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Vol. 20, No. 3, March 2024 Luis T. Gutiérrez, Editor

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Cultural Revolution for an Integral Ecology "All of this shows the urgent need for us to move forward in a bold cultural revolution." Pope Francis, Laudato Si' #114 "There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself. There can be no ecology without an adequate anthropology." Pope Francis, Laudato Si' #118 Patriarchy is a gender ideology, not an adequate anthropology. Religious patriarchy is a religious gender ideology, not an adequate theological anthropology. See the supplement for a Critique of Religious Patriarchy. The Anthropocene I=PAT Equation and Ecological Overshoot Planetary Commons We Are Trashing the Planet. Now What? Human Behavioral Crisis Driving Ecological Overshoot Global Tipping Points Recalibration of Limits to Growth Is Natural Population Decline a Concern? Overpopulation and Living Systems The Maximum Power Principle Getting Honest About the Human Predicament The Green Mirage The REAL Green New Deal Beware Climate Populism The Future ~ What Future? Global Resources Outlook 2024 Degrowth Database Degrowth Dynamics Laudato Si' Action Platform The Economy of Francesco CONTENTS Significant New Initiatives and Emerging Trends The Pleasant Fallacy of Tapping into Inexhaustible Flows Tom Murphy An Introduction to Degrowth as a Concept and Practice Anitra Nelson We Live in a Culture of Self-harm, Antithetical to Life Eliza Daley Unexpected Consequences: 12 Factors That Could Destroy Civilization Ugo Bardi The Urgent Need for Shared Commitment and an Earth System Treaty Geoffrey Holland A Compelling Theory to Explain a Key Trait of Modern Humans Marjorie Hecht How Long Has Humanity Been at War With Itself? Deborah Barsky Leaving the Matrix: Inhabiting Our Interconnectedness Cara Judea Alhadeff The Animal Feed Industry's Impact on the Planet Vicky Bond Paradigm Shift: Part 4 ~ What Might a Sustainable Lifestyle Look Like? Jan Spencer What Energy Paradigm Might Underpin Degrowth and Steady State Economies? Nick King Population Can't Be Ignored ~ It Has to Be Part of the Policy Solution to our World's Problems Jenny Stewart Sacrifice and the Growth Society: Perspectives on Degrowth and Environmental Justice Ivan Melchor King of the Extrinsics ~ The Deep and Crucial Reason Why Trump Could Win Again George Monbiot The Coming Sunsetting of the Climate Issue Wolfgang Knorr Time to Retire the Term 'Renewable Energy' from Serious Discussion and Energy Policy Directives ~ Part I Russell Schussler The Irony of Cuba: How Old, Polluting American Cars in Havana Point the Way Toward Degrowth Phil Wilson Fostering Global Cooperation to Safeguard Critical Earth System Functions Nebojsa Nakicenovic & Ansa Heyl Is World Population Peaking Now? Richard Heinberg The Most Revolutionary Idea You Can Think of: Freedom from Fear and Want Ugo Bardi Population Growth ~ A Key Problem of Our Time Ernst Schriefl, Saral Sarkar, Bruno Kern Rethinking Masculinity: Teaching Men How to Love and Be Loved Jamie Paris Never Forget Who Donald Trump Really Is Melvin Goodman Significant New Initiatives and Emerging Trends New Book ~ A Livable Planet: Human Rights in the Global Economy, Madison Powers, Oxford University Press, March 2024 Book Summary "Humanity faces an ecological predicament, consisting of a cluster of concurrent, mutually reinforcing crises. They are causally intertwined and resistant to resolution in isolation. In addition to climate disruption, the cluster includes land-system change, loss of biodiversity and biosphere integrity, alteration of biogeochemical cycles, and decreased freshwater availability. Madison Powers argues for a targeted human rights approach to the resolution of our predicament. He assigns priority to a bundle of rights strategically important for counteracting ecologically unsustainable, economically predatory market practices. These practices exhaust natural resources or degrade the environmental conditions essential for a livable planet. Their harmful ecological effects result from or are exacerbated by the structure of the global political economy, especially institutions that influence the acquisition, control, and use of land, energy, and water resources. These institutions shape the economic decisions that have transformed every region of the globe and altered the planetary conditions that support life on Earth. "A livable planet thus requires changes in humanity's relation to the rest of nature, which in turn, requires transformation of our economic relationships and the political and economic ideals underpinning them. Specifically, the balance of power between states and markets should be reversed by implementing an enforceable institutional bulwark against market practices that subvert the ecological conditions essential for the secure realization of human rights. These practices enable the powerful to hoard economic opportunities, crowd out sustainable alternatives, extract resources from vulnerable communities, shift environmental and economic burdens, dodge political and market accountability, and hijack public institutions for private purposes." International Women's Day 2024 IWD, 8 March 2024 "International Women's Day (March 8th) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality." Participation and full integration of women at all levels of authority and decision-maling, in all secular and religious institutions worldwide, is crucial to manage the challenges of conservation and restoration of the human habitat as currently threatened by overpopulation, overconsumption, and ecological overshoot. Fallacious Promises of Quick Fixes Populist Trumpism in the USA and Other Countries ← Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at Fountain Park in Fountain Hills, Arizona, 19 March 2016. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 2.0. Click the image to enlarge. "Trumpism is an authoritarian movement that consists of the political ideologies and political movement associated with Donald Trump and his political base. Scholars and historians have identified Trumpism as consisting of a wide range of right-wing ideologies such as right-wing populism, national conservativism, neo-nationalism, and neo-fascism. Anti-immigrant, isolationist, racist, nativist, and anti-LGBT beliefs are aspects of Trumpism... "The label Trumpism has been applied to national-conservative and national-populist movements in other democracies. Many politicians outside of the United States have been labeled as staunch allies of Trump or Trumpism (or even as their countries' equivalent to Trump) by various news agencies; among them are Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, Geert Wilders of Netherlands, Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, Viktor Orbán of Hungary, Jacob Zuma of South Africa, Rodrigo Duterte and Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines, Shinzo Abe of Japan, Javier Milei of Argentina, Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea, Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia,..." Trumpism, Wikipedia, as of 26 February 2024. It is noteworthy that, during the 2017-2020 Trump administration, many environmental protection regulations were weakened and the decision was made to withdraw from the Paris agreement. Furthermore, there is increasing concern that Trumpism may lead to some form of Fascism. This book is highly recommended: Prequel ~ An American Fight Against Fascism, Rachel Maddow, Penguin Random House, October 2023. See also Oath and Honor ~ A Memoir and a Warning, Liz Cheney, Little, Brown and Company, December 2023, and Strongmen ~ Mussolini to the Present, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. Good Book ~ The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis, Osprey Orielle Lake, New Society, January 2024 Book Summary "The dominant cultural worldview is based upon extraction and exploitation practices that have brought us to the precipice of social, environmental, and climate collapse. Braiding poetic storytelling, climate justice analyses, and collective knowledge of Earth-centered cultures, The Story is in Our Bones opens a portal to restoration and justice beyond the end of a world in crisis. "Author, activist, and changemaker Osprey Orielle Lake weaves together ecological, mythical, political, and cultural understandings and shares her experiences working with global leaders, climate justice activists, Indigenous Peoples, and systems-thinkers. She seeks to summon a new way of being and thinking in the Anthropocene, which includes transforming the interlocking crises of colonialism, racism, patriarchy, capitalism, and ecocide, to build thriving Earth communities for all. "For anyone grieving our collective loss and wanting to take action, The Story is in Our Bones is a vital guide to remaking our world. This hopeful, engaging, and creatively lyrical work reminds readers that another world is possible, and provides a desperately needed antidote to the pervasive despair of our time." Open Letter Calling on World Leaders to Show Long-view Leadership on Existential Threats The Elders & Future of Life Institute, 15 February 2024 |Back to Outline| LINK TO THE CURRENT ISSUE          LINK TO THE HOME PAGE

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