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Does ‘system change’ advocacy mean ‘anti-capitalism’?

Low Impact

What I mean by system change is system replacement , rather than system tweaking (aka ‘prolonging the agony’). This raises ( not begs – please, not begs ) three questions: Is it feasible that the current system might be replaced? Lifestyle change is essential, but not enough.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals. Elsa Wenzel.

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. From sunny day flooding caused by higher tides to a sewer system on the brink of total collapse, the city undeniably lives in a climate changed world. These books are organized in the following six categories: 1.

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New Report Shows Cancer Organization Shares Lobbyists with Fossil Fuel Companies

DeSmogBlog

The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the advocacy arm of the American Cancer Society, shares lobbyists with 21 fossil fuel companies across 10 states. Similar bills have proliferated in state capitals in recent years, which critics view as attempts to stifle protests and weaken opposition to oil and gas projects.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021 Elsa Wenzel Mon, 01/11/2021 – 02:15 The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Many leaders in this cohort happen to have climbed the ranks at one company for decades.

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What Abandoning Fossil Fuels Could Look Like in the Arab World

DeSmogBlog

Over the past several years, European governments and corporations have made moves to capitalize off this potential, investing in sprawling mega-projects to capture the sun’s energy from the region’s vast deserts and export the electricity north. Ain Saleh is the site of the anti-fracking uprising of 2014-2015.