Mark Diesendorf brings us the good news and the bad news, when it comes to tackling the multiple crises we face.

The good news is that it is doable. The bad news is we are doing only half of what needs to be done. We are increasing renewable energy usage, but we are not doing planned de-growth, that is, decreasing total energy usage.

The good news is, we know what to do about that. The bad news is we are dealing with state capture. The good news is, we know what to do about that too.

After listening to Mark Diesendorf, you might be left feeling likewise, cautiously optimistic.

Show Notes

Sustainability Scientists’ Critique of Neoclassical Economics (article)
by Mark Diesendorf, Geoff Davies, Thomas Wiedmann, Joachim H. Spangenberg, and Steven Hail (2024)

The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation: Technological, Socioeconomic and Political Change
Mark Diesendorf & Rod Taylor, 2023 (book)

World Without End
Jean-Marc Jancovici & Christophe Blain, 2024 (book)

More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy
Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, 2024 (book)

Exploring degrowth policy proposals: A systematic mapping with thematic synthesis (article)
Nick Fitzpatrick Timothée Parrique, Inês Cosme
Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 365, 10 September 2022

Dynamic Economic Systems: A Post Keynesian Approach (book)
By John M. Blatt

 
Theme Music

Pleading Ignorance, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck.
 

Additional Audio

Too Many Things, by Ed Kuepper, from the album Starstruck

Sunlight, by Andrea Vanzo
 

Idea 25, by Gibran Alcocer, Andrea Vanzo
 

On a Snowy Winter’s Morn, by Holly Jones