Reflections

Peak phosphorous, peak oil, peak metals, water scarcity and sanitation problems, oil leaks, rapid fast and totally unsustainable logging of rain forests, collapse of fisheries , etc. etc. Shortages of raw materials and ecosystem degradation along with social and ecological consequences coincide globally in a rapid pace.

When will we seriously begin to lift the really critical issues? What are the actual social and ecological consequences of our economic systems? How does the debt, speculation and credit systems operate and how do they affect the social and ecological systems - the foundation of our survival? How, and for what reason, do we intend to allow the growth of our financial systems to continue take place? No matter what we say, in the end of the day we will need to face the reality that we will be forced to convert our societies (not least our personal lives) when we will experience shock price increases, in particular, of what we need for our survival and economic depression with mass unemployment and social unrest as a result. We need to arrange lifestyles that fit within the productive areas of this planet. And we need to critically examine this "target state" in order to balance the patriarchal, Western-oriented world, large-scale, technocratic and linear values that currently exist and which also leads us to the abyss. There are plenty of options that need to be highlighted to show the way out of the business-as-usual.

A sound and sustainable life - 20th of May

The 20th of May at ABF-huset in Sveavägen there will take place a political discussion. Topics that will be discussed are for instance if we still can continue have an economic growth with oil depletion taking overhand, if green growth is a wish or a realistic outline and how we are prepared for a fundamental adaptation lying ahead in an reality not run by a cheap and high-energy concentrated fuel.

Winona LaDuke - White Earth Land Recovery Project

The Next Energy Economy: Grassroots Strategies for Mitigating Global Climate Change
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKOJ4XMzNG0&playnext_from=TL&videos=-Zs8MNdNC0M