Environmentalism

Legislative Compliance

Tue, Jul 25, 2023 - 600 Words

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. - Plato Last year, I wrote about Ireland’s sectoral agreements around its ambitious Climate Action plan (2021-2030).
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Irish Climate Targets July 2022

Thu, Aug 4, 2022 - 1100 Words

Last week (28 July), the Irish government reached an agreement on targets for carbon reduction across multiple sectors. The background: legislation has already been passed stating that Ireland must reduce its carbon emissions by 51% by 2030.
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re Communism Against Earth

Mon, Jun 27, 2022 - 800 Words

Related to Idomdrottning’s post: Communism Against Earth Tug of war on the brink will lead to both falling over. There are already many examples where capitalist institutions utilise environmentalist arguments in order to maintain hegemony.
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Permacomputing

Wed, Jun 22, 2022 - 300 Words

tags #technology #biology Permacomputing is an offshoot of permaculture . There is already a dedicated wiki to the topic that is definitely worth checking out. One angle to permacomputing which hasn’t been explored yet is perhaps in relation to the work of Gilbert Simondon.
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Principles of Permaculture

Wed, Jun 22, 2022 - 100 Words

tags #biology #environmentalism Observe & Interact (the forces present on a site) Catch & Store Energy Obtain a Yield (promotes self-reliance - choose location that provides greater/diverse yield over ornamental plant, for example)
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God and Climate - Lent 2022

Sun, Apr 17, 2022 - 1400 Words

Disclaimer - I am not really a practicing Christian, but I have always been interested in all kinds of religions. If I were to classify my beliefs, it might be as something like ‘anatheistic’ - a term used by the philosopher Richard Kearney to describe a point between theism and atheism.
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The Tragedy of the Worker

Thu, Feb 10, 2022 - 400 Words

tags #books #Capitalism #philosophy A book by the Salvage Collective. Found/available on gemini: gemini://beyondneolithic.life/salvage_collective/tragedy_of_the_worker/index.gmi Part 1 - M-C-M and the Death Cult As Andreas Malm has fiercely and beautifully argued, capitalism did not settle for fossil fuels as a solution to energy scarcity.
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Journal - Fake Plastic Trees

Sun, Jun 13, 2021 - 1300 Words

I currently live in what you could maybe call a ‘suburb’ of Seoul. I guess when you think of suburbs you think of sprawling streets with houses and lawns. So, in that sense, my town is not a suburb.
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