When people reject the concept of degrowth are they suggesting society continue to allow capital to ravage the earth? Are they saying the countries of the global North should continue exploiting and extracting from the global South? Are they pushing for more growth? 

Steve’s guest, Erin Remblance is an Australian researcher and activist who was spurred into action six years ago when the IPCC released their special report on global warming of 1.5°C. Since then, Erin has been creating courses, events, and materials that address the crises and work toward solutions.  

Erin and Steve discuss degrowth, a planned reduction in energy and material throughput to maintain ecological balance. (Throughput, for those unfamiliar with the term, is defined as “the amount of material or items passing through a system or process.”) 

The episode goes into the systemic issues of capitalism, which increasingly commodifies all areas of our lives in its relentless pursuit of growth.  

“The gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.” Robert F. Kennedy, 1968, included in Erin’s slide presentation, An Introduction to Degrowth 

Follow Erin Remblance and find her work on LinkedIn, Substack, and Twitter: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/erin-remblance/ 
https://erinremblance.substack.com/ 
https://twitter.com/remblance_erin 
https://the-healthy-habits-accelerator.circle.so/c/start-here/the-rules

Degrowth Through Social Movements With Erin Remblance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNmEDNN4Vdc&list=PLNP4Nm89WfbWQbQFEAMZsiSVyH9AylCN9&index=26
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Meta-Mashups & Tools of Recognition - Single

Meta-Mashups & Tools of Recognition

Meta-Mashup of following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm1DOKd_SKc&list=PL7Zp6PDKZUrON2P68EUp-QsHO2XV7ulu7&index=7

Art, just like other social kinds, is often defined in terms of its function, as
people create objects in order to satisfy certain needs. The function of art can
be defined in different ways but is usually expected to provide a rewarding
aesthetic experience.
The requirement for intentionality is so common in the literature that almost all
definitions of art require an artwork to be the product of an intentional action.
definitions of this sort aim to describe not how art is actually thought of, but
how it should be thought of. If we look and see what it is that we call art, we will
also find no common properties, only similarities. Knowing what art is has
nothing to do with being able to define it

What happens in the playin'?(Meta-Mashup)

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𝚝𝙴𝚕'𝚖𝙴 𝚆𝚞𝚝'𝚄 𝚙𝙻𝚊𝚈

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Macroeconomics has never been so ... delish!  Macro and Cheese explores the progressive movement through the lens of Modern Monetary Theory, with hot and irreverent political takes, spotlights in activism, and the razor sharp musings of Real Progressives Founder and host Steve Grumbine.  The cheese will flow as experts come in for a full, four course deep dive into the hot queso. 

Comfort Food for Thought!

New tracks tagged #commodification