Ecosocialist Resources, 2
November 8, 2009
More essential reading: A hard-hitting comic book about carbon trading, a new look at William Morris, and a permaculture expert on what we can learn from Cuba’s ecological footprint.
Carbon Trading Comics. (PDF 3.7 MB) Kate Evans (aka CartoonKate) presents The Carbon Supermarket: Your Future For Sale. She writes: “This comic is creative commons anti-copyright, so feel free to pass it on to others or use it for any non-commercial purpose.”
“Leave this to me. I’m the expert in greenhouse gas emissions, after all, I represent the companies that produce them. Emissions cuts must be cost-effective! Market forces will save us!”
An Epoch of Rest. William Bowles discusses the contemporary relevance of the nineteenth century British artist and socialist, William Morris
“Long dismissed by ‘purist’ Marxists as unworkable, in light of the fact that even the original socialist version of industrial society is no more viable than the capitalist one, perhaps it’s time to reconsider Morris’s allegedly utopian vision.”
Learning from Cuba’s Footprint. Australian permaculture educator Robyn Francis, on how Cuba has become the world’s greenest country.
“Cuba is not perfect, it has many challenges to attain ecological sustainability, however, for a small nation operating with the constraints imposed by the world, it can boast being one of the earth’s most equitable societies with a relatively low negative impact on the environment.”
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