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  • What modes of reorganisation of politics, economy and society could we envision in order to prevent global environmental catastrophe and the attendant conflicts?

    Posted on September 3rd, 2009 Submitted by Olukoshi
    Categorized as Interdisciplinary, Social Science, Social-Ecological Systems Tagged as consumption, power relations, production, re-organization, social organization, systemic collapse

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    At the root of the global environmental crisis are systems of organisation of society – production, consumption and power relations – which have led us to the increasingly unsustainable state in which we find ourselves. Clearly, it is within our reach to rethink the models of development and social organisation that we have followed to date in order to overcome the cumulative diificulties that now threaten systemic collapse.



 

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