ICYMI Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries

Giorgos Kallis brought the following article to the attention of the SCORAI listserv https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519624003103 Giorgos Kallis, Jason Hickel, Daniel W O’Neill, Tim Jackson, Peter A Victor, Kate Raworth, Juliet B Schor, Julia K Steinberger, Diana Ürge-Vorsatz  Published in the Lancet Planetary Health Abstract There are increasing concerns that continued economic growth in high-income countries might … Read more

Unsustainable Consumption and Obesity

Individual and Collective Action Maurie Cohen raised the issue of unsustainable consumption and obesity, following  a feature in the New York Times reporting on a just-published article in The Lancet, that three-quarters of all Americans are now deemed to be overweight or obese.  Maurie Cohen This is not necessarily a surprise, but the new data … Read more