Mother Pelican
A Journal of Solidarity and Sustainability

Vol. 20, No. 11, November 2024 Luis T. Gutiérrez, Editor

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Growth, Post-Growth, and Degrowth We have seen exponential growth of population and consumption since mid-20th century. Can this keep going forever? No. What will happen after growth stagnates? Nobody knows. The transition to post-growth may be precarious leveling while struggling to avoid collapse. A more likely post-growth transition is one of descending population/consumption oscillations. Humans will have to adapt by mitigating violence and fostering sustainable solidarity. Else, wars will erupt everywhere and human flourishing will become unsustainable for most. The only sensible path forward is to seek peace and solidarity in an integral global ecology. CONTENTS Significant Research and Forthcoming Events Atlas of a Threatened Planet: 150 Infographics to Help Anyone Save the World Esther Gonstalla Our Journey of Mutual Exploration Begins ~ Our Human Story and Future Sustainability Clifton Ware Appalachian Apocalypse: My Son Caught By the Eye of the Storm Cara Judea Alhadeff A Plea to Scientists, Teachers, Influencers, and Politicians Everywhere Erik Michaels A Fond Farewell to the Anthropocene Ritwick Ghosh Our Power, Our Planet: Earth Day's 2025 Theme Decoded Aidan Charron Democracy Dies in Crude Oil Adem Ay The Core of the Energy Transition is Using Less Energy Richard Heinberg The Numbers Don't Lie: Why Climate Denial Is No Longer Possible Art Berman A Tipping Point for Global Population and Economic Growth: What it Means for Oil Art Berman Education for Degrowth: Beyond Education for Sustainable Development Amerissa Giannouli The Growth of Malignant and Exclusionary Social Movements Colin Greer & Eric Laursen After Helene: How To Make the Climate Crisis Totally Disappear George Tsakraklides The Earth is Sick, and Getting Sicker Julian Cribb The Fatal Flaw in Artificial Intelligence: Climate Change? Leigh Haugen The Great World Rush Toward the Seneca Cliff Ugo Bardi How Mainstream Climate Science Endorsed the Fantasy of a Global Warming Time Machine Wim Carton & Andreas Malm The Remarkable Hunter Gatherers: What We Can Learn from Them Ted Trainer Whose Behavior Needs to Change? The Other Side of the International Development Coin Alix Underwood The 'Blue Economy' Myth: We Have to Stop Thinking that the Ocean Can Be Run Like a Business Nnimmo Bassey Pathways to Our Whole System Change Jessie Lydia Henshaw Everybody Wants to Rule the World Cherie-Lynn van der Merwe A New Economy for People and the Planet Christine Schenk Significant Research and Forthcoming Events Inner Development Growth Cultivating Change from the Inside Out Nat Hagens & Erik Fernholm, 5 September 2024 Living Planet Report 2024 ~ A System in Peril Full Report ~ Executive Summary ~ Key Findings ~ Youth Edition World Wide Fund For Nature ~ Download & Key Findings Planetary Health Check Report 2024 A Scientific Assessment of the State of the Planet Potsdam Institute ~ Link to the Report The 2024 State of the Climate Report: Perilous Times on Planet Earth William Ripple et al, BioScience, 8 October 2024 Link to the Article The Gender Snapshot 2024 UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs & UN Women Link to the Report Think Tank on Innovative Communication for Social Change With Andrew Gaines, 21-23 November 2024, Sydney, Australia Information and Point of Contact A Climate of (De-)Civilization? Shifting Dynamics between Nature and Society Dortmund University, Germany, 12-14 March 2025 Conference Website 18th Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics and 11th International Degrowth Conference University of Oslo, Norway ~ 24-27 June 2025 Conference Website |Back to Outline| LINK TO THE CURRENT ISSUE          LINK TO THE HOME PAGE

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