In 1972, a group of researchers published a book titled The Limits To Growth. The first conclusion was The following if The present Growth Trends in world population, industrialisation, pollution, food production, and Resource Depletion continue unchanged, The Limits To Growth on this planet will be reached sometime within The next 100 years. The book sparked a heated debate at The time, but also inspired a generation of scholars who started questioning The benefits of an ever expanding economy. Professorjoan Martinez Alier is considered one of The godfaThers of degrowth and The founder of The Barcelona School of ecological economics. He began writing about The links between The economy and The environment in The 80s. Economic Theory was based just on prices and markets and not on The real substance of The economy, which is The material flows and The energy flows. So my book was doing a Kind Of history of These critiques of The economy, and it was The first book with The title ecologi
We are trying to teach people The importance of building social, economic and environmental links with people around you. So, moving to this project gave me a lot of stability. I know that im going to have here 40 people that will be There for me. It takes two kinds of work. It takes social, political, organisation work, but also it takes a cultural shift. Is it time to embrace more radical solutions . Or are we risking too much . All of our experience historically has been that if The economy shrinks for a period of time, that results in big increases in poverty. I think degrowth, uh, underestimates The power of innovation. Degrowth underestimates The need for Investment And Degrowth underestimates The social feasibility of what They propose. There is no necessary contradiction between social and ecological objectives, i but it does require a pretty radical transformation of The way we think. About The Economy And Structure it. I in 1972, a group of researchers published a book titled
Right now the Texas Legislature in texas is in session. The republicanled house and the republicanled senate in texas, theyre trying to pass legislation that would make It T significantly harder to vote in texas in a State where it is e already not that easy to vote. The ways they are trying to change the Voting Laws in texass would disproportionately affect voters of color and poor voters and with disabilities in particular, and so texas democrats have bolted from the State. They left texas entirely tonight in a Lastditch Effort to try to stop this Bill from becoming law. Now, those two planes i mentioned carrying texas democrats, those two planes have just landed at Dulles Airport just outside washington, d. C. Theyve landed just in the last hour. Si it is 51 democrats from the Texas State House onboard the two planes. We are told at least seven other texas democrats are making their way to d. C. As well separately. E if this sounds at all familiar to do, texas democrats pulling a bi
To a halt. This is a dramatic thing that has been under way this afternoon and into tonight and it is a crucial part of it happening right now as we speak. Right now the Texas Legislature in texas is in session. The republicanled house and the republicanled senate in texas, theyre trying to pass legislation that would make it significantly harder to vote in texas in a state where it is already not that easy to vote. The ways they are trying to change the Voting Laws in texas would disproportionately affect voters of colors and poor voters and with disabilities in particular and so Texas Democrats have bolted from the state. They left texas entirely tonight in a Lastditch Effort to try to stop this bill from becoming law. Now, those two planes i mentioned carrying Texas Democrats, those two planes have just landed at Dulles Airport just outside washington, d. C. Theyve landed just in the last hour. It is 51 democrats from the Texas State House onboard the two planes. We are told at leas
Meeting in austin texas, after they all met their together, they got on a bus, and they drove straight onto the tarmac at the airport in austin. They then all boarded a pair of planes to leave the State Of Texas, altogether. Heres how the Texas Tribune highlighted that trip. This is a dramatic thing that has been underway this afternoon and into tonight. Its a crucial part thats happening right now as we speak. Right now, the Texas Legislature is in session. The republicanled House And Republican led senate is trying to pass legislation that would make it significantly harder to vote in texas, in a state where its already not that easy to vote. The way they are trying to change the Voting Laws in texas would disproportionately affect colors voters of color, and texas democrats have left the state, they left texas entirely, tonight. In the last if Ditch Effort to stop this from becoming law. The texas democrats planes landed just out of washington d. C. In the last hour. It is 51 democr