The Green Economy as a Continuation of War by Other Means
"War is complex and the green economy is advancing land acquisition and displacement, claiming to fight environmental degradation, while simultaneously advancing it."
May 05
20170
Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Capitalism Green Economy Imperialism Militarism New Economy Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) Renewable Energy UNFCCC
"War is complex and the green economy is advancing land acquisition and displacement, claiming to fight environmental degradation, while simultaneously advancing it."
"The very notion of “renewable” energy is a dangerous and reckless idea which far too many environmentalists give credence. Basic science tells us that every energy source requires inputs and it has emissions consequences."
Apr 13
20151
350.org / 1Sky, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
Bill McKibben Capitalism EcoSystem Service Market Environmental Markets Imperialism John Bellamy Foster Naomi Klein Racism Renewable Energy
On the apocalyptic view, a fatally-unbalanced Nature is externalised into what Neil Smith called a “super-determinant of our social fate,” forcing a wholly separate Society to homogenise itself around elite managers and their technological and organisational fixes.
"The rise of the Internet means that simple factual issues can be checked quicker than would have been believed possible a generation ago. The rise of social media means that facts are not checked, they are retweeted. Such is the case with renewable energy in Germany, where it appears almost anything is to be believed."
Aug 28
20144
Ten years from now, will we think of renewable energy as clean and green?