Nov 22
20200
The Defanging of Feminism, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
"Unite Behind the Science" 30 x 30 Conservation Culture Listen to the Science Natural Capital New Deal for Nature Objectification Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) Religion Science Voice for the Planet Western Ideologies
"In a capitalist system, whoever supplies the money determines the technology. This means that science, as it’s applied, is never really for the good of humankind, but instead for the good of the financial elite or the military. It also means that science will be dominated by the authorities who have found institutional favor, whether they have the best evidence for their beliefs or not."
Sep 10
20194
Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Breakthrough Energy Europe Breakthrough Energy Ventures CCS Climate Strikes EUInvest Greta Thunberg Mission Innovation Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) Smart Cities Spectacle UN World Economic Forum (WEF)
In 1959, the revolutionary Che Guevara remarked to journalist José Pardo Llada that "newspapers are instruments of the oligarchy." Today, six decades later, the non-profit industrial complex and even "activism" itself must both be considered as instruments crafted and wielded by the 21st century oligarchs.
Apr 29
20190
"Net Zero" Biodiversity Carbon Markets Extinction Rebellion IPBES Natural Capital Natural Capital Coalition Offsets Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) The Financialization of Nature
"These may sound like goals that any ethically rational person could wholeheartedly endorse, and yet, as a recent critical study by Cory Morningstar has demonstrated, what their pursuit entails does not necessarily correspond to what people might imagine."
Oct 19
20170
350.org / 1Sky, Natural Resources Defense Council, United Nations, World Resources Institute
'Rights to Pollute' CASSE Gund Institute Gus Speth Herman Daly Natural Capital Natural Capital League New Economy Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) Privatization of Nature Tellus Institute The Financialization of Nature The Next System United Nations
"After 35 years of the development of ecological economics two senior foundational figures have emerged who are utterly worthy of the title MVP."
Jan 09
20170
Barrack Obama financialization of nature Global Goals Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) Prince of Wales The New Economy World Wildlife Fund (WWF) WWF
Could this move also signal what could be an acceleration of the implementation of payments for ecosystems services (also referred to as the "new economy", "natural capital", the financialization of nature, The Next System, etc.) by the world's most powerful institutions and states?
May 06
20162
350.org / 1Sky, Avaaz, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ceres, Foundations, Greenpeace, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, NoVo Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
#WeHaveAPlan 350 Annie Leonard Avaaz Ceres Earth Economics Indigenous Rights Natural Capital NoVo Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) privatization Purpose Tides UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) WBCSD
“The implementation of payment for ecosystem services,” Morningstar observes, “will create the most spectacular opportunities that the financial sector has ever witnessed.”
Mar 13
20160
Carbon Markets | REDD, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Carbon Markets financialization of nature Monetization of Nature Natural Capital Objectification of Nature Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) privatization REDD
"But make-believe markets are highly likely to fail when people are otherwise relentlessly focused on nickel-and-dime realities. The market mentality also degrades nature by attempting to turn it into a commodity. "
Mar 13
20160
350.org / 1Sky, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
350.org Al Gore Bottled Air Monetization of Nature Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES)
"The choice of embracing the sacredness of all life, pursuing excellence everyday; or blindly yielding to the cleverly marketed solutions that will only benefit an elitist few; once again, polarizes our collective consciousness as human beings."
Nov 29
20150
350.org / 1Sky, Avaaz, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Foundations, Greenpeace, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Pacifism as Pathology, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, Social Engineering, United Nations, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
350.org Avaaz COP21 GE Global Climate March GMO Greenpeace Monsanto New Economy Palm Oil Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) privatization TckTckTck WWF
"Championed by the UN and transnational corporations like Monsanto, this globalized ‘new economy‘ — hyped by Social Capitalists like World Wildlife Fund and 350 — is integral to Sustaining Privatization. The usurping of civil society by these Wall Street-funded NGOs means the annihilation of civil liberties is just A Click Away."
Sep 25
20150
Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Pacifism as Pathology
Commodification of the Commons Ethics Payments for Ecosystems Services (PES) privatization The New Economy The Next System Project UN Development Goals
A guest lecture on the economics of biodiversity management and the problems of the current ecosystems services and market based policy approaches.