Good reads
A selection of articles and publications by ASP Members, or that relate to the work we do.
Hope Tales – Stories for Change
Despite what pundits would have us think Darwin said about the survival of the fittest and the drive for ruthless competition, we are excellent at
Change for the better needs political leadership. Dr. Sally Campbell
“That Human Ecology in 2023 is in trouble primarily because humanity has been enslaved by capital rather than capital serving humanity. In the last 100 years,
A Drop in the Pond. ClimateCultures – creative conversations for the Anthropocene.
Writer and online community newspaper publisher, Rod Raglin shares the story of a local Vancouver, Canada, park pond reduced to a seasonal wetland — and
Please stop saying my generation will save the world
Image credit: Isabelle Drury. Design by Gen Dread. We’ve all done it. We’ve observed generations younger than ours and breathed a huge sigh of relief:
When the sky turns orange, everything glows.
Living with wildfire risk is a day-to-day preoccupation. Jane Shaw, in British Columbia, shares the reality of living in a country on fire. In March
Generosity of Surplus
Does sustainability depend on humans behaving not conventionally but spiritually, as spiritually as fungi? …the entire food chain operates through a generosity of surplus.“ ASP
The Business of Biodiversity eBook…
We are currently facing an environmental crisis that requires us to reset our relationship with the natural world in order to secure a sustainable future.
The Shared Ingredients for a Wellbeing Economy
For those with an interest in Wellbeing Economics, the Centre for Thriving Places has just issued a discussion paper that looks at the most advanced models,
Why COP is more important than ever
Global emissions are still rising, and this has been used to fuel an argument that COP is not fit for purpose. But this misunderstands the
This is it. The tipping point – COP is dead!
As of today, COP is unashamedly part of the problem, not part of the solution. The purpose of COP, supposedly, is to limit climate change.
EcoArt in Action
ClimateCultures editor Mark Goldthorpe describes the context for this innovative review: “In Autumn 2021, researcher and producer Chris Fremantle and I discussed a review of
A journey… Michelle Furtado
When I hear about the need to ‘make the business case’, I ready myself for a challenge. Our needs for an emerging economy — in