Radically Open Security, the nonprofit computer security company donates 90% of its profits to NLnet. Today @ros turned 10 years old and crossed the magical number of 1 million euro in donations to NLnet.
Happy birthday ROS! And thanks a million :-).
We interviewed ROS co-founder and CEO Melanie Rieback to learn why she decided to give the company such an unusual business model.
Can us humble peasants move to a furtile #PostGrowth system when #HyperCapitalism rabidly feeds from the bleak industrial farmlands of #Distrust?
In the huge Fields of the Majority where us wilfully oppressed forced laborers daily sow Seeds of Doubt for our masters. We see pellets hit the hardened soil, and pray in vain that something healthy will sprout this time. While we eat the bile that's served.
In our dogmatic way of life can we discern patches of #Faith and #Trust to grow Humble Deeds?
I've been meaning to read Tim Jackson's books for many years but never got around to it.
Does anybody have opinions on which to read, if I were to choose just one?
The choice is between Prosperity Without Growth (2009) and Post Growth: Life After Capitalism (2021).
I am well read on #degrowth and #postgrowth in general so don't need an intro. I'm more interested in visions of post growth systems than critique of growth. #books
Decent read. It has the same format as most 'intro to #degrowth' articles:
"The current idea is green growth. Sounds good, right?"
"Oh wait that's empirically impossible"
"Here's the new idea: degrowth. It's the only way we avoid environmental collapse"
"But achieving that is such a huge task that it appears impossible, because a growth based economy, vested interests and cultural inertia make it politically untenable"
I'm going to be talking about #postgrowth media ecologies: #degrowth and digital technologies on Thursday evening (Europe)/Friday morning (Aotearoa). Free signup link via teams at the link below
After the rousing success of the Beyond Growth 2023 conference it's wonderful to see various national-level conferences being organised this year across the #EU in Italy, Austria, Denmark, Ireland and France.
The plan, in short: reduce consumption in the global north to within sustainable levels, while the global south increases their consumption to improve quality of life.
"A focus on growth, jobs and poverty reduction must be reconciled with national ambitions on decarbonization and energy transition. Growth at all costs will not achieve the SDGs, but the right policy response will."
"This involves reshaping the #economy to be less dependent on #growth while ensuring prosperity for all. In a post-growth economy, there is room for #restorative#businesses."
Some people say post-growth and post-capitalist ideas could never gain popular support. But in fact these ideas are already supported by large majorities.
#PostGrowth#Degrowth#Capitalism: "1. A survey of youth climate movement groups found that more than half say that the root cause of the climate and ecological crisis is “a system that puts profit over people and planet”. 89% of this group specified the system as capitalism. Source: Climate Vanguard, 2023.
A survey shows that a majority of people around the world (56%) agree with the statement “Capitalism does more harm than good”. In France it is 69%, in India it is 74%. Source: Edelman Trust Barometer, 2020.
A study found that in 28 of 34 countries, a majority of respondents hold anti-capitalist positions. Source: Economic Affairs, 2023."
Katherine Trebeck, Donnie Maclurcan, & Jennifer Wilkins explore the challenging question of how existing larger businesses, especially #multinational#enterprises and #corporations, can begin to prepare for a #postgrowth future.
One of the single most impactful climate emergency changes: Allowing front-yard and driveway businesses.
This would make neighborhoods walkable over night. New jobs in local places. Cafes, grocery shops, repair clinics, tool libraries, arcades, and beyond - right on your street.
Destroying oil demand, commutes, and car dependency over night.
This policy change can happen in as little as 3 sentences, according to Hazel Borys and Strong Towns. pHow can we make this happen everywhere?
Check out the full video, "Why Did We Make Front Yard Businesses Illegal?", which shows some awesome examples and gets into what we can do today — from About Here, Urbanarium, and Uytae Lee.
And share and boost to get people talking about this. This is one of the first and most important changes we can make, for climate emergency transitions. From a path dependency standpoint, it needs to happen first too -- making what we can walkable and low energy to start, and then seeing what we need.
Humble request: do you know of any real life experience of post-capitalist economies, even partial ones? Local currencies? Cooperative models? Community land trusts? Priority given to resilience over efficiency? #solarpunk economies? There are a few usual suspects (Mondragon, Cooperativa Integral Catalana, Transition Network...), but I struggle to find long lists of cases. Boost appreciated @g_kallis@jks@jasonhickel#postcapitalism#economics#degrowth#postgrowth
#postgrowth member Taylor S. peels back this socioecological “fix” so we can see the entire #electric#vehicle apparatus for what it is: a for-profit transport system made for capital accumulation in an era of #climate#change.