Climate and Capitalism has frequently commented on two widespread illusions – that global warming is caused by overpopulation, and that buying offsets is an effective way to combat greenhouse gas emissions. I never imagined that anyone would try to combine them. Share:Click to share on...
Evo Morales: “I have heard many debates in the UN where presidents condemn climate change but they never say what causes it. We say clearly that it is caused by capitalism.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
A movement of movements is already starting to take shape. Spurred into action by the announcement of the Accord, activists came together on the Saturday after the COP to discuss building a united global movement in each country. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share...
In the meetings leading up to Copenhagen, it became clear that the leaders of the USA and the other wealthiest countries were maneuvering to place the burden of sacrifice on the emergent and poor countries. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new...
Uncivil society will have to take up the slack and apply direct pressure, starting with the slogan ‘leave the oil in the soil, the coal in the hole and the tarsand in the land!’ Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
April 22, 2010: International Day of Mother Earth Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)MoreClick to share on Pocket (Opens in new...
More and more people understand that climate degradation is not the outcome of “human activity” in general but of a mode of an unsustainable mode of production and consumption Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
“Copenhagen is not the end, I repeat, but a beginning: the doors have been opened for a universal debate on how to save the planet, life on the planet. The battle continues.” Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to...
The number of demonstrators on the streets of Copenhagen is a proof positive that it is possible to develop mass mobilisations on the issue of global warming Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
The truth can be stronger than the influenced and often misinformed minds of those holding in their hands the destiny of the world. Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a...
