Writings
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Radical Longtermism and the Seduction of Endless Growth – A Critique of William MacAskill’s ‘What We Owe the Future’
What do we, in 2023, ‘owe’ to future generations of humans? What about to future plants, animals, and ecosystems? Rupert Read and Émile P. Torres dive deeply into these questions in their guest essay for us this week, and put forth a much-needed argument for why we must look more critically at dangerously seductive, radical forms of longtermism. Aside from evoking the various unsettling aspects of longtermism, one of the most piercing elements of this piece is Read and Torres’ exposure of the paradox within this ideology: that ‘longtermism’ is in fact at odds with long-term thinking. Long-term thinking, as they define it, is an ‘ethical practice and commitment’; it…
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The planet is too important to be left to activists: The guiding philosophy of the Climate Majority Project | ABC Religion and Ethics
Increasing numbers of people around the world are convinced that human civilisation is teetering on the brink, but that our political “leaders” aren’t levelling with us about just how dire the climate outlook is.
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Why Scotland must get real on climate crisis
If meaningful action to address climate and ecological breakdown is ever going to happen, the story of our lives has to change.
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Paris is dead: Among those who comprehend what is happening, the climate debate has moved on
Things are not basically OK and never will be again during the lives of any of us. The task is to take these difficult truths and turn them into motivation, ammunition, energy.
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UEA humanities cuts reflect inability of academia to confront climate crisis
The impact agenda has been kind to me, but its obsession with science and growth are huge flaws. Time to get out, says Rupert Read
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What is the Climate Majority Project?
The system change we need to avert climate catastrophe will take a mass climate movement — not just activists, but pretty much everyone. The Climate Majority Project is aiming to bring serious climate action into the mainstream.
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ALTERNATIVES: HOW TO END OUR ADDICTION TO OIL AND GAS
Using all means available to us as citizens, individuals, investors, workers, and voters we must call for an end to the fossil fuel era and demand immediate and far-reaching change of the world’s major oil corporations.
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The Power of the Climate Majority: Taking Action for a Sustainable Future
The clock is ticking. It’s later than most of us would like to think. Time's up for a 'safe' climate.
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People know time’s up for a safe climate. What’s next?
This treaty. That summit. They come and go. The clock has been stuck at ‘five minutes to midnight’ while every grave international meeting and report comes billed as our last chance…. and leaves us looking forward to our next 'last chance'.
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Come Clean, Keir! Did You Really Disparage ‘Tree-Huggers?’
Tree Hugging has a long venerated past of protest and environmental protection. Is the Labour Leader completely ignorant of it?
