Category: Less of What We Don’t Need

As governments and corporations accelerate the shift to renewable energy, carbon markets, and critical mineral extraction, Indigenous communities across the Global South are increasingly facing land dispossession, exclusion from decision-making, and violations of their rights. This article examines how climate projects promoted as solutions to the environmental crisis often proceed without Free, Prior and Informed…

Goa’s coastal ecosystems are under growing pressure from erosion, climate change, pollution, and rapid construction. This article examines recent proposals to relax Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms and ease sand extraction rules, arguing that such measures could deepen environmental vulnerabilities in an already fragile coastal state. Drawing on scientific evidence and examples from India and…

The disruption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz highlights how deeply modern societies depend on oil and petrochemicals. Mark H. Burton argues that rising energy costs, supply chain disruptions, and shortages of essential goods reveal vulnerabilities that extend far beyond a regional conflict. Drawing connections between resource depletion, ecological overshoot, and systemic economic risks,…

Indigenous and rural organizations in Bolivia forced the repeal of Law 1720 after a 27-day march and 10-day sit-in in La Paz. The law threatened communal landholding systems by encouraging the privatization of Indigenous and peasant lands in ways that favored agribusiness interests. Protesters from Pando and Beni states linked the repeal campaign to broader…

Margarita Mediavilla examines ongoing debates within the degrowth movement and asks why societies remain locked into endless economic expansion despite growing ecological crises. The article compares ecosocialist, pluriversal, and “Simpler Way” perspectives, while arguing that growth is driven not only by profit and employment pressures but also by deeper dynamics of competition between firms, states,…

Across the United States, opposition to data centers is growing as communities confront rising electricity costs, ecological damage, and the expanding power of Big Tech. Vincent Emanuele examines how local resistance movements are emerging outside traditional political structures, bringing together rural residents, students, workers, environmentalists, and disillusioned voters across ideological divides. The article argues that…

The main opposition to the International Fossil Fuel Lobby comes from nations that are the least responsible for the devastation caused by a warming planet. These nations for the most part are powerless to oppose the insanity of that Lobby. What is notable about the cooperative Manifesto is that it comes from Brazil, a country…

Ashish Kothari examines how economic globalization has intensified inequality, ecological breakdown, and geopolitical conflict, leaving societies deeply vulnerable to external shocks. He argues that these crises are not accidental but rooted in dominant models of growth, state power, and corporate control. Drawing on examples of community resilience, the article explores “radical localization” as a pathway…

A recent review published in The Millbank QuarterlyTrusted Source suggested that ultraprocessed foods may be as addictive as tobacco products. Research from 2023Trusted Source estimates that over 73% of the foods in the United States are ultraprocessed. “Cigarettes and UPFs [ultraprocessed foods] are not simply natural products but highly engineered delivery systems designed specifically to…

The article examines warnings by Colombian President Gustavo Petro that Latin America could face widespread unrest if the United States continues policies rooted in the Monroe Doctrine. Drawing on recent interviews, Petro describes sanctions, political pressure, and interventions as forms of coercion that risk provoking resistance across the region. The piece situates his remarks alongside…