Advancing the steady state economy for environmental protection, economic sustainability, national security, and international stability.

Arlington, VA
Joined June 2009
The future was supposed to be like Star Trek. Unfortunately, Michael DB Harvey, author of The Age of Humachines, thinks Big Tech has us headed towards a corporate-driven dystopia instead. He explains why on the Post-Growth Australia Podcast buff.ly/OfdaZhI
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Before getting his PhD, Brian Czech packed meat, fought fires, worked construction, & ran a wilderness district. Then he spent 20 years at @USFWS being told what he couldn't say. What were they afraid of? Why did they keep silencing him? Find out buff.ly/Y5fofff
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We need more than a moratorium on #AI and its energy- and water-gobbling #DataCenters. The Limits to AI Act, introduced in this week's Herald, is designed for the long term. #SteadyStateEconomy @FERC @FCC buff.ly/4GvcWer
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“Degrowth is not recession. Recession is chaotic, cruel, and unplanned. It is a heart attack. Degrowth is surgery. It is the deliberate, democratic, and just contraction of the energy- and material-intensive sectors that are actively murdering our life-support systems. Degrowth means flying less, building less concrete, producing less plastic junk, and yes, accepting that a country’s health is not measured by its quarterly GDP report. It means working fewer hours, sharing more, repairing instead of replacing, and valuing care, art, and community over cargo ships full of sneakers.” (It is Hard to say degrowth when your Job is to say GDP to keep up the Illusion we can pay back our debt - be it ecological, climate or extraction - the Moment we accept decline is irreversibel the ponzi ends…) sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/y…
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Econ textbooks say money comes from central banks. Brian Czech says that's like calling the grocery store the origin of milk. Money actually starts when farmers grow surplus food, freeing everyone else to do other stuff. That's the trophic theory of money buff.ly/6uv2sl9
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An @MLB stadium in Grand Teton Nat'l Park? A "land swap" at Yosemite? What do you think happens when you close all 9 regional offices, get rid of +50 research labs, & axe 1/4 of Forest Service staff? Who do you think ends up with all those #PublicLands? buff.ly/2cK2i2s
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In 1871, fire took 1.5 million acres of northern Wisconsin. Turns out land mends if we let it. Today Marinette County is 79% forest. Unfortunately, sprawl is near. Can smart policies save their wilderness? Dave Rollo explains. buff.ly/Rh68DLX @gatheringwaters
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On 8/31, at 92, the great writer & farmer-activist Wendell Berry passed away. He was also a brilliant economist. Can a fresh reading of Berry’s timeless writings help us discern a prosperous & sustainable future? Dave Shreve shares more buff.ly/ImjBSEY
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Where does money actually come from? The answer might be simple, but it's not. Most textbooks say central banks. Supply Shock author Brian Czech says it's farmers growing more food than they eat. Which answer were you taught? buff.ly/ePXXLyB
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The large animals on Earth are now mostly cows & people. Livestock is ~2X the mass of the human population. With large mammal biomass increasing & plant biomass crashing, what does that mean for the the carbon cycle? Keith Akers explains #LimitsToGrowth buff.ly/LxX23yF
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Wall Street isn't the economy, but we let it drive growth the Earth can't sustain. The status quo serves nobody’s interest. A new #SSEA feeder bill takes on liability, bond ratings, transaction taxes, & pensions. David Shreve shows how it all works. buff.ly/XDLCtb9
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Our books are at bookshop.org/! Take advantage of their Anti-Prime Day promo & learn something about steady state economics. Supply Shock buff.ly/47ZtMoF Age of Humachines buff.ly/mfDzT6K Best of the Daly News buff.ly/UxLoddW
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KS, MO, & OH are suing to ban mifepristone for minors. One of their arguments? They'll lose federal funds. While @DOGE cut billions in poverty & disease aid. Sinister. Kirsten Stade on #pronatalism in service of #GDP. #SteadyStateEconomy @msichoices buff.ly/QrBd2Nd
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Regenerate Whatcom and its parent organization, @RegenCascadia, are using #bioregionalism to move past a simplistic focus on growth. Learn more in this week's Herald by @DaveRollo198799. #SteadyStateEconomy #WellbeingEconomy @Whatcomctygov buff.ly/QS7oAe1
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Australia's wheat is down ~25%, rice planted late across northern India, & agriculture reserves are thinner than most folks assume. Global markets run on food security. @AlixUCASSE on how many Super #ElNinos can we absorb? #Overshoot buff.ly/NjJihpO @wfp @GAFSPfund
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Pension funds control nearly 1/3 of the world's assets & they use that power to chase growth at almost any cost. What good is money in a world on fire? Matt Orsagh on #PostGrowth pensions. #SteadyStateEconomy buff.ly/rjrR8tP @PensionRights
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Even if you acknowledge #sustainability is about consuming less, there are myriad ways to frame the concept. In this week's Herald, #EcologicalFootprint expert @dworatzek_peri unpacks sustainability. #SteadyStateEconomy @EFI_YorkU @EndOvershoot buff.ly/rb7heaN
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Want to see what a #postgrowth, steady-state organization like CASSE actually does? Check out our quarterly newsletter, the Steady Stater, hot off the press. If you like it, please join CASSE! steadystate.org/wp-content/u…
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