The Fracking Free-Market Fallacy
Helene Langlamet

Systemic Terrorism and the Illusion of Democracy
George Tsakraklides

How to Decolonize Our Battle Against Climate Change
Laurie Parsons

From Growth Fetish to Post-Growth
Gus Speth

In Trump, We Trust to Muck Up US Climate Policy
Joel B. Stronberg

Taking the Long View: Building Environmental Activism in the Next Generation
Keith Kozloff

Historical Lessons of Successful Conservation Movements
George Wuerthner

Bridging the Human/Nature Divide Through Convivial Conservation
David Bollier

A New SDGs Road Map? More Failures and Delays We Have No Time For
Andrea Cardini

The Massive Appropriation of Labor from the Global South Allows for High Consumption in Rich Countries
Jason Hickel & Morena Hanbury Lemos

Nostalgic Campaign Slogans and an Economy of Flourishing
Carmen Joy Imes

The Patriarchal Mystique ~ Al-Ghazali and the Subordination of Women
V. A. Mohamad Ashrof

US Voters Say They're Ready for a Woman President ~ But Sexist Attitudes Still Go Along With Opposition to Harris
Adam Eichen, Jesse Rhodes, Tatishe Nteta



Significant Research and Forthcoming Events



Concordian Economics, Volumes 1 & 2
Carmine Gorga, Springer Studies in Alternative Economics, 2024


      

Introduces Concordian economics as a new synthesis, a new paradigm
Restores and completes the ancient theory of economic justice
Presents a vision of the economic system as a set of interdependent actions
Volume 1 ~ Tools for Economists and Social Scientists
Volume 2 ~ Some Applications
Concordian economics website


Demographic Growth


The Population Problem:
Human Impact, Extinctions, and the Biodiversity Crisis
Nate Hagens & Corey Bradshaw, 14 August 2024


Season of Creation 2024


The Pope Video, September 2024
To hope and act with Creation, September 1 to October 4
Download the Celebration Guide


World Conference on Science and Art for Sustainability
Club or Rome, Belgrade, Serbia ~ 22–25 September 2025
Conference Website


Behavioural and Experimental Economics for Sustainability (BEES)
University of Florence (Italy) ~ 17-18 October 2024
Workshop Website


Think Tank on Innovative Communication for Social Change
With Andrew Gaines, 21-23 November 2024, Sydney, Australia
Information and Point of Contact



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