Readings & Resources
The Year Without Sunshine
A story of mutual aid and community self-organizing - read it or listen. It captures what Resilient Greenfield is striving to prepare for. Worth round-robin reading in small groups!
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The Nation, 9/24 (Benjamin Kunkel)
This article examine and compares the work of Kōhei Saitō ("Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto") and Daniel Susskind ("Growth: A History and a Reckoning") to explore the challenges of a system built on economic growth.
The Conversation, 9/424 (Daniel Steel, Amanda Giang, Kian Mintz-Woo)
We argue that the demise of a social hierarchy need not entail societal collapse, what matters is how events impact human welfare. Therefore, it is necessary to pin down what exactly is harmful about collapse before trying to generalize from past examples. After all, the purpose of learning from history should be to prevent wrongs, not protect contemporary inequalities.
A good story moves us emotionally, allowing us to register its import “in our gut.”
Cli-Fi: Climate Fiction
A review of science fiction books through the ages that deal with the climate crisis.
Why is this important? "Storytelling is the best way—maybe the only way—to inform, persuade, and inspire people to act. It helps us assimilate facts, contextualize them, and understand and share their meaning."