The Ecosocialist Resources column is published at irregular intervals. It features links to new articles, reports, talks and videos that are relevant to Climate & Capitalism’s mission and goals.
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- Mindful EconomicsSuggested reading for Climate and Capitalism readers … We hope to review Mindful Economics at some point. In the meantime, here are some excerpts from the publisher’s description. For more infomation, see http://www.mindfuleconomics.com/ Mindful Economics breaks away from traditional economic theory and provides a fresh, critical perspective on capitalism in America. The book will be particularly useful for ...---READ-->>
- Trade Union Conference on Climate ChangeSaturday, March 7, London The huge social and economic changes that are needed to dramatically reduce carbon emissions are of vital interest to trade unionists, as are the methods by which they can be achieved. This conference is a chance to engage and debate with each other on these crucial issues. Campaigners and researchers from the ...---READ-->>
- How clean is it? It's Clean Coal clean!A video response to coal industry greenwash. Thanks to the always excellent DeSmogBlog for drawing our attention to this ad developed for the Reality Campaign by the Coen Brothers. The Union of Concerned Scientists offers the following facts about coal plants in the United States. (By way of comparison, the coal-based Nanticoke Generating Plant in Ontario generates 3,964 megawatts — so it is close ...---READ-->>
- Agenda Announced for 'World at a Crossroads' ConferenceOne of the most important annual events for the left in the Pacific and Asia region. Climate change and ecosocialism is a key focus of this year’s conference. World at a Crossroads – Fighting for Socialism in the 21st Century April 10-13, 2009 – Sydney, Australia Hosted by Green Left Weekly. Organised by the Democratic Socialist Perspective & Resistance REGISTER AT www.worldatacrossroads.org/register ...---READ-->>
- New Data Shows IPCC Understated WarmingNew data shows greenhouse emissions are far greater than the worst-case scenario in the UN body’s 2007 report by Renfrey Clarke from Green Left Weekly, 21 February 2009 The key United Nations report used as the basis for climate change policies in many countries, including Australia, seriously underestimated the dangers of global warming, one of its leading ...---READ-->>
- Film: Tipping Points AheadPresenting Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip, a short film about climate change and capitalism, by British animator Leo Murray. Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip from Leo Murray on Vimeo. “I do not have any particular political or ideological affiliation beyond environmentalism itself. The critique of capitalism and consumerism in the film ...---READ-->>
- Australia's Bush Fires and Climate ChangeWhat are the ecological and climate consequences of the bush fires that have devastated the state of Victoria? By Dave Riley from Left Click I was wondering if any one has hazarded an estimate as to the immediate and long term ecological and climate consequences of the Victoria bush fires. QUESTION: The total amount of biomass burnt and the ...---READ-->>
- Harper & Obama: Clean Energy Dialogue or Carbon Capture Shellgame?The Obama-Harper plan to invest in Carbon Capture and Storage technology is a very expensive fraud. Both governments are desperate to avoid effective action against dirty oil and dirty coal. by Mitch Anderson reprinted with pernission from Should We Talk About the Weather? Obama-mania hit Canada’s capital hard today but there was much more at play than photo ops during the ...---READ-->>
- 'Liberal' College Purges Ecosocialist ActivistJoel Kovel, author of The Enemy of Nature and a founding member of the Ecosocialist International Network, has been teaching at Bard College for 21 years. Now the college is firing him for his public opposition to Zionism STATEMENT OF JOEL KOVEL REGARDING HIS TERMINATION BY BARD COLLEGE Introduction In January, 1988, I was appointed to the Alger ...---READ-->>
- The Age of StupidThe Age of Stupid is a 90-minute film about climate change, set in the future, which will have its world premiere in London on March 15 and then be released in UK cinemas on March 20, followed by other countries. “Every single person in the country should be forcibly made to watch this film.” Ken Livingstone, ...---READ-->>
- Environmental Crises Threaten 25% Cut in World Food ProductionUN report: Unless more intelligent and creative management is brought to the world’s agricultural systems, the 2008 food crisis may foreshadow an even bigger crisis in the years to come (UNEP News Release, February 17, 2008) A seven point plan to reduce the risk of hunger and rising food insecurity in the 21st century is outlined in new ...---READ-->>
- Climate Emergency: A Crisis of DemocracyThe government, which is more interested in commerce than humanity, is protecting big polluters instead of people. By Clive Hamilton From Crikey, February 4, 2009 (Clive Hamilton is Professor of Public Ethics at the Australian National University. He is the author of Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change, a book that “blows the whistle on the politics of global warming ...---READ-->>
- Hugo Blanco on ‘ecosocialism’ and indigenous strugglesAt the recent Ecosocialist International Network meeting in Brazil, there was considerable discussion about whether the word “ecosocialism” should be used in Latin America. Concerned that translation difficulties may have contributed to some misunderstandings, the Peruvian indigenous peasant leader Hugo Blanco sent this message to clarify his views. Comrades: At the meeting, in Belem, I explained the ...---READ-->>
- Ecosocialist International Network Meets in BelemSecond meeting is larger, with strong representation from the global south By Cy Gonick On February 2, the day after the concluding session of the World Social Forum in Belem, Brasil, an estimated 110 delegates turned up at the second ever meeting of the Ecosocialist International Network. The first meeting of the EIN, attracting 60 ecosocialists, was held in Paris ...---READ-->>
- Socialist Views on Australia's Bushfire CrisisThe dramatic and shocking scenes of the Australian bushfires could not fail to have moved anyone watching them on the news. Here are two commentaries by Australian socialists CLIMATE CRISIS HITS AUSTRALIA by Katherine Bradstreet From Green Left Weekly The heatwave across south-eastern Australia in recent weeks has given a hint of what we can expect as global temperatures ...---READ-->>
- Australia: Climate Summit unites new environment movementLed by a new generation of young people whose politics have not been shaped by the old movement, the new movement represents a return to radical activism. They are determined, angry, savvy and brave. By Simon Butler From Green Left Weekly We live in a peculiar, troubling time, where the world’s climate scientists are all but screaming from the rooftops ...---READ-->>
- Climate change means ‘unprecedented hardship’ for 33 fish-dependent nationsPeople in the tropics and subtropics will suffer most, because fish are so important in their diets and because they have limited capacity to develop other sources of income and food With climate change threatening to destroy coral reefs, push salt water into freshwater habitats and produce more coastal storms, millions of struggling people in fishery-dependent ...---READ-->>
- Darwin Day: What to Read on February 12 (and after)“It is not too great an exaggeration to claim that On the Origin of Species was, along with Das Kapital, one of the two most significant works in the intellectual history of the nineteenth century.” – Robert M. Young Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809, so this year marks the 200th anniversary of his ...---READ-->>
- WSF: We won't pay for the crisis. The rich must pay!Declaration of the Assembly of Social Movements at the World Social Forum 2009, Belem, Brazil. We the social movements from all over the world came together on the occasion of the 8th World Social Forum in Belém, Amazonia, where the peoples have been resisting attempts to usurp Nature, their lands and their cultures. We are here ...---READ-->>
- A Canadian Ecosocialist at the World Social ForumCy Gonick, publisher and co-ordinating editor of Canada’s longest-running left-wing magazine, Canadian Dimension, was in Belem, Brazil, last week, for the World Social Forum. The following are excerpts from his emails from Belem. The full text of Cy’s letters can be found on the Canadian Dimension Blog. Day One An estimated hundred thousand delegates opened the 2009 World Social Forum with ...---READ-->>