CHASING CHANGE

We promote a philosophy of returning Earth to a healthy state for the benefit of humanity.

Chasing Change

In our quest towards sustainability we need to accept and acknowledge the reality that there are ‘Limits to Growth’. We might in future be able to harness infinite clean energy from nuclear and geothermal technologies, but the materials or resources required to produce useful commodities remains finite. To clamp down on our activities and products that are harmful to the Planet by means of green growth might perhaps be a little too late. We urgently need to promote and implement degrowth strategies and invest in ventures that will restore Earth’s capacity to provide.

Post-colonial Self-sustainable Farming in South Africa

Modern technology now dominates agriculture, but its large-scale, industrial methods have caused significant environmental damage. This includes soil degradation, biodiversity loss, and increased greenhouse gas emissions. Traditional African farming, transformed by colonial influence, now faces sustainability challenges. Regenerative agriculture offers a solution by emphasizing eco-friendly practices that enhance biodiversity, soil health, and carbon capture, promoting sustainable, small-scale farming to ensure food security and rural resilience.

Sustainable Agriculture – Could this be the answer to our problem of hunger?

Modern farming has led to significant soil degradation and loss of fertility impacting on human health and harming natural ecosystems. Today there is a move towards eco-friendly farming that has the restoration of natural systems in mind. I this Post we distinguish between Permaculture, Integrated Organic Farming, Natural Farming and Regenerative Farming.

The Role of Technology

Although it is true that technical development has been(and largely is) responsible for the environmental crisis, the possibility thattechnology could also become an important solution of the crisis, should not be overlooked.

NIMBI – Not in My Backyard

If there is something that is widely agree upon it is that we have a looming environmental crisis. Actually, that is not true! What we have is a dire human crisis. Notwithstanding the global attempt to remedy the situation by way of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) set in 2015 the UN 2021 report issued a Code Red warning that we are entering a non-return crisis. A recent scientific study (Dearing et.al., June 2023) based on software from more than 70,000 different simulations, points to the large ecosystem collapse that could happen as soon as in the next decade, i.e. 2030!

The environmental crisis: Who is to be blamed?

The threatening environmental crisis is undeniable. The failure to take remedial actions can be blamed on governments who are more interested in retaining voters goodwill than saving Nature. The same is true for industry which are only interested in financial gain. The fundamental culprit however is the human aptitude for comfortable, if not luxury, living. This is driving industry to extract more and more resources with its concomitant degradation of the ecology. It also discourages governments to follow a path of economic degrowth. The issue at stake is can the rich, and especially the ultra-rich, be convinced to accept a more simplistic way of life?